Best Harvest Stuffing Recipes

COUNTRY HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place the bread cubes in a large bowl and toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil, thyme, salt, and pepper to taste. Spread the bread cubes on two baking sheets and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly toasted, shaking pans occasionally. Return to the bowl.
• 2. Brown the sausage in a heavy pan over medium heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove the sausage to the bowl, discarding any fat. Place the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in the pan and sauté the onions, celery, garlic, and sage over medium-low heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until wilted, stirring often. Combine with the bread cubes, cranberries, pecans, and prunes.
• 3. Drizzle the broth over the mixture to moisten as desired, then toss well. Season with salt and pepper. Bake, covered with aluminum foil, in an oven-to-table dish at 350°F for 30 to 45 minutes. Serve from the dish.

HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• Brown the sausage in a pan, breaking up clumps; remove to a large bowl. Add the oil to the pan; stir in the onions, celery, garlic, thyme, and sage and cook over medium-low heat for 15 minutes. Add to the sausage along with the bread, apples and dried fruits. Toss well. Drizzle the broth over the mixture to moisten as desired and season with salt and pepper. Cool before stuffing the turkey.

HEALTHY HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees with oven rack in middle position. Place bread on a rimmed baking sheet and bake, tossing occasionally, until crisp, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl along with walnuts and dried cranberries; set aside.
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium. Add onion, celery, and shiitakes and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables have softened, about 5 minutes. Add apple and continue to cook until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Add parsley, sage, and thyme and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat; season with salt and pepper.
• Add onion mixture to bowl with bread mixture; stir to combine. Add enough of the broth to thoroughly moisten the bread mixture without soaking it (there shouldn't be any excess broth in the bottom of the bowl). Spoon stuffing into a 2-quart casserole dish, cover with foil, and bake 20 minutes. Uncover, mist the top of the stuffing with olive-oil spray, if desired, and bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes more
• To cook in turkey: Moisten the bread mixture with only 1 1/2 cups of the chicken broth and spoon half of the mixture into the turkey; cook turkey as preferred. For the rest of the bread mixture, add more of the broth to moisten, being careful not to soak (see above). Transfer the remaining stuffing to a 1-quart baking dish or 8-by-8-inch baking pan. Cover with foil and proceed as above.

AUTUMN HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• Arrange bread in a single layer on a baking sheet, and let stand, uncovered, at room temperature overnight. (Alternatively, bake bread in a 250-degree oven until dry but not browned, 25 to 30 minutes.)
• Transfer bread to a large bowl. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, toss squash with 2 tablespoons olive oil until coated; season with salt and pepper. Arrange squash in an even layer on a baking sheet; transfer to oven and roast until squash is tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer squash to bowl with bread cubes.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add shallots, celery, and leek. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Fold in mustard greens and cook until just wilted, about 1 minute. Transfer to bowl with bread and squash.
• Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to bowl with bread and vegetables.
• Heat chicken broth in a small saucepan with butter and over medium-low heat until butter is melted; pour over bread mixture. Add sage, parsley, and thyme to bread mixture; season with salt and pepper; mix until well combined. Let stuffing mixture cool completely if stuffing in turkey.
• To cook stuffing in a turkey: Loosely stuff into a turkey, and roast until center of stuffing registers 165 degrees on an instant-read thermometer. To bake all of the stuffing outside a turkey: Spoon into a buttered 2-quart baking dish. Cover dish with parchment paper-lined aluminum foil. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes more.

HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine 1 cup water, carrots, celery, onion, plums, apricots, seasoning blend and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until fruit and vegetables are tender., Meanwhile, place bread cubes in a single layer on baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly toasted. Transfer vegetable mixture to a large bowl. Stir in the bread cubes, apple juice and remaining water; toss gently to combine. , Transfer to a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover;bake 10-15 minutes longer or until heated through.

