HOLIDAY BAKE, PREP & FREEZE / MAKE AHEAD HOLIDAY FAVORITES

[@pba1219a]

My very first Thanksgiving, my very first turkey. In the late 80's you couldn't just pull up videos of how to do things, so I went about (what I thought) was cleaning the turkey. Put it in the oven. A few hours later was talking to my dad on the phone. He asked me what I was going to do with the neck and the gizzards and stuff. I told him I didn't think my turkey came with that. It did, I found them later, inside a bag, on the inside of my roasted turkey.

[@kevinanddeb8829]

Me too! Couldn't understand why it was taking so long to cook because even though the turkey fully defrosted, that stuff must have stayed frozen!

[@fairlysweet7096]

Just finished doing this with the pies. I never would have thought to do this. As a busy mom this saved me so much anxiety during the holiday season.

[@Thesunshinelife]

Now you have a extra pumpkin pie for when the kids come home from school😂

[@tessaweston4835]

Sunshine D I thought that too 😂

[@CMBauer]

13:27 You're not dumb. You're just doing a lot at once. Happens to everyone. Also love these prep w/ me videos!

[@breaann9814]

My mom's hobby was cooking. She always told me "the best cooks are the messiest cooks." Love your videos, Kimmy! Thank you for all the help for the holidays and all the other things you do!

[@emilyb1627]

I'm doing this make ahead freeze prep this weekend and I'm so excited. I watched all the other ladies videos on this collab, and they had great ideas, too! I'm making Ma's Rolls for the first time, think I'll half the recipe...making pumpkin rolls to freeze too! I'm going thru my list to see what dishes I can prep the night before, so I can pop it in the oven the day of. Thanks for the great tips!

[@oceanw7890]

Pie crust is so easy here is my great grandma( babas) 5c flour 1lb Lard 1 1/4cup ginger ale or 7up. Mix it all together by hand. If you want more flakey crust just put a lil less ginger ale /7up. It’s fail proof so easy. So cheap.

[@jenpoole7513]

Ginger ale? I've never heard of that, I'm gonna try that! Thank you!

[@JJ-mh4xd]

I love these people too especially Amy and Christine !!

[@islandgirl3615]

You: "It's October 30th today and I'm in my..." Me: Apron.. She's gonna say apron.. Omg so cute! You: "...kitchen" 😜

[@moskitchenandhome]

the_new_mrs_turner 😂😂🤣🤣

[@susanspringall8603]

Kimmy, thank you for being real, mistakes and all! Love this holiday prep video, especially your comments as you work. Looking forward to going along with you this holiday season.

[@angelalivingston7270]

Don't know if you will see this, but one time I was making pumpkin gooey bars (Paula dean) recipe and I thought I out vanilla in and the realized it was Worchestershire 😱 ! I still served then and no one noticed 😂😂

[@dmdohse55]

oh thats funny probaly made the tangy lol could use some other flavering instead some ppleuse olive oil in place of cooking oil i would think that would be a strange taste

[@dmdohse55]

kimmy have you ever had crumbcake ??hyvee is a store in nebraska and iowa welltheh had samples i missed out but they have it on the hsn shopping channel but pple say not good dont know if i ever willget to try it crumbly and powdred sugar on it

[@veronicawalters4534]

My Holiday Blooper 😂😂😂: We were invited to a family get together and we were in charge of bringing cabbage rolls. We always make the huge single serving size cabbage rolls and we usually use toothpicks to hold them together while they bake up. So my mother and I had a huge assembly line going and we manage to get two huge roaster pans full of cabbage rolls. We brought them to the party and I tried one (she wouldn't let me touch any at home! Lol) and it tasted weird. It was then I realized..... WE USED MINT TOOTHPICKS TO HOLD THE ROLLS TOGETHER! 😭😂. Two giant pans of mint flavoured cabbage rolls.... Yeah... Not the most popular dish at the party that night 😂😂😂😂😂😩😩😩😩😩😩.

[@SusanLMcGee]

Hilarious!!! Once my mom put cinnamon instead of paprika on the devilled eggs. No bueno.

