How To Make An Entire Thanksgiving Dinner In A Slow Cooker

The hottest commodity in your kitchen onThanksgiving Dayis always the oven. Even if friends and family are bringing dishes pot-luck style, that's usually where all the warming-up takes place, and there are only so many dishes you can fit in there. Over the years we've mastered re-heating mashed potatoes on the stove top and just about anything else we can think of, but all this time we've forgotten a key piece of kitchen equipment that would have made our lives so much easier -- ourCrock Pot.

It turns out, you can make almost every single element of your Thanksgiving meal in a slow cooker -- from turkey and stuffing (SERIOUSLY) to cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes. Even desserts and cocktails are possibilities. If you had, say, six or seven slow cookers, you could ostensibly make your ENTIRE Thanksgiving dinner in a slow cooker (which would be weird, but a party we would attend nevertheless). For those of us with just one slow cooker, you can utilize one of these recipes to take a little bit of the weight off your oven, just for the day. If you have an awesome Thanksgiving Crock Pot recipe we missed, let us know in the comments!

Slow Cooker Turkey Breast In Cranberry Sauce

Cranberry Sauce

Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole

Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

Cranberry-Orange Mulled Wine

Slow Cooker Four Cheese Mac and Cheese

Slow Cooker Pear And Sausage Stuffing

Slow Cooker Balsamic Brussels Sprouts

Slow Cooker Spiced Applesauce

Slow Cooker Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

Slow Cooker Green Bean Casserole

Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie Cake

Sweet Potato Casserole

Slow Cooker Cranberry Pecan Stuffing

Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole

Slow Cooker Pecan Pie

Crock Pot Caramel Apple Crumble

Slow Cooker Sausage Stuffing

Slow Cooker Turkey Breast

Slow Cooker Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup

Homemade Slow Cooker Maple Apple Butter

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