A Case for Canned Cranberry Sauce: Defending Thanksgiving’s Most Controversial Side Dish

Canned cranberry sauce can be quite a point of contention! Some people love it passionately, complaining to their Thanksgiving dinner host if it’s missing from the table. Others hate it fiercely, touting how tasty and easy the homemade version is. Personally, I have loved incorporating more and more unprocessed fruits and vegetables into my meals; yet, I consider myself an ardent proponent of canned cranberry sauce—why is that? Let’s go through why that can has rightfully stolen so many hearts.

The Nostalgia Factor

You cannot mess with people’s traditions. I consider myself to be very welcoming of change, and yet, I cannot picture homemade cranberry sauce on my Thanksgiving plate. It would feel like an image from a movie: A “regular” woman would help herself to some homemade cranberry sauce, spooning it onto her perfect movie plate, which would look pretty and realistic enough—but then I would go back to my real-life dinner with sweet, familiar slices of canned cranberry sauce. I know with my brain that homemade cranberry sauce is very inexpensive and easy to make, but this darn nostalgia makes my heart grow three sizes with love for my favorite log of cranberry gel.

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A Place in History

Canned cranberry sauce comes from a place of (mostly) noble intentions. Back in the day, cranberries were available for around a six-week period, when they were ripe for picking, and during no other time of the year. Marcus L. Urann changed that when he introduced canning technology to the fleetingly-available cranberry—suddenly cranberries could stick around for months at a time! Hooray for the can!

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Nowadays, produce makes lengthy journeys to reach our plates, from other states or countries, and so fresh cranberries are available for more than just a few select weeks in the year. But, isn’t it so cool that canning technology extended the staying power of cranberry sauce, before cranberries had to hitchhike thousands of miles to reach your plate?

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Always Ready for Recipes

You have to admit that it is incredibly simple and cheap to just toss a can of cranberry sauce into your pantry and forget about it. Then, when you need something sweet for your appetizer or cocktail, you don’t have to frantically run out to the grocery store; you just dig up that trusty can of jellied cranberry sauce.

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Try this slow-cooker meatballs recipe, which uses only meatballs, chili sauce, and you guessed it, a can of jellied cranberry sauce. Or, try transforming a Moscow Mule with the Thanksgiving sweetness only canned cranberry sauce can provide, using this Cranberry Jelly Moscow Mule recipe. No matter which you try, just remember to take home a plastic baggie of leftover cranberry slices this Thanksgiving, and see what you can come up with!

Last Ditch Effort: Homemade “Tin Can” Cranberry Jelly

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Finally, if I haven’t yet won you over, or, if you acquiesce that the nostalgia, history, and versatility mean something but you just can’t get past the processed contents, then I have good news for you. Try this Homemade Tin Can Cranberry Jelly recipe, which uses added pectin and a reused tin can to create the lined, cylindrical shape we all know and love, while maintaining all of the homemade goodness you advocate. It’s a modern ode to my beloved canned cranberry sauce.

So, shout your love of canned cranberry jelly from the rooftops, wear your adoration with this shirt, or simply keep being that rude guest at Thanksgiving who whines about the homemade cranberry sauce. No matter which you choose, know that you’re among fellow canned-cran-vangelists.

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Whip Up These Restaurant-Quality Chocolate Lava Cakes with Just 5 Ingredients

These chocolate lava cakes are so easy to make you’ll be wondering why they were never in your repertoire before. Adorn the finished cakes with a puff of whipped cream or a smattering of berries.  

I’m a self-described chocoholic. For me, it hardly matters what form: I’ll snack on a small square of the good European stuff, a Snickers bar, or even a quick spoonful of Nutella—as long as there’s cacao involved.  

So when I see chocolate lava cake on the menu, I don’t hesitate. I love it with a dollop of whipped cream, a little mint, and a scoop of gelato.  But the showstopper of this dessert is tucked away inside, hidden from view: The second you slice into it, a river of oozing chocolate gushes out. Once I realized how easy these squat, personal-sized cakes are to make at home, I began making them all the time.  

