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posted by Christy Denneyon Nov 10, 2011 (updated Oct 26, 2019) 54 comments »
Thankful Rolls are a fun way to start the conversation at your Thanksgiving table starting with a roll.
Last year I saw this really cute idea for “Thankful Rolls” over at the Idea Roomand made these rolls for our Thanksgiving dinner.You can liven up your Thanksgiving table conversation with these creative rolls that have a personalized message inside…kind of like a fortune cookie.
THANKFUL ROLLS
It makes it really interesting when you includeyour guest’s names in the messages. My friend Wendy was our host last year and her son-in-law happened to get this roll. Thankfully they have a good relationship or it would have been awkward.
Just write downyour message on a piece of paper and wrap it in a rectangle of aluminum foil. You could also write it on parchment paper and you wouldn’t have to wrap it. Place it in between two dough balls from your regular dough recipeand then let your dough rise.
You can make either regular sized rolls or mini-rolls like I did here. I used the leftover dough scraps from my Lion House Rolls and baked them in a mini-muffin pan. Bake your rolls as you normally would according to your recipe directions.
Then at dinner we had a separate “Thankful Rolls” basket that we passed around and read in the middle of dinner.It’s a fun way to get the conversation going and to remember why you are celebrating Thanksgiving.
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originally published on Nov 10, 2011 (last updated Oct 26, 2019)
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54 comments on “Thankful Rolls”
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Lorraine — Reply
Hi can I use Pillsbury crescent rolls and roll up message on parchment paper?
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Christy Denney — Reply
Yep! Absolutely!
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Rach — Reply
Can you do this with your lion house rolls? I want to make them for Thanksgiving but would love to do the notes inside of them. 🍁🍽🦃
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Christy Denney — Reply
Yes! Any roll will work.
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M — Reply
We did this one year. It will always be a wonderful memory of ours. My grandpa didn’t hear very well and didn’t really know what we were doing. When it was his turn to read the message, we looked over and his roll was gone. He had already eaten the whole thing not realizing there was a message inside! We didn’t tell him because we didn’t want to embarrass him. He has now passed but we will always have the memory of the year he ate his thankful message! 😆
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Christy Denney — Reply
Oh my gosh! That’s so funny!! Bless his heart. What a great memory to have.
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Tracy — Reply
Is there a way to do this without having to wait for the dough to rise? Is there a different kind of dough that I can use?
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Christy Denney — Reply
Sure. You could use crescent rolls, biscuit dough. Whatever!
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Shelia — Reply
Does it matter what type of pen/ink?
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S'Moors — Reply
I’m curious about the ink, too!
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Christy Denney — Reply
Nope. I just used a regular old pen.
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Semaphone — Reply
i like it
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jani — Reply
An interesting idea,. i like
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Jan Oliver — Reply
This reminded me: Years ago, friends of my parents would split walnut shells into whole halves and put quarters, dimes or nickels inside. They would glue them back together with a string for a holder and hang them on their Christmas tree. Young guests could take them off the tree and break open to get their “surprise”. I still remember this and now I’m in my 60’s.
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Christy {The Girl Who Ate Everything} — Reply
Oh my! I love that story. Thanks for sharing.
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superkim89 — Reply
great idea ,,,,keep work
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Lisa — Reply
OMG! Such a sweet idea!
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Ann — Reply
Awesome way to express why or who you are thankful for and I think I will use this idea this year at my Thanksgiving Dinner! I am thankful for this awesome idea !
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greengirl — Reply
This is a super recipe to remind all people that thanksgiving is not just for turkey and football (even though I like both). we are having a small family gathering (4 people) and then help out a food shelter. we will love sharing this idea and will be inspired when we are baking something different this year.
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Christy {The Girl Who Ate Everything} — Reply
Thank you for sharing!
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Veronica Crane — Reply
Awesome idea, I love it and will be using your pin this Thanksgiving!
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Cathy Turner — Reply
This makes it so much easier to get started with the “I’m thankful for…” around the Thanksgiving table. Thank you!
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Di — Reply
I made these last year & will be making them fot Christmas in July , putting little Xmas mottos in them.
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joycea112 — Reply
I’m so glad I found this site!! I’ve been rolling around it for almost an hour now, and I will probably be up all night!! Why couldn’t I have found this two years’ ago??? It’s great!!!
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Michelle — Reply
I love this, I am using this for the names for our Christmas gift exchange That we draw for at thanksgiving.
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joycea112 — Reply
What a great idea!!! It’s fun… and different!! Let us all know how it turns out!
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Jodi — Reply
Such a cute idea! I wish I had thought of this!
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cavitiesandcravings — Reply
Oh my goodness, such a cute idea!! I really love it!
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Mary — Reply
Christy, this is a really great idea.
The rolls are perfect for Thanksgiving dinner. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary -
Lynne @ 365 Days of Baking — Reply
I love this. Can’t wait to make them for this year’s dinner!
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Irene — Reply
What a great idea. Will def have to try it this Thanksgiving.
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Su — Reply
Hi-
A girlfriend just forwarded me your blog and this post. This is my first time stopping by.
I love this idea and had to share with my blog readers. At Harris Teeter this week you can get a 12 count of dough rolls (Rhodes brand) for only 37 cents (that is with the sale and coupon). So I was telling my readers to go get those rolls and then make your Thankful Rolls!!
I linked to your blog and post. Here is my blog post:
http://theintentionalhome.blogspot.com/2011/11/harris-teeter-deals-good-til-1115.html
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Caitlin — Reply
oh my gosh, this is one of the cutest ideas i’ve ever seen! since the best part of chinese food are the fortune cookies i love this quasi-twist on that. 🙂
thanks for sharing!
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elle — Reply
This is a really great idea. I am greatly considering making these and giving them to people individuals I’m my family. I would of course personalize the little notes to specific persons.
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Britni and Brett — Reply
These are so cute! I remember when Brett got the “I am thankful for Wendy because….” last year! hahaha I don’t remember what he said, but it was super funny.
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Britni and Brett — Reply
These are so cute! I remember when Brett got the “I am thankful for Wendy because….” last year! hahaha I don’t remember what he said, but it was super funny.
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Andrea — Reply
Um…best idea, EVER.
Will be doing this!
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warmvanillasugar — Reply
This idea is awesome! Can’t wait to test this out.
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Colleen — Reply
What a cute and clever idea.
Knowing my teen age grandkids the way I do, I think I’ll have to have my tags sticking out a bit like they are on hershey kisses.
Thank U.
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Rose — Reply
Awesome idea and so simple! Thanks for sharing.
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Dara — Reply
So cute! I LOVE these. What a great idea.
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megan @ whatmegansmaking — Reply
This is a really cute idea!
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Regina of Live Delightfully — Reply
That’s a super cute idea! I love it!!!
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Dining Alone — Reply
What a clever idea, so cute!
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Sandy — Reply
I love this idea! Saw something similar on Pinterest. On that one when each guest arrived they were asked to write what they were thankful for on a piece of paper. Then when dinner was served, and the note was found, the guests had to guess who wrote the note. May have to try this 🙂
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Erin — Reply
What an wonderful idea!! I wish I were baking the rolls because I would do this. Gonna have to save this for next time.
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KristaM — Reply
This is awesome! Such a great idea for a Thanksgiving party. It would be really cute if a proposal happened this way haha.
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lewisinlove.com — Reply
I adore this idea!
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