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Sweet Potato Casserole – Paula Dean

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Sweet Potatoes:

  • 3 cups peeled, cooked, and mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream, half-and-half, or whole milk

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix all ingredients together except for cream. Beat with electric mixer until smooth. Add cream; mix well. Pour into greased casserole dish. Add toppping . Bake for 25-30 min.

Topping:

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cut walnuts or pecans
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3Tbsp butter; melted

Mix together with fork; sprinkle over top of casserole.

Baked Ham

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Ingredients

  • 1 (12 pound) bone-in ham, rump portion
  • 1/2 cup whole cloves
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 4 cups water, or as needed

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350
  2. Place ham in a roasting pan, and press whole cloves into the top at 1 to 2 inch intervals. Pack the top with a layer of brown sugar. Pour enough water into the bottom of the roasting pan to come to a 1 inch depth. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil or a lid.
  3. Bake for 4 1/2 to 5 hours in the preheated oven (about 22 minutes per pound), or until the internal temperature of the ham has reached 160 degrees. Make sure the meat thermometer is not touching the bone. Let stand for about 20 minutes before carving.

BBQ Green Beans

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4 cans of green beans, well drained.
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup ketchup
1 large onion chopped
5 slices raw bacon, chopped

Mix onion, ketchup, and brown sugar well. Mash out all lumps. Add green beans and bacon. Mix well. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for two hours.

Turkey

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I just followed this recipe exactly except I didn’t have any chicken bouillon so instead of bouillon and water, I used chicken broth.

Ingredients

  • 1 (12 pound) whole turkey
  • 6 tablespoons butter, divided
  • 4 cups warm water
  • 3 tablespoons chicken bouillon
  • 2 tablespoons dried parsley
  • 2 tablespoons dried minced onion
  • 2 tablespoons seasoning salt

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Rinse and wash turkey. Discard the giblets, or add to pan if they are anyone’s favorites.
  2. Place turkey in a Dutch oven or roasting pan. Separate the skin over the breast to make little pockets. Put 3 tablespoons of the butter on both sides between the skin and breast meat. This makes for very juicy breast meat.
  3. In a medium bowl, combine the water with the bouillon. Sprinkle in the parsley and minced onion. Pour over the top of the turkey. Sprinkle seasoning salt over the turkey.
  4. Cover with foil, and bake in the preheated oven 3 1/2 to 4 hours, until the internal temperature of the turkey reaches 180 degrees F (80 degrees C). For the last 45 minutes or so, remove the foil so the turkey will brown nicely.

Pumpkin Pie

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2 eggs
1 can pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. ginger
¼ tsp. cloves
Large can evaporated milk
Deep dish pie shell

Mix all ingredients and pour into cooked pie shell. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes and then reduce heat and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes

Sweet Potato Casserole

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½ stick butter, melted
2 cups cooked, mashed, sweet potatoes
½ cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup sugar
½ cup coconut
½ cup raisins

Topping:
1 eight oz. can crushed pineapple, drained.
¼ cup self rising flour
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 stick butter, melted

Combine all ingredients except for topping and put into greased 9×9 inch pan. In separate bowl combine ingredients for topping. Add on top of sweet potato mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.

English Pea Casserole

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4 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp. flour
¼ tsp. salt
1 1/3 cup milk
2 slices American cheese
2 cans peas or asparagus
2-4 hard boiled eggs, chopped
Pimentos
French onion rings for topping

Boil eggs. Drain peas. Melt butter in a sauce pan then add flour and salt. Stir. Add milk. Whisk on medium heat until it bubbles and thickens. Add cheese and stir to melt. Add chopped egg and pimentos. Bake until bubbly. Top with French’s canned onion ring for last 5 minutes of baking. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.

Thanksgiving Cornbread Dressing

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1 large recipe cornbread
6 or 8 large biscuits
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 to 3 cans chicken broth
1 stick margarine, melted
2 cups diced celery
2 cups diced onions
½ tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. Sage

Cook onions and celery in sauce pan with small amount of water until tender. Crumble cornbread and biscuits in large mixing bowl. Combine soup and one can of broth in sauce pan. Heat until smooth. Add the margarine and stir. Add cooked celery and onion including any cooking water. Pour over bread crumbs. Add pepper and sage. Toss lightly. Add additional chicken broth, as much ad needed to make a fairly moist dressing. Put in large baking dish and bake at 375 degrees until brown.