[@kellyvernon6074]

I remember when my first husband was stationed over seas and I hosted his mother for TG she made her famous sweet potato dish said I could just warm it ...yep I burnt it , I remember her say in other room yep he was right she can't cook...well now better cook and she is no longer my in law!!!!

[@linavejsiri3796]

Why do MIL's do that? My ex MIL always pulled the classic giving me a half@ss recipe so it won't turn out right THAN will say in front of everyone "Its ok you will get it 1 day!" Damn psychos! I know when I become one I'm giving up everything to my daughter in law & will never cook ever agian!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@coolcalmandmom4896]

Kelly Vernon 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@samanthawhat]

@@linavejsiri3796 My great grandmother would do that to my grandma all of the time. She'd give her a recipe that my grandpa ate all of the time as a kid but would leave out one or two ingredients on purpose! So catty and weird.

[@Carrotless_]

congrats for not having that MIL anymore lol

[@shirleycarter465]

Hi! One year my mixer broke and I used my husband electric drill to mix mashed potatos

[@emilyb1627]

I'm laughing at this one!!

[@justcallmelovie5358]

I love your Italian Christmas cookies. I make them every year just switch the extract from lemon to almond soooo good and always use parchment paper.

[@wesleywright6458]

We aren't a pumpkin pie family, but we love sweet potato pie. My late grandma made them, she taught me how to when I was young. We did, and still have them for every holiday. Thanksgiving and Christmas I usually make two dozen for each, everybody wants to take one home. Love your channel ❤️

[@dawndecesare2077]

My grandparents lived in a very small apartment in N.Y. We were making Thanksgiving dinner and my mom couldn't find a spot to mash the potatoes so she sat on the floor in the corner. I still laugh thinking about it. This is a great idea. I need to try doing this!

[@sandraareias2871]

Now that you’re doing 4 pumpkin pies your kids can have one when they come home 😂

[@kathyforgues6994]

When I was in college my roommate and I were throwing a St. Patrick's day party(we lived off campus in an apartment). I was making my sugar cut out cookies. Well we were chatting and I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. Measured out what I thought was salt. It wasn't it was pepper! We picked out as much as we could got the salt in there and carried on. I was so nervous that people were going to complain. Well the guy I was dating his younger brothers ate those things up, they couldn't stop eating them. My roommate and I just sat there and giggled and never said anything!!

[@theveggieartisanpantry]

I’m keen to get a dedicated freezer just for freezer meals because of you 😆 thank you for all those awesome recipes and ideas. Love em!

[@crystal7217]

Kimmy you are incredible! I wish I had 1/2 your talent .💜

[@brittanybonnell4769]

Amy is the freezer meal Queen! I love her!!!

[@amymaryon]

No...just have so many kids that love to eat;)

[@mariacasella979]

Idk if our recipes are the same for the Italian cookies but I half the dough to keep them vanilla or white we roll them out cut the cookie at a slant and roll them in sesame seeds and bake them,then the other half of the dough I add unsweetened coco powder and ground cloves,roll dough into balls,bake them and make a vanilla glaze then sprinkle the different colored ball sprinkles,My Mom is from Varese,Italy and my Dad is from Palermo Sicily ,I know different parts of Italy cook differently,may have different names,but when I saw you make the white ball ones I was like Hey!I make those..Pie crust is easy don't let it intimidate you..you will do great

[@HowDebbieSaves]

Baking holiday cookies now & freezing them... mind blown! It save time & money as well so I can meal plan for the ingredients & not blow my weekly grocery budget... saving time &!money is my jam!! Lol great job!

[@juliespencer1164]

I loved your style and determination to have things organized for the festivities. Getting things done and giving yourself a time out at the Christmas and Thanksgiving.

