Thanksgiving Food Gifts
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Discover unique Thanksgiving food gifts to show your appreciation, from gourmet baskets to homemade treats, mason jar gifts, and more. Spread the season’s cheer with these unique gifts.
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As we lead up to this most wonderful event, we’ll be sharing posts on ideas for the dinner itself, but today, I want to inspire you with ideas on Giving the Gift of Thanksgiving to those around you.
Before we dive into recipes for Thanksgiving Food Gifts you can make ahead for the holiday, let’s get inspired by the season. I’m positive you already know this song, but here are the lyrics written originally as a poem and titled New England Boy’s Song.
The New England Boy’s Song
Over the river, and through the wood,
To grandfather’s house we go;
The horse knows the way,
To carry the sleigh,
Through the white and drifted snow.
Over the river, and through the wood,
To grandfather’s house away!
We would not stop
For doll or top,
For ‘t is Thanksgiving day.
~ Lydia Maria Child
Traveling to “grandfather’s house” is nothing new, as this time-honored poem, first published in 1844, reminds us.
Long before 1844, a group of immigrants traveled more than 3,000 miles to a new land. Help from their native neighbors allowed them to survive almost unbearable hardships and forge a tradition still loved in this country.
As we prepare for Thanksgiving Day, let’s remember the first Thanksgiving gathering in 1621. It was a gathering unlike any other, and it is so remarkable that we continue in its tradition all these years later.
A group of 53 Pilgrims and 90 Native Americans in Plymouth, Massachusetts, forever changed the way Americans celebrated the fourth Thursday each November.
Thanksgiving Food Gifts
Now that you’re inspired by the history of Thanksgiving Day, here are some recipes for Thanksgiving food gifts you can bring to the feast!
Spiced Pecans Hostess Gift
A beautiful and useful gift, perfect for appetizers or sprinkled-on autumnal salads or fall desserts
Harvest Cake Bites with Baking Dish
From the creators of the original Bundt pan, this fall-inspired non-stick baking dish creates adorable acorn, leaf, and pumpkin-shaped cakes. You can also frost the shapes together to make 3-D treats.
Thankful for Sweet Friends
Create your favorite cookie in a pinch using cake mix! Chewy cake mix Snickerdoodles are quick, easy, and delicious.
Homemade Sweet Potato Biscuits
A thoughtful gift layered with a beautiful fall-themed napkin.
Indian Corn Thanksgiving
“I can just see these waiting by the door to greet your guests before dinner or for them to take with them for the drive home. If you stamp the tags with your guests’ names, they are the perfect place cards!”
Mini Pies Gifts
These darling mini pies wrapped with a simple plaid ribbon would be such a treat to pass out among neighbors or guests leave your home after Thanksgiving.
Caramel Apple Cider Kit
“Caramel and apple are two of my favorite things. Put them together and it’s bliss! I thought it’d be fun to whip up a little Caramel Apple Cider gift for friends, family, teachers, etc for the fall.”
Pecan Pumpkin Bread
For a charming fall gift, wrap a loaf of our moist Pecan-Pumpkin Bread in a pretty fall-inspired tea towel.
More Thanksgiving Food Gifts to Make Ahead
Holiday Orange and Cranberry Bread
Cranberry Bread is a delicious, buttery, seasonal bread filled fresh cranberries, orange zest and juice. Perfect for gatherings or to gift.
Simple Pecan Tassies Recipe
Tiny, bite-size Pecan Tassies are a delicious, chewy, and decadent pecan-filled pastry with a cookie-like crust. This southern-inspired treat is an all-time favorite, and incredibly simple to make for the holidays, or anytime you’re craving pecan pie.
Easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish
These easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Danishes will bring the holidays to your table! Twirls of flaky pastry are braided over layers of sweetened cream cheese and a delicious cranberry filling with hints of cinnamon and citrus. Every bite of this glazed braided danish is holiday-worthy!
A Classic Cape Cod Cranberry Sauce Recipe
From the heart of the pilgrim country comes a recipe for a Classic Cape Cod Cranberry Sauce made with a handful of ingredients in about 10 minutes, plus chilling time.
Cranberry Orange Muffins (Refined-Sugar Free)
These Cranberry Orange Muffins are a healthier, 100% whole grain, naturally sweetened version of a classic holiday favorite. Bursting with cranberry and orange flavors, and warm spices too, these soft and tender muffins are a festive addition to your holiday table!
Sweet Potato Scones with Maple Glaze
When autumn leaves leave trails of burnt orange, rust, and crimson on tree-lined streets, you know it’s time to bake a batch of Sweet Potato Scones. Deliciously flaky yet soft, these teatime scones taste like fall in every bite, with familiar flavors you won’t soon forget.
Pumpkin Shaped Bread in an Hour
Pumpkin Shaped Bread is delicious, soft, tender, and slightly sweetened. Perfect for fall, it’s easy to make and ready in about one hour!
Spice Sugar Cookies: Fall Tea Cookies
Spice Sugar Cookies are soft, buttery, shaped cookies deliciously infused with warm spices and perfect for the season. Whether you serve them for Thanksgiving or as a fall tea cookie.
Giant and Soft Ginger Spice Cookies
These Big Soft Ginger Spice Cookies are a perfect fall cookie as and a delightful, delicious Christmas cookie too! Richly spiced, soft, and chewy, these ginger cookies also make a scrumptious treat all year u002du002d really, they’re the BEST ginger cookie recipe!
5 Minute Fall Crack (aka Fall Snack Chex Mix)
A quick and easy 5 minute Fall Crack Chex Mix recipe thatu0026#x27;s super simple and yummy. Packed with the sweet and salty flavors we love, itu0026#x27;s a treat perfect for the season!
Apple Spice Visiting Cake
Apple Spice Visiting Cake is a buttery and moist fall cake with autumn spices that permeate every bite. Itu0026#x27;s a simple cake, with simple ingredients, to have ready for guests, or to bring to a favorite friend.
Easy Homemade Mason Jar Food Gifts (in 10 Minutes)
These easy Mason Jar Food Gifts are perfect last-minute homemade gifts for holidays and celebrations! Thoughtful and personal, and ready in 10 minutes or less!