I usually bake my turkey without using the brine method… I have done the brine method and really can’t tell any difference. I think using a fresh, not frozen, turkey makes all the difference in the world. Love the “Brown-n-Bags”…turkey size…follow instructions for baking regarding time and temperature with the exception of my notes in the directions.

This recipe is from the 1970’s from my days at Lone Star Gas Company and the Home Ec department. One of those cakes that is better two days later.

My family will not forgive me if I fail to make this for Thanksgiving and Christmas. They will eat it with the meal and add a dollop to their dessert plate too!!

You can use my pie recipe or you can use your own pie recipe…just follow the part about adding the cranberries.

This will be as pretty and firm as store bought canned sauce and be much better. So good and so easy you will never buy canned again!

My mother always made dressing this way…it is really pretty easy and always good. You can use turkey, chicken or duck necks and broth. Sometimes if I don’t have enough of my own broth I will use a can of prepared broth. When I have my husband’s family over I will 5 x’s the recipe.

My own concoction! A take-off on Pineapple Upside Down cake.

“Antique Recipe”

I got the basic recipe for this from the “Good Eats” television program, Alton Brown. He had some ingredients that I knew my family did not like so I added and substituted items I thought my family would like making this my own.