Cooking forThanksgiving

I'm in the process of cooking for Thanksgiving. I try to get as much done as possible beforehand.
Here are a few of the ones I've made in the past week

Cranberry Sauce

3/4 C sugar

1/4 C water
3/4 Orange Juice

1 bag cranberries

My secret ingredients:

1/2 - 3/4 C  of orange marmalade (more or less to taste)

Put all ingredients in a sauce pan Cook until all cranberries have popped

Sweet Potato Casserole

11/2 lb. sweet potatoes'

1/2c granulated sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 beaten egg

3 Tbsp. butter, cubed

1 tsp. vanilla
cinnamon
Nutmeg
ginger

Topping:

3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup all-purpose flour 2 Tbsp. butter 
orange rind
chopped pecan pieces

Pecan halves

Scrub and peel sweet -potatoes. Cut off and discard woody portions and ends. Cut potatoes into cubes. Cook, covered, in a small amount of boiling water for 25 to 3 s-minutes or till tender. Drain.

Combine hot sweet potatoes, granulated sugar, milk, egg, the 3 tablespoons butter,oj, seasonings and vanilla. With a wooden spoon, stir to break up potatoes but not completely mash them. Put mixture into a greased 2- quart square baking dish.

Combine brown sugar and flour; cut in the 2 tablespoons butter till mixture. resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecan pieces and sprinkle crumb mixture on top of potatoes. Bake, uncovered, in a 350 degree oven about 25 minutes, or till set.

Garnish with pecan halves, if desired. Makes 8 side-dish servings.