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    13 Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes

    By: Jane · Updated: 7 Nov, '18 · This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

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    In this post, you'll find 13 favorite Thanksgiving recipes to help you plan your best holiday menu.

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    Hello friends! Here it is November and it's time to start thinking about Thanksgiving. The Cooking Housewives and I have gathered together our favorite Thanksgiving recipes to share with you today.

    First, let me tell you that I am excited about Thanksgiving this year because this will be the first time in a very long time that we will be having turkey!

    Due to Leo's allergy to all fowl, we haven't been able to have turkey for Thanksgiving in many, many years. But his allergy has mysteriously disappeared so I am looking forward to having a traditional menu.

    Cooking a big meal always gives me opportunity to try new recipes to serve along with some of those treasured family recipes. I'm looking forward to seeing the Thanksgiving recipes that everyone has linked up today and I hope you are, too.

    I'm sharing a recipe that I posted way back in 2011, the first year of the blog's existence.

    Lemon silk in a trifle bowl

    It's a recipe that my mom has made for years, and it's a dessert that we've had for many family gatherings. It's called Lemon Silk, and it's a luscious, lemony rich trifle.

    The beauty of this recipe is that it can be made the day before and afterwards, leftovers keep well for days.

    Everybody that tastes it loves it unless they just don't like lemons!

    This dessert serves a lot of people, and I usually put it in a trifle bowl. But I have also halved the recipe and have served it in individual dessert dishes.

    Lemon silk served in individual, footed dessert dishes

    It's so easy to put these together ahead of time, store them in the fridge, and just bring them out when it's time for dessert!

    Perfect for Thanksgiving or anytime when you want to prepare as much as you can ahead of time!

    You can find the recipe for My Mother's Lemon Silk HERE.

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    1. Jane

      November 08, 2018 at 2:18 am

      I have to come back to see more of your recipes, but the lemon trifle is being Pinned right now. I have a trifle dish I just don't use enough! Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

      Jane x

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    2. Maryann

      November 07, 2018 at 10:40 pm

      Your Mother's Lemon Silk looks divine! I love lemon desserts!

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    3. Paula

      November 07, 2018 at 5:45 pm

      Your mother's lemon silk pie sounds so good!

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    4. Leslie

      November 07, 2018 at 9:03 am

      sorry I sent this to you without mentioning when I click on the recipe it isn't showing up.

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      • Jane Windham

        November 07, 2018 at 10:04 am

        Thanks so much for letting us know that the link isn't working. We're working on it but in the meantime, here is the correct link to Julie's pie crust recipe.

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    5. Leslie

      November 07, 2018 at 9:01 am

      10 MINUTE NO ROLL PIE CRUST

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