This classic Thanksgiving side gets the pumpkin pie treatment with brown sugar and vanilla for a deep caramel flavor and butter and eggs for richness. The nutty crumb topping creates a pleasantly crunchy contrast to the creamy sweet potatoes.
Mmm … can you smell it? The sweet aroma of cinnamon rolls baking in the oven, or is it the pumpkin-spiced latte you're sipping? For the preheat, host Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to combine two of the fall season's best treats and make seasonal coffee drink cinnamon rolls. Then, the bakers roll right into the main heat with a fall-themed yule log that Jesse calls Thanksgiving Swiss Rolls. In the end, judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller decide which baker is rolling home.
Celebrate fall by using autumn flavors in brunch foods! Marcela Valladolid makes a decadent Pumpkin French Toast Casserole that's perfect for feeding a crowd and then The Kitchen gang competes in a breakfast edition of Tool Takedown. Katie Lee assembles an amazing tray of Breakfast Nachos with a base of waffles, right before Food Network Star winner Tregaye Fraser drops by to share her savory Bacon Breakfast Cupcakes. Katie turns favorite fall desserts into three breakfast smoothies and Geoffrey Zakarian ends with a Fall Mimosa.
Two families return to GGG for more Flavortown fun in a three-round Thanksgiving family showdown. Guy Fieri has a member of each family pick from unidentified cans to determine the featured ingredient in their first meal, and then another family member must make a fall favorite using five pounds of ingredients. Finally, the last member of each family must flip a pumpkin pie into a savory Thanksgiving dish in a winner-takes-all final round and a shot at shopping Flavortown for up to $20,000.
There's no meal Bobby Flay looks forward to more than Thanksgiving dinner, so he's invited Damaris Phillips over to help prepare for the big day. They sip a seasonal Cranberry Orange Mule cocktail and talk about their favorite Thanksgiving memories. When it's time to test out some recipes, Bobby fries a turkey breast and makes some Yukon Gold Colcannon with Sauteed Kale, Cabbage and Bacon Butter. Damaris bakes Cashew Coconut Dinner Rolls for the feast, and you'll be thankful for her Smokey Pumpkin Creme Brulee.