Thanksgiving Morning

This year's Thanksgiving was surprisingly laid back (or at least everything leading up to dinner was), which I couldn't have loved more.  Katie and Kris came the night before and slept over.  We woke up and begin our cooking and pie baking with a lot of little helpers and a little dancing music to liven our moods.  There was still some cleaning to do but not too much and nothing overwhelming.  Anything that didn't get done by noon was forgotten about.  My parents showed up around lunch time and we enjoyed our hoers-devours by the fire and relaxed.  Everyone else came around dinner time.

A few things to note
~ We put the turkey in around 9:30 (I think).  It was a 23lb turkey and took about 6 hours.  This way it was out by 3:30 and we had time to warm up or cook other things.  This worked well.

~ Katie and Kris sleeping over the night before Thanksgiving, fun.

~ Cooking biscuits and soup and anything else that can be done ahead of time and frozen worked really great.

~ Katie's cork place settings I loved.

~ Next year make that pecan pie. 

My other new recipes...

Corn Bread
2/3 cup butter softened
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 2/3 cups milk
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cornmeal
4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Combine the eggs and milk. Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with egg mixture. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Bake at 400 degrees F for 22-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cut into squares; serve warm.

Molasses Biscuits