These are the best Turkey Cranberry Sliders and they are a delicious way to use up Thanksgiving leftovers. These oven baked turkey sandwiches have that lovely sweet and savory combo of flavors that everyone loves and is one of my favorite leftover turkey recipes.
❤️ Why you'll love it
It tastes like Thanksgiving dinner: don't save this recipe just for thanksgiving leftovers, you can enjoy these cranberry turkey sliders year round!
Easy recipe to make : since you are using holiday leftovers, it is a simple assemble and bake.
Easy meal prep: this recipe can be assembled 3-4 hours ahead of time and stored in the fridge until you are ready to bake
🥘 Ingredients
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Leftover Thanksgiving turkey: or use your favorite deli turkey.
Leftover cranberry sauce: Use jellied or whole cranberry sauce. If using jellied, stir it well to make it spreadable
Leftover stuffing: use your own homemade stuffing (I love this recipe for Mom's Crockpot Stuffing) or buy Stove-top stuffing. I actually really love the flavor and convenience of stove-top!
Cheese slices: I used havarti cheese, I like the smooth mild flavor and think it goes well with the leftover ingredients in the sliders. Swiss cheese or provolone cheese will also work well with these sliders.
Slider rolls: I used Martin's potato slider rolls, which are a little bigger than some and it made 6 sandwiches. You can feel free to use sweet Hawaiian slider rolls in its place and you will get double the amount of sliders, they will just be smaller.
Mayonnaise: Hellmans is my choice of mayo, but go with your favorite one here.
Sweet hot mustard: I like the spicy sweetness contrast with Sweet Hot Mister Mustard brand and it give the mayonnaise spread a flavor that compliments everything else in the recipe. Dijon mustard in its place.
Snipped chives: they add color and flavor to the mayonnaise spread.
Butter: the base of the topping that aids in browning
Brown sugar: adds a sweetness
Garlic powder: contributes flavor
Worcestershire sauce: balances out the flavors of the butter sauce.
Everything bagel seasoning, poppy seeds, or sesame seeds: used to sprinkle on top of the buns (optional)
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place each bottom half of the roll in the baking dish.
- Lay ½ of the cheese over the bottom l buns. Then layer with the turkey.
- Spread cranberry sauce evenly over top of turkey. Crumble stuffing evenly over top of the cranberry sauce and top with remaining cheese slices.
- In a small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, sweet hot mustard, and chives. Evenly spread mayonnaise mixture on the bottom of the top of the buns.
- Place the top of the buns on top of the final cheese layer.
- Melt butter over medium heat in a small saucepan. Stir in the brown sugar, garlic powder, and worcestershire sauce. Heat on low for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly, until sugar has dissolved.
- Brush the melted butter mixture over the top of the rolls and sprinkle with everything bagel seasoning.
- Cover baking dish with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the aluminum foil and continue to bake for 10 minutes, until cheese is melty and top of the buns are golden brown.
🥄 Equipment
Oblong baking dish
Small bowl
Silicone pastry brush
Small saucepan
🥫Storage
Store leftover sliders in an airtight container in the fridge up to 3 days.
📖 Variations
- Use your favorite cheese in place of the havarti
- Substitute leftover ham for the turkey
- Instead of buying rolls, use leftover dinner rolls to make the sliders.
💭 Tips
- Separate each bun before placing in the baking dish. This will make the sandwiches much easier to remove when they are done baking.
📚 Related Recipes
Try this smoky sweet Cranberry Chipotle Sauce at your next holiday dinner!
Sweet and spicy, these baked Ham and Cheese Sliders are a party favorite.
Turkey Tostadas are another great way to repurpose your leftover turkey.
My whole family loves these homemade Hamburger Buns!
These Buffalo Chicken Sliders are another delicious oven baked sandwich you will want to try!
🍽 Serve with...
Serve these turkey cranberry sliders with a side of air fryer french fries or green salad.
🏫 The last word
This is a point of do as I say, not as I did. I mistakenly put the cranberry sauce on the bottom half of the bun and by doing so made the bottom of the roll soggy. That was a mistake!
Instead, place the cheese and turkey on first, then the cranberry sauce.
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Turkey Cranberry Sliders
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Ingredients
For the sandwich
- 6 Martin's potato slider rolls
- ½ pound turkey slices , thinly sliced
- 6 ounces havarti cheese
- ½ cup cranberry sauce
- 1 cup stuffing
For the mayonnaise spread
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon sweet hot mustard , or dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon chopped chives
For the butter topping
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon everything bagel seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place each bottom half of the roll in the baking dish.
- Lay ½ of the cheese over the bottom l buns. Then layer with the turkey.
- Spread cranberry sauce evenly over top of turkey. Crumble stuffing evenly over top of the cranberry sauce and top with remaining cheese slices.
- In a small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, sweet hot mustard, and chives. Evenly spread mayonnaise mixture on the bottom of the top of the buns.
- Place the top of the buns on top of the final cheese layer.
- Melt butter over medium heat in a small saucepan. Stir in the brown sugar, garlic powder, and worcestershire sauce. Heat on low for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly, until sugar has dissolved.
- Brush the melted butter mixture over the top of the rolls with a silicone pastry brush and sprinkle with everything bagel seasoning.
- Cover baking dish with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the aluminum foil and continue to bake for 10 minutes, until cheese is melty and top of the buns are golden brown.
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