Free Printable Thanksgiving & Christmas Pantry Staples List
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The holiday season is here! Instead of scrambling last minute for the secret ingredient in grandma’s famous fudge, set yourself up for success by stocking your pantry with all of the holiday essentials. This free printable holiday pantry staples list covers everything you need for a real food holiday celebration with plenty of room to customize it for your family’s favorite recipes!
We’ve all been there. The butter is at room temperature, the oven is preheated, and the stand mixer is running. Suddenly, you realize you are all out of cream of tartar or just used the last of the chocolate chips.
You can either try to make do with a substitute from the pantry, or you can stop everything and rush to the store…Either way, your plans are disrupted.
If you can take a little time before the holiday season begins to set up your pantry, you’ll have all the essentials you’ll need ready to go!
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Why you’ll love this free Christmas pantry staples list
- Easy one-page printable that covers most of the ingredients you’ll need for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and beyond
- Focuses on simple, whole food ingredients whenever possible
- In-depth list of baking ingredients to bake all the cakes, cookies, pies, and more
- Save yourself some time (and stress) during your Christmas baking
- Minimize the last-minute trips to the grocery store
Free Printable Holiday Pantry Staples List
Ready to get baking? Click the link below to download your printable instantly. No email address required!
Tip: To download the file on mobile, click the link above, then select the three stacked dots in the top right corner. Click “Download” to save to your phone.
Thanksgiving Pantry Staples
You’ll notice there is just one page here and that’s because I find we often make similar ingredients for both Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas.
- Turkey or chicken
- Potatoes (for mashed potatoes)
- Sweet potatoes
- Eggs
- Butter
- Cream cheese and/or sour cream (great in mashed potatoes and corn casserole)
- Fried onions (for green bean casserole)
- Heavy whipping cream
- Milk
- Aromatic veggies (garlic, onions, celery, carrots)
- Fresh cranberries
- Pumpkin
- Chicken stock
- Corn (for corn casserole)
- Cranberries (for cranberry sauce)
- Pecans (for pecan pie; we use maple syrup instead of corn syrup)
We also make stuffing, which I make with homemade cornbread, but you may prefer sourdough stuffing or even the boxed stuff. This is why there is a “family favorites” section on this list. If you need to grab buttermilk for cornbread, add it there. The cornmeal and flour are already in the baking section!
Plus, this list includes all the dried herbs you need for an exquisite turkey (sage, thyme, parsley, rosemary) and warming spices for the best pumpkin pie.
Where to Shop for Pantry Staples
My favorite places to stock up on pantry staples include:
- Bulk ingredients: Azure Standard and Costco
- Fresh produce: Farmers’ market or local farm stand
- Dairy: Local grocery store
- Spices & seasonings: Burlap & Barrel or Azure Standard
- Meat: Local farm stand or higher-quality grocery store
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Christmas Pantry Staples
As noted above, we usually end up making many of the same (or similar) recipes for Christmas dinner, and they start with the same base ingredients. We often have ham with mashed or scalloped potatoes, sauteed green beans (with bacon!), a nice big winter salad, and more.
- Ham
- Potatoes
- Eggs
- Butter
- Cream cheese
- Heavy cream
- Milk
- Aromatic veggies
- Green beans
- Bread flour (for dinner rolls)
- Dried herbs and seasonings (sage, thyme, rosemary, parsley, kosher salt, and black pepper)
Free Printable Holiday Pantry Staples List
Ready to get baking? Click the link below to download your printable instantly. No email address required!
Tip: To download the file on mobile, click the link above, then select the three stacked dots in the top right corner. Click “Download” to save to your phone.
Christmas Baking Pantry Staples
This list also includes an in-depth list of baking ingredients to make lots of pie crusts, Christmas cookies, truffles, and other sweet treats.
- All purpose flour
- Bread flour
- Cornmeal (for corn casserole!)
- Corn starch (for puddings and gravies)
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Cocoa powder (homemade hot chocolate!)
- Evaporated milk
- Peanut butter
- Pecans or walnuts
- Brown sugar
- White sugar
- Powdered sugar
- Chocolate chips
- Molasses
- Maple syrup
- Yeast
- Vanilla extract
Holiday Spices & Seasonings
Don’t forget the spices you’ll need for all of your holiday baking! We like to have a mixture of whole and ground spices to use in different ways.
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
- Nutmeg
- Allspice
- Cloves
- Star anise (great in cranberry sauce!)
- Cream of tartar (essential for meringues and snickerdoodles)
- Apple pie spice
- Pumpkin pie spice
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Other Holiday Ingredients
There are other ingredients you may need for your favorite recipes, but they aren’t quite as universal. Add them to the “family favorites” section to ensure you have everything you need!
Here are some things you may need for your favorite holiday recipes:
- More cooking oils (vegetable oil, coconut oil, olive oil, etc)
- Lard or shortening (we don’t cook with shortening but I know many of us have old-fashioned family recipes that use it specifically)
- Red or white wine
- Dried fruit (dried cranberries, raisins, apricots, etc)
- Olives
- Pickles
- Oysters
- Vinegar (different types for homemade salad dressings)
- Fresh herbs
- Seasonal produce (brussels sprouts, butternut squash, winter greens, persimmons, apples, pears, etc)
- Marshmallows
- Canned pineapple
- Candy canes
- Candy melts
- Cheese
- Oats (for oatmeal cookies!)
- Bacon
- Different flavors of chocolate chips (butterscotch, white chocolate, etc)
This is just the start! I like to keep a well-stocked pantry all year long and use my pantry staples list like a shopping list throughout the year. This Christmas pantry staples list is more in-depth than my standard list and makes it easy to keep your pantry stocked during the festive season.
Kitchen Essentials for Holiday Baking
While you’re getting organized, take a minute to go through your cabinets and drawers. Do you have everything you need?
- Parchment paper
- Aluminum foil
- Meat thermometer
- Baster
- Roasting pan
- Half sheet pans
- Wire cooling racks
- Fat separator (for homemade gravy)
- Airtight containers for storage
- Cookie cutters
- Reusable piping bags
Take a peek at my favorite baking essentials to set yourself up for success.
Did you find this holiday pantry staples list helpful? I sure hope so! We’ve printed out a few copies to keep on the fridge to keep track of all the little things we need as we prepare for the holiday season. I hope it helps you stay organized and ditch some stress, too!
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Free Printable Holiday Pantry Staples List
Ready to get baking? Click the link below to download your printable instantly. No email address required!
Tip: To download the file on mobile, click the link above, then select the three stacked dots in the top right corner. Click “Download” to save to your phone.
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