This really is The Best Stuffing Recipe Ever. It's full sweet cranberries and apricots, crunchy walnuts, mushrooms, onion, and celery. The veggies keep this stuffing perfect moist without ever becoming soggy. It's our family's go-to Thanksgiving and Christmas stuffing recipe!
Ingredients
4cupswhite bread, cut into bite sized cubes (sub your favorite gluten-free bread, if needed)
1onion, chopped
2stalkscelery, roughly chopped
1 ½cupsmushrooms, sliced
1cupdried apricots, roughly chopped
½cupdried cranberries
1cup walnut halves
½cuppine nuts, or add more walnuts
¼cupolive oil
1-2tablespoonspoultry seasoning
Instructions
To make the stuffing: Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and toss to combine. That's it, seriously!
4 cups white bread, 1 onion, 2 stalks celery, 1 ½ cups mushrooms, 1 cup dried apricots, ½ cup dried cranberries, 1 cup walnut halves, ½ cup pine nuts, ¼ cup olive oil, 1-2 tablespoons poultry seasoning
To cook the stuffing: 1. Either stuff the cavity of the turkey before you roast it in your oven. Remember that a stuffed turkey will take a little longer to cook.
Or 2. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Place stuffing in a lightly greased ovenproof dish and cover it tightly with aluminum foil. Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes, or until the bread is soft and the veggies are cooked. It is good if the vegetables still have a little crunch.
Notes
To make bread crumbs:
Lay bread cubes on 2 large baking sheets and set aside for 2 days. Gently toss after the first day to make sure they are drying evenly.
OR
To speed up the drying process, put the bread cubes on baking sheets in your oven at the lowest temp. This will take about an hour. Watch them closely though, you don't want to make toast.
To make this stuffing ahead of time:
Bake the stuffing for 30 minutes then remove it from the oven. Leave the stuffing on your counter and once the turkey comes out of the oven, put the stuffing back in for 15 minutes.