Homemade Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce

Homemade Whole Berry Cranberry , fresh cranberries, pomegranate juice, chopped dried cherries, and chopped pecans.   The pectin in the berries brings it all together in an amazing dense sauce. Homemade Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce has been on our Thanksgiving dinner table for years. You may be asking the question why homemade?  Believe me, you will never buy canned ever again.  Mother use to make it from the recipe on the back of the bag of cranberries. I decided a couple of years ago that I wanted to enhance the sweet tartness of the cranberry flavor. So I added pomegranate juice and chopped dried cherries along with some chopped pecans for some crunch.

Sage Pork Tips and Rice Dressing

Sage Pork Tips and Rice Dressing with all the flavors of Thanksgiving.  The pork tips are cooked low and slow in the oven with mushrooms and onions and a sprig of fresh sage and thyme nestled in the broth.     I grabbed a large package of pork tips and our local Sam's this past week at a terrific price.  I like to cook half of the package and then freeze the rest, but this time, I decided to cook the whole package.  The temperatures here in Northeast Texas are getting pretty chili, so I couldn't wait to cook something warm and comforting. We love beef tips, and I wanted to use the same cooking method, low and slow, as I do with them.  I cooked the Pork Tips in a 300 degrees F oven for 2 hours.

Pear Dumplings Cobbler

Pear Dumplings Cobbler,  a simple and delicious recipe of juicy pears cooked to perfection in a sweet buttery sauce between two layers of dumpling dough.   Makes a gorgeous presentation for an elegant dinner. Dumpling cobblers is a favorite around our house, and this Pear Dumplings Cobbler is a must around this time of the year.   The simplest of ingredients are used in the Pear Dumplings Cobbler, pie dough, pears, sugar, and butter.  That's right, only four ingredients.  The pears are the star in this recipe. Pear Dumplings Cobbler is a cozy dessert to serve a crowd.  It can be made ahead of time and ready to serve plain or with a scoop of ice cream.

Old Fashioned Pure Maple Pecan Pie

Pure Maple Pecan Pie is  a sweet, deep maple syrup flavor, complementing the richness of pecans in a classic pecan pie.  Perfect for any Thanksgiving meal!    MAPLE SYRUP PECAN PIE Classic Pecan Pie made extra special with the addition of pure maple syrup and baked in a flakey pie crust. Pecan Pie is Jim's favorite pie any time of the year, but definitely around Thanksgiving.   This past week, I made a pear dumpling cobbler  with enough pie dough left over to form a single pie crust.   So I decided to make a pecan pie for Jim since he loves them so much, but when I got ready to make it, I didn't have enough corn syrup.   But I did have some maple syrup.  The maple syrup sounded so good, but Jim is the same old classic pecan pie kind of guy.  He doesn't like me to change his likes too much.  So I surprised him with an Old Fashioned Pure Maple Pecan Pie.