Thanksgiving Blessing Mix Recipe

I'm thinking of making this with my kids for everyone at the Thanksgiving table.  Variations of this are all over the web, but this one is from the Organized Christmas website.  There's a cute tag to print out that goes along with each bag to explain the significance of each item in the mix.

Organized Christmas: Thanksgiving Blessing Mix

 

Thanksgiving Blessing Mix Recipe

Ingredients:
2 cups Bugles brand corn snacks
2 cups small pretzels
1 cup candy corn
1 cup dried fruit bits or raisins
1 cup peanuts or sunflower seeds
1 cup M&Ms-brand chocolate candy
16 Hershey's-brand chocolate kisses
free printable blessing mix gift tags or bag toppers

Directions:
In a large bowl, gently mix all ingredients except Hershey's Kisses.
Place 1/3 to 1/2 cup Thanksgiving Blessing Mix in small cellophane treat bags. Add one Hershey's Kiss to each bag. Close bag with chenille stem or twist-tie.
Print 4 copies of the Thanksgiving Blessings Mix printable gift tag or or bag toppers, or hand-write your own tags with the wording below.

Cut out tags, and attach one to each bag.

Makes 16 Blessing Mix gift bags.

Thanksgiving Recipes

All right, Thanksgiving Dinner.  Let me post these recipes to satisfy the Thanksgiving part of the Recipes list in the holiday planning process.

Scalloped Pineapple

1 can crushed pineapple (20 oz or 2 ½ cups)
¾ cup sugar
2 T cornstarch
2 eggs, beaten
1 t. vanilla
¼ c. water

Mix all ingredients and pour into a buttered 1 quart casserole dish.  Sprinkle with cinnamon and dot with butter. 

Bake 1 hr. (or until firm)  350 degrees

Libby’s Pumpkin Pie (from the website)

Level: Easy

·         Prep: 15 min

·         Cooking: 55 min

·         Cooling time: 2 hrs cooling

·         Yields: 8 servings

Ingredients

·         3/4 cup granulated sugar

·         1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

·         1/2 teaspoon salt

·         1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

·         1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

·         2 large eggs

·         1 can (15 oz.) LIBBY'S® 100% Pure Pumpkin

·         1 can (12 fl. oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk

·         1 unbaked 9-inch (4-cup volume) deep-dish pie shell

·         Whipped cream (optional)

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Directions

MIX sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger and cloves in small bowl. Beat eggs in large bowl. Stir in pumpkin and sugar-spice mixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk.

POUR into pie shell.

BAKE in preheated 425° F oven for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350° F; bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 2 hours. Serve immediately or refrigerate. Top with whipped cream before serving.

Mashed Potatoes -- The big debate.  We're having the plain kind, on page 5 of this pdf.  (This is where I got the idea to keep them warm in a crockpot.)
 http://www.leanneely.com/Free_Thanksgiving.pdf
I love Leanne Ely's Saving Dinner recipes. 
Here's her personal site which has a ton of Thanksgiving leftovers recipes:  http://www.leanneely.com/category/holiday/thanksgiving/
Here's the Saving Dinner site.  You can buy all sorts of menu plans with shopping lists and recipes.  (I love the smoothies!) 
http://savingdinner.com/go-shopping/

And for grins, here are the potatoes I like but I'm not making this year.  These are either Leanne's or Flylady's -- I got them from the Fly site (http://www.flylady.com/) one time.  They're to die for!

Easy Party Potatoes
Serves 12

5 pounds potatoes -- mashed
1/2 pint sour cream*
1 8-ounce package cream cheese*
salt and pepper to taste
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
2 tablespoons butter
Paprika for garnish.

*using low fat varieties of these products happily does not change the end result!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

To the mashed potatoes, add everything and beat until fluffy (be careful not to go too far with the beating or you will develop glutinous, wallpaper paste textured potatoes).

Place potato mixture into a lightly greased 2-quart casserole dish and bake for 30 minutes or so.

Garnish the top with paprika and serve.