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And then... they gave them raisins! © Nothing’s scarier than a house without Greetings YOUR HOLIDAY ESSENTIALS We asked Taste of Home readers to share the kitchen tool they just can’t live without during the holidays. Here are a few of their trusty favorites: Wendelene Kluesner, Evansville, IN “My holiday baking essentials are my grandma’s rolling pin and her patterned mold for making German springerle cookies.” Faves for the Feast When I think of preparing holiday recipes, my mind instantly conjures the image of my mom’s weathered pastry mat. That giant piece of thick plastic—no matter how many times it was washed— Nancy Mock, Colchester, VT always seemed to have a light coating of flour across it. But that’s “I would be lost without my just a sign of how well-loved it was. During the holidays, it held French-style tapered rolling pin! near-constant residency on the kitchen counter, waiting for the I use it for so many holiday treats, next pie crust or cutout cookie dough recipe to begin on its surface. including pie crust, gingerbread or I inherited that pastry mat, and although I have a sturdier silicone sugar cookie cutouts, crescent rolls to version at home, I always reach for my mom’s when baking. go with roast turkey, and cinnamon Mom’s pastry mat is the definition of a holiday essential—that rolls to treat overnight guests tool or gadget that helps churn out brilliant brownies, a perfectly for breakfast.” golden turkey or the creamiest mashed potatoes imaginable. Taste of Home staffers share a few of our favorite pieces of go-to holiday prep gear beginning on page 63, but be sure to check out some of our readers’ faves on the right, too. I’m sure you’ll turn to your own essentials when prepping Thanksgiving this year. Maybe they’ll aid in perfecting The Best Pecan Pie recipe on page 68 or help create a showstopper side dish from “Hot Potatoes” (page 52). You can also give your tools a whirl while making any of the gorgeous dishes shared by our talented Community Cooks in “The Great American Feast” (page 44). No matter what tools you’ll use in the kitchen this year, I hope Shawn Barto, Palmetto, FL you’re surrounded by the essentials that make every holiday “My cookie scoops! I have them special: the people you love and food that tastes like home. in multiple sizes, from a tablespoon to a half cup. I make approximately 1,000 truffles between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the idea of hand-rolling that number of truffles Rachel Bernhard Seis DEPUTY EDITOR is absolutely daunting. 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