[@vanessazahel7554]

One of my go to's for a quick dessert is a fruit cobbler. My go to recipe is from an Amish-Mennonite cookbook and uses 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of fruit (I've used everything from fresh fruit to pie filling) and a few other ingredients. I just basically dump everything in my casserole and bake. Quick, easy and delicious! I call it my cuppa-cuppa-cuppa cobbler, lol. I think I'll make those pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving this year! I have a chronic illness and if I gradually work on a pie here and a pie there as I can, I will be ready! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@leleedaniels2413]

And my mom said I was crazy to prep my food early!! 😂😂😂

[@ashleynic8249]

Cant believe the holidays are around the corner! Seems like time just flew by! Love pumpkin pie. Have an amazing Thanksgiving!

[@zenamikel3070]

Ive been a subscriber for years, I have no excuse for not making those italian cookies by now definitely making them this holiday season!!

[@tamalam9615]

One Thanksgiving, my daughter was 9 months pregnant, she turned around and her belly hit the broccoli casserole! The whole thing went right to the floor! Lol! The next year we were preparing Christmas dinner, I had boiled 20 lbs of potatoes, half for mashed and half for potato salad, she mashed them allll!! Haha! We had plenty of potato pancakes that following week! Such fun memories! We love to tease her and especially my granddaughter. We tell her before she even got here she was knocking things over and been a bulldozer ever since! 😂😂😂 And we always tell my daughter she isn’t allowed around anything potato especially! 🤣🤣

[@alyssaflores5239]

😂 The bell notification you put in your video is the same as my doorbell. I paused the video and checked the door only to realize it was you! Lol 😂

[@shesinherapron]

Oh that’s funny

[@amberf3599]

We eat pumpkin all year long. We love them and it brings back the memories of mom and home.💗

[@dmdohse55]

wellif it was cold in september we had 2 or more pumpkin pies before thanksgivingand pumpkin bars and bread because we liked it so much easy to make just needed a little nicer kitchen is alllike more counter space and dishwasher is all

[@juliemartin6227]

I am newer to your channel and I really enjoy all of your content! You are SO positive and I love how you “Bless your home!” I’m looking foreword to all the Thanksgiving & Christmas vlogs! Blessings to you and your family!💗

[@laurenbakos3712]

I make it for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. My hubby and dad love it! ❤️ I have to make it through one more month of school and then I’m gonna start baking.

[@marilynb8136]

Excellent cooking advice!!! What a lifesaver these videos are. Ty so much!!!!

[@shannonvandenbrouck20]

Kimmy, did you pre-freeze the pumpkin pies as well? Or just wrap and freeze after they cooled completely? I noticed the bottom of the Libby’s can it says do not freeze it will separate. What are your thoughts.. thanks

[@Browneyes0911]

Hi Kimmy, I am so happy that you gave us the idea to start baking ahead of time. That is going to help me out a lot because in my house we are from Puerto Rico and Italy and Ecuador so you know there’s a lot of food and different, we all do the Turkey the lasagnas and from Puerto Rico we do arroz con gandules which is a well seasoned rice with pigeon peas and we also do a Pernil which is roasted pork. Thanks for sharing with us like always❤️👍👍👍

[@palomam.9302]

Thanksgiving many moons ago, I used a cooking bag for my turkey. It cooked in about 2 hours. I wasn't sure if it was done so I left it in the oven another two hours. I completely caramelized my turkey. It was like charcoal through and through. Happy Thanksgiving. I forgot, it was my first Thanksgiving cooking for my husband.

[@leannewith3]

Great idea. Especially because by Christmas here in Australia it is HOT! Anything I can do while it is cooler is great.

[@deepestanio4625]

Don’t you know being messy is a sign of an artistic person? Hit the nail on the head with you. I love parchment, works good for me. I use my late Aunt Verna’s pie recipes. How do you keep going? I’m so tired ugh! You always encourage me, Thank you dearly!

[@rubycantu9859]

OMG! I felt so bad for your little mixer with only one beater lol I said a prayer for you (I really did) and it brings me so much joy to know that you found another one to help you get to baking!!! Yay!!!! I totally knew right away when I saw two because the other video you only had one haha yay!!!!