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Some Chocolate Lava Cake Tips

Follow a few simple steps, and this treat can be yours, as it only requires five pantry staples and comes together in 30 minutes. All you need is some good quality chocolate, butter, eggs, flour, and sugar.

Once all your ingredients are ready to go, make sure to butter the ramekins. Flipping out the little cake takes some finesse, and if it’s stuck to the ramekin and doesn’t release, you’ll miss out on the crowd-pleasing lava flow and end up instead with a messy pudding cake.

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The only tricky thing about this recipe is making sure the chocolate and eggs don’t seize up. After melting the chocolate with the butter, allow plenty of time for the mixture to cool. You’ll be adding eggs in afterward, and cracking eggs into a scorching mixture will result in a chocolate scramble.

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But the best part about these cakes are that they can be made ahead of time. Just stir the batter, pour it into individual ramekins, and pop them in the fridge until you’re ready. A half hour before baking, bring them to room temperature before sticking them in the oven.

Once the cakes are out, don’t let them cool too much—you’ll miss out on all the action inside. After spooning into this chocolate mess, you may never order it in a restaurant again.

Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe

The hotter the cakes are when you dive in, the more the lava will flow. Pair the cakes with whipped cream, a dusting of powdered sugar, and a mound of raspberries.

Chocolate Lava Cake

Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 30 minutesServes: 4

Ingredients

• 1 stick unsalted butter + 1 teaspoon for each mold
• 5 ounces chopped chocolate (I do 50/50 milk chocolate to bittersweet)
• 4 large eggs, at room temperature
• ¼ cup sugar
• 4 teaspoons all-purpose flour + 1 teaspoon for each mold

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. In a double boiler, combine the butter and chocolate and allow them both to melt. Remove from the stove and mix to combine.
3. While the chocolate/butter mixture is cooling, generously butter and flour the ramekins. You can also use baking spray with flour to ensure full coverage. Place ramekins on a baking sheet.
4. In a small bowl, combine eggs and sugar. With a hand mixer, blend until eggs have turned light and ribbons form when you move the mixer back and forth, at least 5 minutes. Do not under mix.
5. Add flour to the chocolate/butter mixture and begin whisking. In a steady, slow stream, add the eggs and chocolate together, a little at first to cool down the chocolate to the point that the eggs do not scramble.
6. Once combined, pour equal amounts into the 4 ramekins. Make sure to leave a little room as they will puff a bit. Do not overfill.
7. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes. They should seem a bit raw in the middle when you remove them from the oven. Let sit at least 2 minutes before you place a dish on top and flip. I like to run a hot butter knife along the edge, so the cakes easily flip out of the ramekin.
8. Serve immediately.

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Alternative Thanksgiving Potluck Ideas: Think Outside the Turkey

I’ll go on record and say that Thanksgiving is the most underrated late-season holiday. Sandwiched between the costumed, Bacchanalian antics of Halloween, and the sparkly, soundtracked magic of Christmas, a humble occasion centered around the dinner table savoring a singular, spectacular meal is…well frankly, my kind of holiday.

Potluck EssentialsThe Best Products to Transport Your Precious FoodBut if I’m being honest, even as a fervent disciple of Thanksgiving, there are a couple of things that don’t sit quite right with me. Firstly, the idea that the average home cook, whose oven might otherwise play occasional host to a cookie sheet, loaf pan, or casserole dish, is suddenly expected to execute a whole-roasted mega-poultry with a surprisingly narrow margin of error between succulent and sucked-the-life-out-of-it, seems ridiculous.

Secondly, most of us urbanites can’t claim miles of quartz countertop nor a dining table for that matter required of a worthy Friendsgiving buffet. And yet we proceed, with blind enthusiasm, into hosting a yearly fork-and-knife dinner party whose signature side dishes number upwards of a dozen.