COUNTRY HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Place bread cubes in a large bowl and toss with 2 tbsp olive oil, thyme, salt and pepper to taste. Spread the bread cubes on two baking sheets and bake for 15-20 mins, or until lightly toasted, shaking the sheet occasionally. Return cubes to bowl. Brown the sausage in a heave pan over medium heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove the sausage to the bowl, discarding any fat. Place the remaining 2 tbsp of olive oil in the pan and saute the onions, celery, garlic, and sage over medium-low heat for 15-20 mins or until wilted, stirring often. Combine with the bread cubes, cranberries, pecans and prunes. Drizzle the broth over the mixture to moisten as desired, then toss well, adding broth 1/4 cup at a time and stirring, to avoid sogginess. Season with salt and pepper. Bake, covered with aluminium foil, in an oven-to-table dish at 350 for 30-45 mins. Serve from dish

AUTUMN HARVEST STUFFING (AKA THROW AWAY THE BOX OF STOVE TOP!)

Steps:

• Toast bread slices lightly. Tear by hand into small pieces and place in a medium sized bowl.
• Remove leaves from thyme sprigs and add to bread. Set aside.
• In a large pan, add 2 tbsp butter and celery and onion. Season with salt and pepper. Saute over low to medium heat until vegetables are softened.
• Add dried bread cubes, apple, apricot, and butter. Stir well.
• When butter has absorbed into bread, add white wine. Stir until absorbed.
• Add onion powder, rosemary, paprika, parsley, sage, and turmeric. Add 1/2 cup of chicken stock and simmer until liquid is absorbed. Season again with salt and pepper.
• Stir in apple cider vinegar and transfer stuffing to a medium pot with a lid.
• Add remaining 1 cup chicken stock and cover. Allow to simmer covered over low heat for 20 minutes.
• Season again with salt and pepper. Add pecans if using.
• *** If making for turkey dinner, add 1/3 cup of turkey drippings to stuffing when adding chicken broth for a deeper flavor.

HARVEST CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees.
• In a large skillet put heat on med low,add in your olive oil, chopped onion,apple,garlic,and dried cranberries.Cook for about 5-8 minutes. Add in your sausage,and brown.
• Next add in your chicken broth,and pepper,rosemary,parsley,and tyme. Cook about 3 minutes. Set aside,and get a large mixing bowl. Add your cornbread into the large mixing bowl,and your water. Mix well.Next add in your Sausage Mixture,and beaten egg. When everything is incorperated well, stuff your turkey and cook suggested time on your turkey.
• Or place into greased 9x11 glass pan, or any large pan you see fit to use. And bake at 350.
• 30-45 minutes,or until its to your liking, some people like softer stuffing, and some like it on the dry side.

HARVEST CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Brown sausage in large skillet on medium-high heat. Meanwhile, drain potatoes, reserving liquid; slice potatoes.
• Drain sausage; return to skillet. Stir in nuts; cook and stir 2 min. Add reserved potato liquid, cranberries and water; mix well. Bring to boil. Add potatoes and stuffing mix; stir just until stuffing mix is moistened.
• Spoon into 1-1/2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; cover.
• Bake 20 min. or until heated through.

HARVEST SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• In large skillet, brown sausage; pour off fat.
• Add celery, mushrooms and onion; cook until onion is transparent.
• Dissolve bouillon in water. Add to sausage mixture; cook until mixture boils.
• In large bowl, pour sausage mixture over stuffing mix, mincemeat, water chestnuts and poultry seasoning. Mix well.
• Lightly stuff turkey just before roasting. Place any remaining stuffing in greased baking dish; cover. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until hot. Refrigerate leftovers.

FRUIT & NUT HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the sausage, onion and celery over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink; drain. Add the apple, garlic and seasonings; cook 1 minute longer., Place stuffing cubes in a large bowl. Stir in the broth, butter, apricots, nuts, raisins and sausage mixture. Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish., Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 10-15 minutes longer or until lightly browned.

HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• Brown the sausage in a pan, breaking up clumps; remove to a large bowl.
• Add the oil to the pan; stir in the onions, celery, garlic, thyme, and sage and cook over medium-low heat for 15 minutes.
• Add to the sausage along with the bread, apples and dried fruits.
• Toss well.
• Drizzle the broth over the mixture to moisten as desired and season with salt and pepper.
• Cool before stuffing the turkey.
• Makes 12 cups of stuffing, enough for an 18-pound turkey.

STOVE TOP HARVEST APPLE STUFFING

Steps:

• Prepare stuffing mix in large saucepan as directed on package.
• Stir in remaining ingredients; cover. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 min.
• Fluff with fork.