Rustic Red Door’s Favorite Recipes for the Holidays

Want some inspiration for your vacation foods this 12 months? We polled our Rustic Red Door body of workers to determine their favourite go-to recipes for the vacation season. From binge-worthy appetizers to facets, to major dishes and candy treats, we’ve amassed up an inventory of tasty choices to proportion with you!
Those are best additions in your Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas morning, or any upcoming vacation party the place you wish to have excellent meals to proportion. Believe this an early reward from our Rustic Red Door circle of relatives to yours. 🙂
Tell us should you give any of those recipes a take a look at by way of tagging us @rusticreddoor on Fb or Instagram. Satisfied Holidays!
Appetizers + Aspects | Major Dishes | Candy Treats
Appetizers & Aspects
Those appetizers and facets have something in commonplace… cranberry! It is the best addition to any recipe to present it a vacation really feel and have fun the season.
Cranberry Brie Bites
Earlier than you sit down down for the complete meal, vacation gatherings are all about the apps! Those Cranberry Brie Bites are a scrumptious vacation appetizer, and a favourite of our Interior Dressmaker Jen. They’re simple to whip up, make for an attractive presentation, and are all the time a significant crowd pleaser. We name {that a} win!

Apple Salad
A vivid, contemporary salad full of seasonal favorites like candied walnuts and cranberries is a should this time of 12 months. Check out our Stock Supervisor Karen’s favourite Apple Salad Recipe.

Selfmade Cranberry Sauce
Skip the store-bought cranberries and as an alternative make this selfmade cranberry sauce. It’s approach more uncomplicated than it sounds. This recipe is a favourite of RRD proprietor Kerry and simplest calls for 3 components to make!

The Major Match
Now a few of these could also be thought to be “facets”, however in terms of vacations like Thanksgiving, those dishes are staples! Experience some unique and attempted and true major match recipes from our body of workers.
Hen and Noodles
To not be at a loss for words with rooster noodle soup, this comforting Hen and Noodles recipe used to be a vacation staple in Editorial Supervisor Susan’s house rising up!

Pineapple Filling
Need to check out a twist on a vintage recipe this Thanksgiving? Our Normal Supervisor Cory shared her unique Pineapple Filling recipe. It’s easy but scrumptious. We will be able to’t wait to present this one a take a look at!
Elements:
1 stick butter 1 cup sugar
1 can (20 ounces) overwhelmed pineapple (no longer tired)
Pinch of salt 4 eggs 7 slices stale bread (cubed)
Instructions:
Cream butter and sugar in combination properly.
Upload eggs separately. Beat properly after each and every egg.
Upload pineapple undrained.
Stir in bread crumbs.
Pour right into a well-buttered dish.
Bake at 375° for 45 mins.
Inexperienced Bean Casserole
Toss the ones canned inexperienced beans and cream of mushroom soup apart and decide for a easy, tasty tackle Inexperienced Bean Casserole this 12 months! Our body of workers have two favorites, each full of contemporary produce. Check out this Vegan Inexperienced Bean Casserole (Weblog Author Renae’s favourite) or RRD Proprietor Shaun’s favourite vintage recipe with onion rings.

Candy Potato Casserole
Every other favourite of Kerry’s, this yummy Candy Potato Casserole is creamy, baked to perfection, and completed with a pecan topping. So excellent!
Now not Your Grandma’s Mashed Potatoes
The general must-have vacation recipe is, in fact, mashed potatoes. Website online Supervisor Stephanie is sharing her personal recipe, and those aren’t your grandma’s mashed potatoes. 🙂
Elements:
Potatoes
1:1 Butter to Heavy Cream
Herbs: Thyme, Rosemary, Sage, Parsley
Garlic (Not obligatory)
Instructions:
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Kind of peel potatoes; go away some pores and skin on for style and texture.
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In a saucepan, mix 1 phase heavy cream, 1 phase butter.
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The use of butchers cord, create a sachet of thyme, rosemary and sage by way of tying stems of herbs in combination. Steep sachet of herbs in heavy cream and butter combination for approx 5-10 min, ensuring that the combination doesn’t boil. Pressure butter/heavy cream combination. If you wish to get loopy, throw garlic into butter and heavy cream combination.
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Whilst ready for combination to chill, boil off potatoes. Boil them lengthy sufficient to stay a fork in and feature the fork pop out with out the potato.
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Pressure potato and get started mashing. Slowly upload in butter/heavy cream combination to assist get to the correct consistency
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Salt and pepper to style. End with chopped parsley.

Candy Treats
It is time for one thing candy! Those treats are best for dessert, informal vacation hangouts, or Christmas morning!
Cinnamon Streusel Espresso Cake
This Cinnamon Streusel Espresso Cake is Christy, our Social Media Supervisor’s, go-to favourite for Christmas morning. It’s comfortable, wet, and the best Christmas accompaniment!

Texas Sheet Cake
Every other one in every of Susan’s vacation favorites is that this Texas Sheet Cake. It’s stuffed with chocolate, walnuts, and simplest takes half-hour to make – some other crowd pleaser for the vacations or any time of the 12 months!

Pumpkin Pie
Thanksgiving dinner simply isn’t whole with no candy vintage, pumpkin pie. Check out the Smith circle of relatives’s go-to recipe for the best pumpkin pie. You gained’t remorseful about it!

Satisfied Holidays!
We are hoping seeing a few of our body of workers’s favourite vacation recipes evokes you for your upcoming gatherings! There’s not anything higher than excellent meals shared with friends and family. Satisfied Holidays!