But what if there are other ways to maintain both the spirit and seasonal flavor of Thanksgiving, without stumbling blearily through a body cavity seasoning process during your morning coffee? Below, a few ideas.

Friendsgiving Cocktail Party

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This theme relies on a strongly held personal belief that any dish worth having can be transformed into a bite-sized version. (I’d even take it one step further and say that any dish worth having can be transformed into a deviled egg, but I digress.) Don’t believe me? Check out these recipes for Turkey Pot Pie Bites, Mashed Potato Cakes, Stuffing-Stuffed Mushrooms, and Sweet Potato Biscuits. Throw in a batch of gravy for authenticity and a zesty Spiced Cranberry Sangria to wash it down with, and you have all the makings of a complete Thanksgiving dinner that can be eaten with one’s hands while standing up.

Friendsgiving Heritage Buffet

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Whether you believe the original Thanksgiving was a civilized affair celebrating the coming-together of cultures or not, there’s no reason that your Friendsgiving can’t be precisely that. Rather than assigning the standards, invite your friends to bring dishes that evoke memories or celebrate their diverse cultural backgrounds. You might not end up with the kind of potluck plate that begs for a layer of gravy over absolutely everything, but then again how else will Cheese Blintzes, Korean Japchae, Green Shakshuka, and Peruvian Chicken Chili ever come together to share plate space in your life?

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Friendsgiving Brunch

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Perhaps you’re the kind of host who’s had it with the whole potluck fiasco. Here’s a potluck idea—have your friends bring drinks, drinks, and other drinks, and you make all the food. Hosting Friendsgiving is a chance to show-off, and you don’t want your thoughtful, home-cooked dishes to be degraded by proximity to the apps from Trader Joe’s your less-culinary-inclined friends brought over. A great way to take ownership of the entire meal without getting overwhelmed by a huge bird is brunch. A seasonally appropriate casserole, a few pastries, and a lovely salad take the pressure off of the stove top, but still make you look like a domestic deity. Check out our complete guide on How to Host a Friendsgiving Brunch.

Southern Style Friendsgiving Barbecue

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If your local barbecue restaurant is offering to smoke a turkey or two for a modest price, then by all means, let them! And get some! (Like you really want to empty out your refrigerator for several days in order to brine a whole bird?) All I really need flavor-wise to completely evoke Thanksgiving vibes is a whiff of sage, and many Thanksgiving staples translate adorably with a little southern twang, like Mashed Sweet Potato Casserole with Bourbon, and Cornbread, Sausage, and Apple Stuffing. And if you have friends who are somehow opposed to the idea of Macaroni and Cheese or Baked Beans gracing their Friendsgiving buffet, don’t you want to know that sooner rather than later?

Friendsgiving Leftover Chopped-Style Challenge

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If your Friendsgiving is slated for after the actual holiday, host your friends and all their leftovers for the ultimate (friendly) culinary showdown. Have them bring their best reimagined dishes featuring traditional Thanksgiving components, or see what they can come up with last minute given Thanksgiving staples on hand. Need inspiration? Look to these Baked Eggs in Stuffing Cups, Kale and Potato Mash with Romesco Sauce, or the ultimate Thanksgiving Leftovers Club Sandwich.

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9 Rules for Planning a Perfect Friendsgiving

This year, you can’t go home to your family for Thanksgiving, and neither can some of your friends. Which is why you agreed to host a Friendsgiving dinner for your chosen family. So here are nine tips for pulling off a perfect Friendsgiving.

You need more than a fully stocked bar to ensure your guests absolutely forget they’re not at home eating mom’s pumpkin pie. (Though, let’s be honest—that’s a relief for some.)

