This year, I cooked a whole Thanksgiving dinner for the first time. I have cooked parts of Thanksgiving dinner before, but this was my first time taking the plunge and cooking the entire menu. I learned a lot of new recipes and had a blast, and leftovers lasted for six days! I will show you pictures of my Thanksgiving dinner in the pages to come. 

Croissants: Day 2

I started my Thanksgiving dinner on Tuesday, November 24th. The croissants would take the most time, so I started them first. You have to roll out the dough and then fold it and then roll and fold several times. In the picture, you see the croissants before I rolled them up for the first time. You have to use so much butter!

Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream

The pumpkin pie was my favorite part to make. I used canned pumpkin and made my own pie crust. It smelled delicious while it was cooking because there were several autumn spices in it, such as cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Before eating it on Thanksgiving morning, I whipped up some fresh lactose-free cream to go on top. It's impossible to eat pumpkin pie without whipped cream.

Croissants: Day 3

After eating the pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving morning, the first thing I did was finish baking the croissants. They smelled so good while they were baking! All of the rolling out and folding were totally worth it. There were so many delicious, buttery layers in the croissants. Next time, I might try it with a little less butter. It was a little too much for me. In fact, this was the only food that had gluten and lactose in it, so I only had a bite or two.