12 Thanksgiving Recipes with "Kid Jobs" for Little Cooks

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We’re reinventing Thanksgiving side bread with these Sweet Crescent Roll Pumpkins. Get your kids to brush the tops of your dough with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. They can also help you insert an almond into the center of each roll to create the cute pumpkin stem.

We’re reinventing Thanksgiving side bread with these Sweet Crescent Roll Pumpkins. Get your kids to brush the tops of your dough with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. They can also help you insert an almond into the center of each roll to create the cute pumpkin stem.

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Starting with Pillsbury™ sugar cookie dough, our Cranberry-Orange Cheesecake Swirl Bars are bound to steal the show at your Thanksgiving table. Feel free to let your kids get their hands a little messy by pressing the cookie dough evenly into the bottom of your 13x9. If they’re a little older, they can use a butter knife to swirl the cranberry sauce into the cheesecake mixture.

Starting with Pillsbury™ sugar cookie dough, our Cranberry-Orange Cheesecake Swirl Bars are bound to steal the show at your Thanksgiving table. Feel free to let your kids get their hands a little messy by pressing the cookie dough evenly into the bottom of your 13x9. If they’re a little older, they can use a butter knife to swirl the cranberry sauce into the cheesecake mixture.

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This easy crescent pizza recipe uses your favorite fall roasted vegetables to really stir up some conversation at the dinner table. Pillsbury™ crescent dough gets a delicious spread of a Boursin®-cream cheese mixture, and your kids can help place their favorite fall veggies on top!

This easy crescent pizza recipe uses your favorite fall roasted vegetables to really stir up some conversation at the dinner table. Pillsbury™ crescent dough gets a delicious spread of a Boursin®-cream cheese mixture, and your kids can help place their favorite fall veggies on top!

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These pumpkin pie-inspired crescent pockets are bound to gain some compliments this Thanksgiving season—and they’re the perfect activity for little hands to help with, too. After baking in the air fryer, place your baked crescent pockets on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Then, let your kids add the finishing touches—drizzling with rich icing and sprinkling with chopped pecans.

These pumpkin pie-inspired crescent pockets are bound to gain some compliments this Thanksgiving season—and they’re the perfect activity for little hands to help with, too. After baking in the air fryer, place your baked crescent pockets on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Then, let your kids add the finishing touches—drizzling with rich icing and sprinkling with chopped pecans.

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Butterscotch lovers, rejoice! This is the pie for you and yours. Have your kids pitch in with this dessert by pouring the butterscotch pudding mixture into the cooled pie crust. Bonus: They can even help drizzle the butterscotch sauce on top—just have some napkins handy!

Butterscotch lovers, rejoice! This is the pie for you and yours. Have your kids pitch in with this dessert by pouring the butterscotch pudding mixture into the cooled pie crust. Bonus: They can even help drizzle the butterscotch sauce on top—just have some napkins handy!

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Pillsbury™ pie crust gets cut into adorable leaf shapes to bring you this pecan pie-inspired dessert. Little hands can help cut out the leaves, or sprinkle the finished pie dippers with cinnamon and sugar. Big or small, everyone will enjoy this sweet dip.

Pillsbury™ pie crust gets cut into adorable leaf shapes to bring you this pecan pie-inspired dessert. Little hands can help cut out the leaves, or sprinkle the finished pie dippers with cinnamon and sugar. Big or small, everyone will enjoy this sweet dip.

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A classic Thanksgiving side, our Marshmallow-Topped Sweet Potatoes are so good they should come with a clean-plate guarantee. Bonus: You don’t have to make it alone! Ask your kids to help you top your sweet potatoes with 15 large marshmallows prior to baking.

A classic Thanksgiving side, our Marshmallow-Topped Sweet Potatoes are so good they should come with a clean-plate guarantee. Bonus: You don’t have to make it alone! Ask your kids to help you top your sweet potatoes with 15 large marshmallows prior to baking.

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With jobs for your entire family, this Perfect Apple Pie is well—perfect. Once you finish peeling and cutting your apples, get your kids to help mix your filling ingredients in a large bowl. Pro tip: Make some memories by sharing what you’re most thankful for while you bake your pie together.

With jobs for your entire family, this Perfect Apple Pie is well—perfect. Once you finish peeling and cutting your apples, get your kids to help mix your filling ingredients in a large bowl. Pro tip: Make some memories by sharing what you’re most thankful for while you bake your pie together.

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Starting with Pillsbury™ crescent dough, this low-ingredient app is great for making with your kids. Slice your sheet of crescent dough and separate into 24 miniature muffin cups. Have your little chefs place one cube of cheese in the bottom of each dough-lined cup. When the cups are cooled, your kids can help spoon pepper jelly on top of the cheese! Pro tip: For less spice, swap the pepper jelly for your favorite kid-friendly jam.

Starting with Pillsbury™ crescent dough, this low-ingredient app is great for making with your kids. Slice your sheet of crescent dough and separate into 24 miniature muffin cups. Have your little chefs place one cube of cheese in the bottom of each dough-lined cup. When the cups are cooled, your kids can help spoon pepper jelly on top of the cheese! Pro tip: For less spice, swap the pepper jelly for your favorite kid-friendly jam.