Simple Stuffing Recipe

This stuffing is made with Italian bread, apples, celery, onions, and herbs. Don't miss the tips on how to make bread stale quickly.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword bread, dressing, stuffing

Prep Time 2 hours 15 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 3 hours

Servings

Calories 329kcal

Ingredients

1 lb Italian bread sliced
2 tbsp canola oil
1 yellow onion
12 oz celery stalk (1 small stalk)
12 oz sweet apples (2 medium apples)
1/2 tbsp thyme
1 tbsp minced parsley
2 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
1/2 cup apple juice
3 eggs
salt
fresh cracked black pepper

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Instructions

Make stale bread:

Preheat oven to 200.
Cut bread slices into small cubes that are about 1/2-inch in size. Use serrated bread knife to cut easier.
Spread bread in two large, rimmed baking sheets evenly and place the trays in the oven.
Let them bake and harden for about 2 hours.
Take them out and you can prepare the stuffing right away.

Stuffing:

Preheat oven to 375. Grease a 9x13 casserole dish. (You can also use a deep 9x9 baking dish).
Dice onion and celery. Peel, core, and dice the apple. Try to get all the cuts as equal as possibly.
Preheat a medium cooking pan over medium heat. Add oil.
Add onion and celery and saute until onions are transparent.
Add apples and cook until veggies are softened. Take off heat.
In a large mixing bowl (and I mean large), combine stale bread cubes, cooked veggies, thyme, parsley, salt and pepper. Gently mix everything until evenly incorporated.
In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs. Whisk in broth and apple juice. Season with some salt and stir well.
Pour the liquid into the bowl with bread and veggies and quickly mix everything together as evenly as possible.
Transfer into prepared baking dish and bake for 40-45 minutes.

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