[@nelllee57]

Awesome tip for the Apple pies ....thanks

[@nanof7647]

I just love watching you cook and like seeing your family in the video

[@michelleanguiano4970]

Thank you for all of your wonderful ideas. I can not get enough of your channel ❤ Sending Anguiano love

[@carolprice5260]

That was really nice to watch you, I've never had pumpkin pie but iam going to make it now, thank you x🇬🇧

[@leaannclaywell7167]

My grandmother has always told me a messy cook is a good cook lol. Thank you for sharing this video with us i love it. Now i need to go and do the same.

[@lisamatthews2268]

You are amazing! U make me wanna bake stuff homemade. And normally my daughter who's 4 we end up having flower from one end to the other of are kitchen

[@nuttallvlogs2362]

Kimmy I make my short crust in the food processor! It's just flour butter and water, whizz the flour and butter with the blade attachment til it looks like yellow sand then add a tbsp of water at a time till it makes a dough. Wrap it and leave it to rest for half an hour. Poifect every time! Xx

[@banerjeearundhati22]

You are always so inspiring Kimmy. Keep smiling the bright smile of yours.

[@michellelynn6146]

My sister was wrapping presents one year on her bed. When she was cutting the paper she cut through all her bedding at the same time 😂😂😂

[@dmdohse55]

i was ctting out fabric on my new carpet i was very careful a brides made dress

[@jamierush2432]

When I was a teenager me and my mom made pies for Thanksgiving...we left my favorite pie out which is blueberry and a dang mouse got in it and there was little blueberry foot prints lol

[@caitlincunningham8354]

Listening to you zest the lemons! Ahh😊very nice💗Thank you so much for your videos! I love ALL of them!

[@Novemberbaby333]

You are a baking wonder woman! You can really pump it out! Jealous.

[@Handschug7]

I grow my own pumpkins and I too use the Libby's recipe, it's the best. We eat it year round and it's fun to have in on the 4th of July. LOL

[@kevinanddeb8829]

I started using parchment paper a couple of years ago and now I use it for everything!

[@susieQ666]

genius 🥰🥰 i watch amy and her lovely family ... there so awesome ... i thought they'd need a pie left out who could resist that ...💚

[@jennifermorse2803]

My family loves pumpkin pie so much so we have it for both holidays😊

[@pitchinbirdlover]

Getting so excited for the holidays! 💕 I put up my trees a week ago lol! This will be my husband and Is first Christmas as a married couple and last Christmas just us two as our first baby is coming in May! So exciting! Thanks always for letting us see a glimpse of your life Kimmy. You are wonderful!

[@angelmabery]

Congrats on the baby!🙏🏻😊

[@pitchinbirdlover]

@@angelmabery Awe thank you so much 💕

[@shorty1986]

Hi, you know I do pumpkin pies for Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. My daughter and my grandchildren love pumpkin pie 😊

[@sandrak596]

Thanks for the motivation for getting things ready for the holidays!

[@moongirl301]

Good save!! Also, we did the regular milk an no, not good. Canned is the way to go! Thanks for all the great tips👍💖

[@brendatate8986]

Thanks Kimmy! You are spot on getting this stuff done ✅. Thanks for sharing!

[@amyheelis-cannon811]

Hey Beautiful lady! Thank you so much. When ever I see your videos have posted I skip everyone else and click on yours to watch first. It helps jump start my day. You have a beautiful family and wonderful friends. Have a great day.

[@shesinherapron]

😊

[@denisej4522]

Hi Kimmy. My mom and I are making your mom's dinner rolls this afternoon. We plan to freeze them unbaked, as you do in this video. Could you explain how to use them once frozen? How long do they take to thaw and rise? Also, at what temp do you bake them and for how long? Thanks much!

[@amymaryon]

You did a fantastic job! Thinking i am gonna need those rolls for Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing ❤️

[@barbarajohnson7782]

Love your video! I love the ready made pie crust, it is so easy and taste amazing. I used parchment paper all the time with baking, it works great and the clean up is fast too. No one wants a huge clean up after a day of baking.