Think you got this? Helping out your mom in the kitchen around various holidays is one thing. Hosting the Big American Dinner To End All Dinners is another endeavor altogether. That’s why we spoke to pastry chef Stephanie Nass, otherwise known as the “millennial Martha Stewart” and founder of  Chefanie Sheets, a designer line of shelf-stable cake sheets that can be applied to homemade or store-bought cakes.

When Nass plans her dinner events, she likes her people to feel pampered from the get-go. “We want guests to be satisfied and spoiled as soon as they walk in the door,” she says. For more of Nass go-to rules, read on.

1. Have Drinks and Hors d’Oeuvres Ready

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No matter how behind you are in the cooking, put the turkey baster down. You don’t want your friends sitting around empty handed while you freak out in the kitchen. “When guests arrive, have an autumnal punch with apples sliced like matchsticks and put out some antipasto to absorb the alcohol,” Nass says. You can’t go wrong with chunks of parmesan, olives, and a tart made of sliced butternut squash and ricotta. Don’t forget small plates and napkins. It’s so uncomfortable when guests have to brush crumbs into your couch cracks or pretend the cat dribbled all over your favorite pillow.

For more specific food and drink ideas, check out these 21 fall fruit drink recipes (both spiked and nonalcoholic), and some of our favorite apps for Friendsgiving. But don’t sleep on slow cooker appetizers either.

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2. Swallow Your Pride and Accept Help

People like to help. It makes them feel more invested in your event, and they’ll be less likely to flake at the last minute if they know you’re counting on them. Get friends to bring desserts or sides. You can be in charge of the turkey and other mainstays like stuffing and mashed potatoes.

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Another cost-saving measure: Require everyone to bring a bottle of something to share. Then you don’t have to cover all the liquor costs. This is also a great way to handle dietary restrictions. Your gluten-free, paleo, Whole30, keto, and vegan friends can bring a dish that suits them too.

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3. Sounds Like Adulting

The good news is your mom doesn’t have to like this playlist. “Choose music that will fill the air enough to make guests feel cozy but won’t interrupt conversations,” says Nass. “I’ll be playing ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan’ on my record player.” Check out our Friendsgiving playlist ideas too.

4. Make It Glow

Bathe your friends in soft, golden light. Everyone looks better that way and feels more at ease (if you don’t have dimmers use a 25-watt bulb). Avoid super-white, bright, antiseptic lighting. You could string up some twinkly lights or “light candles—but not scented candles,” Nass says. “It would be a sin to have the fragrance of the candles overpower the delicious food smells.”

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5. Establish Social Backup

You hope your food, buzzy beverages, and friendship will be enough to keep the conversation going all night. But just in case, come up with some strategies to fill the gaps. Invite at least one life-of-the-party friend with enough social discretion not to take over completely. Also? iPhone party games (like Heads Up!) can loosen everyone up.

6. Use Nature for Your Tablescape

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You don’t have to spend your paycheck  to create a beautiful Thanksgiving dinner table. Spray paint some of those fall leaves from outside. At the grocery store or farmers market, grab a few gourds of all shapes, colors, and sizes and line them along the center of the table. Leftover sprigs of fresh herbs can be strewn along the center too. Inject a vibrant pop of color by filling some clear glasses with fresh cranberries. This is also where the candles come in. (Just make sure they’re not so tall friends can’t see each other from across the table.) If you want another element, use name cards for place settings.

7. Don’t Be Chicken

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The way Nass sees it, this is your opportunity to do something totally different with the turkey. Nass likes cooking the turkey in truffle butter and then sprinkling it with truffle salt. There’s also the deep fry method. Or try our Buffalo Turkey recipe with Blue Cheese Sauce (naturally).

8. Now Is Not the Time to Start Your Low-Carb Diet

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“Be abundant in your dessert offerings,” Nass says. “The more diverse the options, the better—from pumpkin ice cream to apple cider donuts to sweet potato cake.” People will probably be disappointed if there isn’t a pumpkin or pecan pie, so include one traditional option.  And remember, bringing a pie or a dessert is an easy way for your guests to contribute too.

