The Ultimate Stuffing for Thanksgiving

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Now, on to this great dish for your Thanksgiving dinner table.

I’ve tried a variety of stuffing recipes over the years, but I keep coming back to this one, an adapted version of a Chicago Tribune recipe.  It’s a recipe here on my blog that begged to be re-posted. 

Italian sausage, Honeycrisp apples, dried cherries, orange liqueur provide savory sweet flavors for the stuffing.  Even try a mixture of dried fruit.  This recipe makes a lot of stuffing ~ lucky you, should there be leftovers.

Here’s hoping you give it a try and enjoy it as much as we do!

This is truly ultimate stuffing!

The Ultimate Stuffing w/Dried Cherries and Apples

Servings: 8

This is truly the ultimate stuffing. It's always a favorite on our Thanksgiving table along with the turkey! It's delicious!

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• 2 cups chopped celery, with leaves
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 (16 ounce) package herb-seasoned bread stuffing mix
• 1 cup dried cherries
• 2 Honeycrisp apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 2-3 cups chicken broth
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. In a large skillet, melt ½ cup butter over medium heat. Sauté the celery and onion in the butter for 10 minutes. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
2. Combine the stuffing mix with the celery and onion mixture.
3. Stir in the cherries and apples.
4. Mix in 2 cups chicken broth and egg; the stuffing should be totally moistened, if not, gradually add more broth.
5. Season with poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper.
6. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
7. Lightly butter a 15x10x2-inch baking dish.
8. Transfer stuffing to prepared dish.
9. Cover with buttered foil and bake until heated through, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
10. Uncover and bake until top is crisp, about 15 minutes.

Notes:

This stuffing can be made one day ahead. Refrigerate until ready to bake and add another 10 to 15 minutes baking time, until stuffing is heated through.

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ENJOY!

Ultimate Stuffing for the Holidays

The title says it all!

We may talk turkey at the Thanksgiving table but, what we really crave is stuffing or dressing, as I grew up calling it.  No Thanksgiving meal would be complete without a great stuffing.  It is definitely my favorite part of the dinner.

Regardless, what you call it; stuffing or dressing, this dish is chock-full of good flavors.  This recipe, an adapted Chicago Tribune recipe, begged to be posted again, because it is delicious!

I hope you try it and agree!

The Ultimate Stuffing w/Dried Cherries and Apples

Servings: 8

This is truly the ultimate stuffing. It's always a favorite on our Thanksgiving table along with the turkey! It's delicious!

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• 2 cups chopped celery, with leaves
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 (16 ounce) package herb-seasoned bread stuffing mix
• 1 cup dried cherries
• 2 Honeycrisp apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 2-3 cups chicken broth
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. In a large skillet, melt ½ cup butter over medium heat. Sauté the celery and onion in the butter for 10 minutes. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
2. Combine the stuffing mix with the celery and onion mixture.
3. Stir in the cherries and apples.
4. Mix in 2 cups chicken broth and egg; the stuffing should be totally moistened, if not, gradually add more broth.
5. Season with poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper.
6. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
7. Lightly butter a 15x10x2-inch baking dish.
8. Transfer stuffing to prepared dish.
9. Cover with buttered foil and bake until heated through, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
10. Uncover and bake until top is crisp, about 15 minutes.

Notes:

This stuffing can be made one day ahead. Refrigerate until ready to bake and add another 10 to 15 minutes baking time, until stuffing is heated through.

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It is the ultimate!

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Ultimate Thanksgiving Stuffing

We may talk turkey at the Thanksgiving table but, what we really crave is stuffing or dressing, as I grew up calling it.  No Thanksgiving meal would be complete without a great stuffing.  It is definitely my favorite part of the dinner.

The recipe is an adapted Chicago Tribune recipe and is a re-post from when I first started this blog ~ I want to share it again as it is the absolute best stuffing that my family and I love. It has honors as our traditional stuffing.  By adding Italian sausage, apples, pecans and Triple Sec, it is a moist and flavorful stuffing ~ distinctive from all others.

