How to Make Thanksgiving Leftover Dinner Bombs - A Step-by-Step Guide

After the big Thanksgiving feast, it's inevitable that you'll have plenty of leftovers. And while reheating the same old turkey and mashed potatoes can get old quickly, there are plenty of creative ways to repurpose those leftovers into new and delicious dishes. One such dish is the Thanksgiving Leftover Dinner Bombs— a savory and satisfying way to use up your Thanksgiving leftovers in a fun and innovative way.

These dinner bombs are essentially hand-held pockets of Thanksgiving goodn...

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Ingredients

  • 1 package refrigerated flaky biscuits (such as Pillsbury Grands!®)
  • ½ cup cream cheese
  • 3 tablespoons cranberry sauce
  • 1 cup grated Swiss cheese
  • 1 cup crumbled leftover stuffing
  • 1 cup chopped leftover roasted turkey
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted
  • flaked salt to taste
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 cup gravy (Optional)

Information

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 25 mins
  • Additional Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
  • Servings: 8
  • Yield: 8 bombs

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a deep-dish pie plate.
  • Roll out biscuits, 1 at a time, into a thin rough 7-inch circles. Spread the center of each circle with 1 tablespoon cream cheese. Add 1 teaspoon cranberry sauce and 2 tablespoons each Swiss cheese, stuffing, and turkey. Bring dough up around the filling, pinching it together. Work your way around until the filling is fully encased in the biscuit bomb.
  • Place bombs on the pie plate, seam-side down. Repeat with remaining biscuits, cream cheese, cranberry sauce, Swiss cheese, stuffing, and turkey. Fit 7 bombs around the rim of the pie plate and 1 in the middle.
  • Brush melted butter over the top of each bomb. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  • Bake in the preheated oven, rotating once, until deep golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
  • Rest bombs on a cooling rack for 15 minutes before eating. Serve with warmed gravy for dipping.
  • Nutrition

    423 cal.

    • Total Fat: 25g
    • Saturated Fat: 12g
    • Cholesterol: 62mg
    • Sodium: 856mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 30g
    • Dietary Fiber: 1g
    • Total Sugars: 6g
    • Protein: 19g
    • Vitamin C: 0mg
    • Calcium: 288mg
    • Iron: 2mg
    • Potassium: 193mg