Related Reading: 18 Thanksgiving Desserts That Aren’t Pie | 13 Delicious Twists on Pumpkin Pie

9. Keep the Party Going

Give your guests little parting gifts. It can be mini Mason jars of apple butter, pumpkin hummus, morning-after muffins, quirky beer cozies, or tea towels with inappropriate messages. This gesture is going above and beyond, so if you want to make it really easy on yourself think about sending home leftovers in cute, cheap to-go boxes. And if you’re attending a Friendsgiving? Don’t forget to bring a gift to say thanks.  

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For more great tips, tricks, and hacks, see our Ultimate Guide to Friendsgiving.

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13 Tips to Build the Cheese Board of Your Dreams, According to a Cheese Connoisseur

If you’ve been scrolling through Instagram lately, you’re bound to have come across a soaring cheese board spread: one peppered with gooey wedges of cheese, teeny pots overflowing with golden honey and green olives, towers of crackers, and ribbons of pink charcuterie. These wonderfully intricate platters are certainly breathtaking to look at, but invariably intimidating to actually replicate yourself. 

But no matter: Thalassa Skinner, author of “Cheese Boards to Share: How to Create a Stunning Board for Any Occasion,” and a former cheesemonger herself, is here to help. Her book dives into the complexities of cheese pairings and walks readers through putting together their own cheese board, buoyed by recipes for accoutrements, like apple, sage, and calvados paste and garden patch pickles. Thalassa promises that it’s not as hard as it looks.

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“If you get one great cheese [and] have small things around that, it’ll be impressive,” she says. “Trust me.”

Read on for Thalassa’s tips on how to build your very own cheese board—one that’ll unfailingly rival anything you see on Instagram—as well as a recipe for sweet, candied almonds. 

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Come Excited to Eat Cheese

For Thalassa, this is the mindset all uninitiated cheese board builders should come to the table with. She admits that while it’s undeniably intimidating and overwhelming, you’ll simply be bolstered by your humble passion for cheese.  

Select Cheeses and Pairings That Excite You

When you’re outlining what you’ll be putting on your board, Thalassa recommends sticking with your gut: pick cheeses that, at their core, inspire you, because you’ll be more excited to share that passion with your friends and family. 

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Don’t Forget That Cheese Is Visual

It’s easy to forget that cheese isn’t merely monolithic (although the packets of sliced cheese you find in the grocery store may suggest otherwise). Cheese, in fact, is diverse: there’s a wealth of colors, textures, shapes, and sizes, and that should all be a point of interest when you’re building your board. Look through the cheese case for show stopping colors and shapes to brighten up the board and make it as visual as possible.

Diversify Your Selections

Don’t simply pick only hard cheeses; there’s plenty of room to play with your creativity. “Think about what is on the board,” Thalassa says. “You should have diversity: you don’t want to have three of the exact same cheeses, or if someone doesn’t like that style of cheese they’re going to be bored.”

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Make the Board Accessible

All those photos you see of cheese boards on Instagram? Those are hardly accessible. They’re beautiful, of course, but Thalassa admits that those kinds of boards actually make it difficult to access the star of the show: the cheese. “You want people to be able to get to the cheese,” she says. “That’s an easily forgotten thing.” Thalassa explains that you friends should be able to easily and conveniently cut a wedge of cheese—without knocking everything over. 

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Let the Physical Board Shine

After all, you did purchase that wonderful chestnut wooden board specifically for this purpose. Don’t pile a zillion things onto the board: let its texture and color stand out, too. 

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Label Each Cheese

Everyone’s certainly invested in eating cheese, but they’re probably equally interested in learning a thing or two about the cheese you’ve selected. “I’m all for putting signage on,” Thalassa says. She explains that the labels shouldn’t be in the way, but simply adjacent to each cheese. 