[@courtneybailey1841]

Our family LOVES Ma's rolls and her "gravy" too! We have high expectations when it comes food!!😘

[@marilynryan7822]

I need an apron! So I’ll just watch and take notes...I keep my flour in the exact same jar!! I only buy sugar in small bags during holidays,do not use sugar🤭 Wish I had freezer space for pies... Love your Bosch ! I love your excitement for being ahead of the game this season.. I make the Italian cookie along with Pizzelles . My first husband was Italian and Nona and my mother in law taught me to cook .Cant wait for all the recipes.Have fun.

[@mikesgracie5068]

So excited to see this video this morning!! Enjoying my coffee and bagel while I watch :) It is cold and starting to snow here in Ohio and I am so ready for the holidays!! We only do pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, not Christmas. A couple of years ago my mom and I found so many fun pie recipes for Thanksgiving, we ended up making a crazy amount of pies! Enough that every guest could have had their own pie!! Lol!! It was fun and we had lots of pie leftovers which is never a bad thing!! :)

[@wandarios1711]

You’re amazing and so motivating! Tks! 👏💃🏻👏👏

[@christel3742]

I always use the Pioneer Woman’s pie crust recipe. I’ve never managed to destroy it, and it’s delicious. I fully recommend a try :).

[@kristinanoall]

Yes, this did inspire me to make things ahead of time, thanks! I’m quite inexperienced with pies, so I’m experimenting-I made my first pecan pie, with my first homemade pie crust, last night. If we like it, I’ll make another to freeze. After watching this, I think I’ll make the rolls ahead of time and freeze them, too.

[@rhondawelker6742]

We we used to do pumpkin both Thanksgiving and Christmas, but now with the kids grown with families of their own we try to get together sometime in December to celebrate Christmas. We focus more on the goodies and don’t even do a dinner. The kids vote for something simple and if we can all be together it will be pizza - they decided that last year. I use Pillsbury crusts as well. I can make a good pie crust, but it just speeds things up and less mess. Nobody know unless you tell them. 😉 I used to make a lot of pies for Thanksgiving and used pre-made, always receiving compliments on the pie crusts. One year our daughter saw the boxes in the trash and spilled the beans. We all had a good laugh. 😆. Oh, the memories. 🥰 Thanks you for the video, Kimmy. Lot of good info. I am going to try Ma’s roll recipe. Haven’t tried it yet. 😃

[@winkelmann248154]

Parchment paper has changed my life lol!!!!! We use it on like everything now

[@melodystull19]

You know your appliances are sort of like your extended family. My mixer was given to me by my mom who died 25 years ago I need another one cause it doesn’t work good,but it makes me feel like I’m letting my mom go all over again you are so helpful to so many of us even us older ones

[@cdesmon]

Question- I watched the video link of the roll recipe and just wanted to confirm you use regular yeast for the Ma's Rolls???? Thank you!

[@HaruhiAihara]

Love love love Frugal Fit Mom!

[@kaitlynsellers7395]

Hi Kimmy! For your Ma’s rolls do you have to have a mixer like a Bosch or Kitchen Aid or can you use a hand mixer?

[@shesinherapron]

From Ma: Just mixed with a spoon in a bowl all the wet ingredients then added two cups of flour at a time. The mix is very moist. They came out great. Hope that helps.

[@kaitlynsellers7395]

@@shesinherapron Yes! Thank you so much! I hope to try out the recipe at Christmas for our huge family get together!

[@gloriaalexander8701]

I make a ton of homemade sugar cookies and I always use parchment paper. Makes cleanup so much easier. We have so much to do at the holidays, I will try anything to make it easier!

[@Thesunshinelife]

Love all the women your doing a collaboration with kimmy😁 I can tell its gonna he a good holiday season

[@ewaterman1093]

Obsessed with the way you did the pie filling !!! I just picked 45lb of apples !!!! Genius !!! I am doing that this week

[@rachalnocchi5600]

I will make a pumpkin pie anytime of the year, we always have them for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but a pumpkin pie in July is divine and makes you look forward to Fall!

