How Much Butter Is in Your Thanksgiving Meal?

 

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There's no doubt that butter makes everything
taste infinitely more delicious — it's why the stuff is a staple ingredient in any respectable Thanksgiving feast. 

The only problem is that butter tacks on 102 calories and 12 grams of fat per tablespoon — so it can add up preeettttty quickly. 

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To find out just how much butter goes into the tastiest dishes, all you need to do is comb Pinterest for the top-pinned recipes and calculate the amount of butter in them. Here's how the math stacks up from most to least buttery recipes:

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Stuffing

This recipe from Tastes of Lizzy T calls for three whole sticks of butter, with 3 tablespoons of butter per serving.

Apple Pie

Between filling and crust, this all-American dessert from Audrey's Apron packs 20 tablespoons of butter per pie and 2.5 tablespoons of butter per slice.

Pecan Pie

Pecan pie gets a bad rep as the ~worst~ dessert for your health because it's often the most caloric. But this recipe from Gimme Some Oven is made with less butter than the apple pie above. At 16 tablespoons of butter, that's two full sticks and 1.3 tablespoons of butter per serving.

​Sweet Potato Casserole

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