Just one bite of this delicious stuffing will be enough for a chorus of “aahs” around the dinner table – it’s that good!  Give it a try and it could be your traditional stuffing!

It is incredibly delicious, the ultimate stuffing!

Just one bite of this delicious stuffing will be enough for a chorus of “aahs” around the dinner table --- it’s that good! 

The Ultimate Stuffing w/Dried Cherries and Apples

Servings: 8

This is truly the ultimate stuffing. It's always a favorite on our Thanksgiving table along with the turkey! It's delicious!

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• 2 cups chopped celery, with leaves
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 (16 ounce) package herb-seasoned bread stuffing mix
• 1 cup dried cherries
• 2 Honeycrisp apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 2-3 cups chicken broth
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. In a large skillet, melt ½ cup butter over medium heat. Sauté the celery and onion in the butter for 10 minutes. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
2. Combine the stuffing mix with the celery and onion mixture.
3. Stir in the cherries and apples.
4. Mix in 2 cups chicken broth and egg; the stuffing should be totally moistened, if not, gradually add more broth.
5. Season with poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper.
6. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
7. Lightly butter a 15x10x2-inch baking dish.
8. Transfer stuffing to prepared dish.
9. Cover with buttered foil and bake until heated through, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
10. Uncover and bake until top is crisp, about 15 minutes.

Notes:

This stuffing can be made one day ahead. Refrigerate until ready to bake and add another 10 to 15 minutes baking time, until stuffing is heated through.

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Check out my friend, Linda’s blog, at My Kind of Cooking for her great recipes and cookbook giveaway!

Ultimate Thanksgiving Stuffing

The First Thanksgiving

Jean Louis Gerome Ferris

We may talk turkey at the Thanksgiving table but, what we really crave is stuffing or dressing, as I grew up calling it.  No Thanksgiving meal would be complete without a great stuffing.  It is definitely my favorite part of the dinner and we all have our favorite stuffing, for sure! 

This recipe is adapted from a Chicago Tribune recipe.  Just one bite of this delicious stuffing will be enough for a chorus of “aahs” around the dinner table – it’s that good!  It is the absolute best stuffing and my family loves it. It has honors as our family traditional stuffing.  By adding Italian sausage, apples, pecans and Triple Sec, it is a moist and flavorful stuffing, distinctive from all others.

Stuffing is definitely the soul of Thanksgiving and this is by far the ultimate!  Just give it a try and it could be your traditional stuffing!

Ultimate Thanksgiving Stuffing

Ingredients:

1½ cups dried cherries, or golden raisins*

1½ cups orange liqueur (I use Triple Sec)

½ cup butter

2 cups celery, chopped

1 large onion, chopped

1 lb. Italian sausage, casing removed

1-16 oz. package stuffing mix

1 cup pecans, chopped

4 Honeycrisp apples, peeled, cored and chopped

½ cup butter, melted

2 cups water or chicken broth

1 t. ground sage

Salt & pepper, to taste

Method:

Place cherries in a small saucepan and cover with 1 cup of orange liqueur. 

Bring to a boil, remove from heat and set aside.

In a large skillet, melt ½ c. butter over medium heat.  Saute the celery and onion for about 10 minutes.  Transfer to a large mixing bowl.

Using the same skillet, cook the sausage until crumbled and brown.  Drain.

Combine the sausage and stuffing mix with the celery and onion mixture.

Stir in the cherries and liqueur mixture, pecans and apples.

Mix in melted butter, water, ½ cup orange liqueur. 

The stuffing should be completely moistened.

Season with sage, salt and pepper.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Butter a 15" x 10” baking dish well.

Place stuffing in prepared dish.

Cover with buttered foil and bake till heated through, about 1 hour.

Uncover and bake until top is crisp, about 15 minutes

8-10 servings. 

* Use any mixture of dried fruit you like:  cherries, cranberries, raisins, dates, etc.

It is incredibly delicious, the ultimate stuffing!