[@sarahseales251]

In the South you have more sweet potato pie as opposed to pumpkin. It's basically the same ingredients but you use sweet potato instead of pumpkin. The filling for sweet potato pie has a little more texture and is lighter and more airy whereas pumpkin pie is creamier and a little more dense. Unfortunately my family likes neither so I don't get to make them. Hopefully I'll get a slice at another get together during the holidays! Love you and your precious family. Happy Holidays from Alabama! :-)

[@Edgedamage01]

Great video as always!! I already made peanut butter cookies and white chocolate macadamia nut cookies so today I am making chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies and chocolate chip oatmeal cookies!!!!all for my big family Christmas lots of love from Canada 🇨🇦

[@lisadavis9286]

Can you provide us with thawing and cooking instructions for the pies. Do you cook them frozen or do you thaw them?

[@melindacoombs5274]

A sign of a good cook is a messy cook :) I am a messy cook too :) I just need to invest in some aprons. LOL!!

[@mamofoneteen5178]

Or a kitchen helper! 😂🤣😂

[@cmdc7116]

Hi Kimmy! I know this video was made awhile ago. I made the apple pie filling and froze it. I want to bake it for Thanksgiving. What are the baking instructions. How long should I bake the frozen apple pie once I put it in the crust and what should the oven temp be? THX GF!

[@nicollesmith5369]

My Best/Worst Holiday blooper was over 10 years ago coming home from college with all the Christmas Cookies that year. I picked up a rockstar energy drink thinking Id stay up all night baking and making trays and trays of ten types of cookies including two types biscotti. I made it up to putting the loafs of biscotti in the oven around 4 am as my last to bake and assemble. I set down on my Sofa bed and I was out like a light. I woke up to a smokey apartment and two very burnt logs! Thank god I didnt set off the tempermental fire system at least!😂😂😂

[@brittanymachelle3415]

The first year I was married I was so excited to host Thanksgiving, I worked so hard all day when I finally took the turkey out I realized I had cooked it with that bag of all the insides still in it! 🤦‍♀️😂 I double check every year now now lol ❤️

[@mexicanmomma5119]

Love watching Amy!!! So neat to see y’all do a collab! Now the Rhodes yeast rolls are a favorite in our house! You got me wanting to try these!!!!

[@kellystudders9810]

I love your apron sooo much!! Tried to find a similar one in the U.K but haven't had any luck. Will keep searching though. Thank you for all of your videos, love them!

[@jennifermitchell1730]

Good morning, Kimmy! Thanks for the video. What a nice way to wake up!

[@memoriesembraced7896]

This will be our first year hosting our own Thanksgiving! I'm so excited but nervous but planning now too so I'm not stressed❤

[@bethbeauchamp7094]

I used to eat pumpkin pie when I was growing up in Seattle. Now I make sweet potato pie since I live in North Carolina. I really like sweet potato much better.

[@meganzambo2403]

The first thanksgiving dinner I ever cooked I had a few little issues, mostly with the turkey. Let’s just say I learnt a lot. Like the thawing process takes a long time. The most memorably lesson I learnt was that there is the bag of giblets and the neck inside the cavity.... that is to be removed before you cook the bird 😬 yea, I missed that step

[@lenaapple1974]

Now the kids can eat one instead of drooling! ;) OMGSH...That so would have been me! Looking at it on the phone, I may not realized until it was too late!

[@mamofoneteen5178]

It’s such a pleasure to watch you bake (because you’re so good at it) and the video is always edited so well. I’ve never made anything with the pumpkin purée (I’m in the uk) but this is the year, I have the tins ready! Btw thank goodness you could ‘shop your pantry’ for the extra tins!! Bonus, you all get to eat pumpkin pie before thanksgiving 🥧. 👏🏻👍🤗

[@samc299]

Mamofone Teen where did you get the pumpkin purée from? I struggle to find it in here. Thanks

[@maegene2378]

Came over from Amy's channel, loved the recipes you shared. :) subscribed.. definitely going to try the rolls

[@stacid.1186]

Great video.. I usually freeze my fillings. Then just assemble the pies fresh (I use premade crust also)

[@lorisiragusano1556]

Staci D. If you freeze your fillings how do you bake them? I would like to try an apple pies?

[@FloresitaDeDios]

Oh wow this is so helpful for sure. I may have to do this for sure.