Related Reading: What Is the Difference Between Burrata and Mozzarella Cheese?

Have a Theme

Thalassa’s book walks readers through a host of ideas and themes for cheese boards, which can help you organize what you’re building, whether it’s by animal, milk, texture, simplicity, or color. For example, Thalassa advocates for the theme of less is more: “There’s a real majesty in taking one big chunk of clothbound cheddar and making that the focus,” she says. “People can really focus on that one cheese.”

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Let Your Senses Guide You

A cheese shop will invariably be overwhelming—there’s so much to choose from! But Thalassa says the best way to combat any innate fear is to let your sense guide you. Use your eyes to lead you first. Ask your local cheesemonger questions. Taste the cheese: let your palate inform you of what you like and don’t like. Then let those taste buds direct you in your pairing capabilities: for example, if you try a cheese that has notes of mushroom, a good accoutrement is something earthy.  

Give the Cheese Time to Breathe

The worst sin you can do to your cheese is to serve it cold. Give it plenty of time to come to room temperature; that way the flavors have plenty of time to emerge. 

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Don’t Cut Your Cheese Beforehand

Cheese cubes? Absolutely not. Allow your guests to chop the cheese themselves—cutting the cheese beforehand means you’re most likely snipping away an edible rind, a part of the cheese that is there for enjoyment, not something to be tossed away. 

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Don’t Overpower Cheese with the Wrong Pairings

Cheese is meant to be tasted. Thalassa suggests making sure you’re not overpowering any of the cheeses with overly strong pairings: delicate cheeses are obliterated by a mighty glass of wine or beer, for example. “You want to think about intensities,” she says. “Try to marry those as best you can.”

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Let Your Cheese Be the Star

This seems rather obvious, but it’s easy to bulk up on mounds of candied almonds and rounds of salami and forget about the cheese. This is a cheese board, after all. “The cheesemaker has worked hard and is very proud of that cheese,” Thalassa says. “Let it shine.”

Candied Almonds Recipe

These Moorish nuts are very slightly spicy and sweet with brown sugar and maple syrup, a great foil for the savoriness of blue cheese especially.

Candied Almonds

Makes: 2 cups/300 grams

Ingredients

• 2 cups/270 g raw almonds, skin on
• ½ cup/100 g dark brown sugar
• ¼ cup/60 g maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon chipotle powder
• 1 tablespoon sel gris, coarsely ground

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) Gas 5.
2. Mix all the ingredients except for the sel gris together in a bowl until the almonds are well coated. Spread the almonds on a non-stick baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 5–8 minutes. The sugars will bubble and turn a darker color.
3. Remove the almonds from the oven and stir with a wooden spoon. Sprinkle with sel gris and set aside to cool on the baking sheet. As they cool, the sugars will begin to harden. When the almonds have cooled, serve them in a bowl with your cheese board. The nuts can be stored in an airtight container for up to a week at room temperature.

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This Futuristic-Looking 12-Cup Coffee Maker is 50% Off for Today Only

You may have gotten an extra hour of sleep over the weekend but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s Monday now and you’re going to need a coffee (maybe 12 cups). Best Buy has a solid Cuisinart 12-cup coffee maker on sale for half off its original price down under $50 — for today only — as Deal of the Day.

The slick-looking coffee-machine is giving off some serious futuristic/laboratory vibes with beaker-like carafe, but don’t worry it’s not some gimmick, the coffee system has earned high marks from verified purchase reviews on both Best Buy and Amazon.

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This is also the lowest we’ve seen the model in a price history search. Get it right now for the daily deal price and also get free shipping, delivered by Wednesday, Nov 5, or pick it up at your local Best Buy.

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Classic Sweet Potato Pie

A Thanksgiving table isn’t complete without sweet potato pie! Roasting your own sweet potatoes adds depth of flavor and that extra something special to your holiday dinner. It’s easy to do, and totally worth the extra step.

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