unsweetened. you know what's not sweet? donald trump doesn't seem to still like the media ha much. >> sorry. i had a transition yolk. that's all right. >> no thanksgiving would be complete without the apple sauce. it's an underrated side dish. >> this is unsweetened. >> we're making the apple muffins. sorry. ? ? >> all right. look your world famous apple muffins. >> unsweetened apple sauce. you know what else is unsweet? trump and the media. >> speaking to have media, i love it when everybody does the thanksgiving specials on tv. >> great. >> around thanksgiving and i love it. i love that program. >> yes. >> that is perfect. it transitions for thanksgiving to christmas. >> can you believe what the transition had -- >> the transition i love is how the bucks transform if a losing team to a winning team. >> that is true. the last win was season changing. >> that is a transition i can get behind. >> me too. >> we have a lot of this tough. we have to put this in a bowl. >> speaking of things up next. i wonder what's going to happen to the >> i'm going to get ready for christmas. >> santa. >> i have the decorations, right. with all of that. >> i can't wait. >> merissa, this is a quick one minu

sweetness from oranges and unsweetened apple sauce. >> do you use the zest as well? >> yes. that adds a lot of flavor. >> that can really brighten it up. >> exactly. just some natural oj cook it down if you need or want you can add some honey to it. as a natural sweetener, but keep in mind this is in the as sweet as your normal. but you are going to get -- >> i like it if it is a little more tart. cranberries are great. >> i love it. and the cranberry and it's not just a sugar bomb. >> and it has texture to it. that's really good i like that better actually. >> really really good. >> thank you. >> that's fantastic. we talked about baking supplies, but you also have pies and people aren't up to baking along with everything else. >> we know how strapped we are for time. something like this cranberry you can make ahead of time the day before. say we're rushing around didn't have time to make the homemade awesome 10-inch apple or pumpkin pie at pick n' save. fresh apples, fresh pumpkin we bake them in house every morning. >> how about that? >> got to have pumpkin pie. there have

apple sauce. >> we've got white house chunky applesauce, white house unsweetened applesauce and really good applesauce. >> i am able to put food on my table easily and it's able to put food on somebody else's. so that's great. >> that was jennifer from bethesda, she drove all the way erika gonzalez is on the phone bank, calling her up, she'll put a smile on your face and take your donations. again this year, you can text your donation to nbc4dc at 56512. >> make it a happy thanksgiving this year. back to you in the studio. >> all right. pat, thanks so much. one of the most anticipated moments of the year, sitting down for thanksgiving dinner and this is about the time people start getting their grocery lists together for the big feast. one of the quintessential dish of the thanksgiving meal is the stuffing and joining us now is chef john cross from tremors on main in clifton, virginia, to tell us how to spice up your traditional stuffing. welcome. >> thank you for having me. of how to make it a little bit different? >> sure we did three different types of stuffing. the first one here is more of a savo