Traditional New England Thanksgiving Recipes Yankee Readers Love

Join the editors of Yankee magazine for an entire collection of delectable dishes you can make for a Thanksgiving feast.

With so many delightful recipes to choose from in our Yankee Special Collection: Favorite Fall Recipes, we had a hard time deciding which one to feature here for Thanksgiving. So we picked a few favorites! For a starter, try our Kale & Apple Salad with Cider-Vinegar Dressing. This simple salad makes the most of a few well-matched ingredients and plays the earthy kale off the nuts, the sweet apples, and the salty cheese. Pecan Sticky Buns are often served with the rolls for traditional New England feasts, and our recipe uses sweet biscuit dough, which is easier to work with and takes much less time to prepare. You can treat it as you would any biscuit dough: with a light hand and minimal kneading. For something a little different, try substituting cardamom or cloves for the cinnamon, or adding orange, lemon, or lime zest to the filling. And don’t skip the Vermont-Style Baked Beans as a side — they’re maple-laced and slow-cooked to sweet perfection. We love the bacon in this recipe, but be sure to use a brand that’s not too smoky, to avoid overpowering the rest of the party. Yellow-eye beans are a traditional Maine crop, but navy beans are a good substitute. When it comes to dessert, our Blue-Ribbon Deep-Dish Apple Pie hits the spot. Add a slice of sharp cheddar cheese for an authentic New England apple experience! For the main dish, turkey is traditional, but roasts often have a place on the table too! Consider a Cider-Braised Yankee Pot Roast which only needs 30 minutes of hands-on preparation and it slow-cooks for hours, warming your home with the sweet and savory aroma that can only come with time. You can get these and more than two dozen Thanksgiving-ready recipes, including Pumpkin Custard and Pasta alla Vodka with Roasted Winter Squash in our Yankee Special Collection: Favorite Fall Recipes! Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving, or pulling together a few dishes to share, the Yankee Special Collection: Favorite Fall Recipes gives you everything you need to enchant your family and friends with a flavorful feast. With your Yankee All-Access Charter Membership, you have full access to everything in the Yankee Special Collection: Favorite Fall Recipes, including:

• A recipe for fantastic cider doughnut muffins that pack all the flavor of cider doughnuts without the fuss of frying, in Cider Doughnut Muffins
• The recipe for a slow-cooked, maple-laced dish that ranks among our favorites, in Vermont-Style Baked Beans
• A pudding recipe that’s anything but traditional, in Maple Grape-Nuts Pudding
• A recipe that could only come from New England, but would be at home on any Thanksgiving table, in Baked Clams with Apple & Bacon

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