Velmas Old Fashioned Bread Stuffing Recipes

OLD FASHIONED STUFFING

Steps:

• Allow the toasted bread to sit approximately 24 hours, until hard.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Crush the bread into crumbs with a rolling pin. Place the crumbs in a large bowl.
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion and celery and slowly cook until soft. Remove from heat and drain.
• Mix the eggs and chicken broth into the bread crumbs. The mixture should be moist, but not mushy. Use water, if necessary, to attain desired consistency. Mix in the onion, celery, rubbed sage, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
• Press the mixture into the baking dish. Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the top is brown and crisp.

MY GRANDMA'S HEIRLOOM - THANKSGIVING STUFFING

Steps:

• In large fry pan cook celery and onions in grease or oil and water over low for about 1/2 hour.
• Put bread, sage, salt and pepper in large bowl. Pour onion/celery mix (including liquid) over bread and mix well.
• Beat eggs and add to bread mixture. Mix well.
• Put dressing in greased baking dish and bake about 45 minutes in 350 oven, covered.
• Doubles well, extremely good cold.
• Can be made in well greased crockpot on low in about 3 hours.

MOM'S OLD FASHION BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a large skillet cook celery and onion in melted butter over medium heat until tender, but do not let get brown. Remove from heat.
• Stir in seasoning and lemon pepper.
• Place bread cubes in a large bowl; add onion mixture and beaten egg.
• Drizzle with enough chicken broth to moisten; toss lightly to combine. Add a little milk for flavoring.
• Spoon stuffing into neck and body cavities of the turkey.
• If you have some leftover, place it in a buttered casserole dish. Bake covered for 30-45 minutes or until heated through. You will want to add more chicken broth so that it isn't so dry. When it cooks inside the turkey it gets very moist, but in a baking dish it gets dry.
• Recipe makes enough for a 15 pound bird.

OLD FASHIONED BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Place bread cubes in a large bowl and set to the side.
• Preheat oven to 375.
• In a saucepan saute celery and onion in butter till soft.
• Remove from heat and add salt, pepper & poultry seasoning.
• Add the onion mixture to the bread cubes and combine. Drizzle with broth to lightly moisten then toss lightly.
• Bake covered for approximately 30 minutes.
• This can be prepared a day in advance. Let stuffing come to room temp before baking and add additional broth to moisten.

VELMA'S OLD FASHIONED BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Cook celery and onion in butter or margarine over low head, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender but not brown.
• Meanwhile, blend bread cubes and seasonings.
• Add celery, onion and butter or margarine; toss lightly to blend.
• Pour the broth, milk or water gradually over the surface of bread mixture, tossing lightly.
• Bake in 325 degree oven 45 minutes, until browned on top.