Sensational Stuffing

There are endless riffs on Thanksgiving stuffing. Here I show you my base recipe and then how I enhance it with different optional add-ins. We made this in our Thanksgiving Favorites class in November 2021. It is so delicious and epitomizes Thanksgiving to me. I have made this with cornbread as well as GF bread. I have made my own bread and used store bought. There is just no way to go wrong! My favorite is to make the base recipe and add mushrooms, dried unsweetened cranberries and some nuts for crunch! Be sure to comment on how you made it your own!

Ingredients:

8 cups GF bread cubes (1-1.5lb. loaf, stale or dried in 250 degree oven for an hour) Sourdough is great, can also use some cornbread. Torn is better than diced if possible. I like Canyon Bakehouse heritage style honey white for this.

½ cup Parsley

¼ cup fresh Sage, chopped

2 Tbsp. fresh Rosemary, chopped

2 Tbsp. fresh Thyme, chopped

1 stick vegan butter

2 cups yellow onion (or substitute leeks), ¼ “diced

1 cup celery, ¼” diced

8 oz. mushrooms, sliced (optional)

2 tsp. kosher salt

1 tsp. ground black pepper

2 ½ cups chicken broth

2 large eggs

1 cup dried cranberries, unsweetened (optional)

Additional optional add ins: apples, wild rice, kale, chestnuts, nuts, seeds, meat, cubed winter squash, etc.

Directions:

1. Butter your casserole dish with vegan butter

2. In a 12” skillet, melt butter and sauté onions, mushrooms and celery until onions have released water and beginning to brown and soften, about 10 min.

3.   Add bread pieces to large bowl, add onions and celery and toss with their liquid.

4.   Add parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, salt and pepper and toss

5.   Add 1 ¼ cups broth and toss until bread feels rehydrated yet still crisp, not mush

6.   Allow to cool.

7. Preheat oven to 350. Make combination of eggs and last 1 ¼ cups broth and toss. Should now feel like bread is saturated. Add any optional add ins.

8. Pour mixture into buttered dish, cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake uncovered for another 40-45 min. until browned and crisp on top.