Best Kittencals Holiday Cranberry Stuffing Balls Recipes
KITTENCAL'S MAKE-AHEAD STUFFING BALLS
This is a wonderful alternative to stuffing a turkey, the advantage of this recipe is that you can totally prepare the balls a day in advance and they freeze wonderful after baking that is if you have any left which you probably won't lol! --- I sometimes add in some finely crumbled cooked sausage meat or cooked crumbled bacon and chopped cranberries to these, I find that a 1-pound loaf of 2-3 day old bread is just the perfect amount to use for this recipe, although you might have a cup or more left over, I slice the bread into about 1-inch cubes --- don't wait until the holidays to make these they are a wonderful change from potatoes and *SO* good! :)
Provided by Kittencalrecipezazz
Categories Christmas
Time 45m
Yield 14-16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
- In a large fry pan heat butter over medium-high.
- Add in the onions and celery and cook stirring until soft and translucent but not browned (about 6 minutes).
- Add in the garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add in chopped mushrooms, creamed corn, niblets corn, broth, poultry seasoning, parsley, Parmesan cheese, seasoned salt or white salt and black pepper pepper; bring to a medium boil, simmer for 10-15 minutes over low heat.
- Remove the mixture and transfer to a large bowl; and cool for 20-30 minutes (cool just enough so that the eggs will not cook when added).
- Add in eggs and mix well.
- Add bread crumbs or cubes; mix well to combine (I use my hands for mixing).
- Taste the mixture and then adjust the poultry seasoning, salt and pepper to taste if needed.
- At this point you may cover the bowl and refrigerate until ready to shape into balls.
- With moistened hands shape into golf ball-size balls (I use an ice cream scoop for this) add in more breadcrumbs if needed just to hold the mixture together.
- Transfer the shaped balls to the prepared buttered casserole dish (at this point they can be covered and refrigerated until ready to bake).
- When ready to bake drizzle melted butter over the balls.
- Cover loosely with foil.
- Bake at 350°F for about 20-25 minutes (do not overbake).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 355.1, Fat 12.1, SaturatedFat 6, Cholesterol 60.2, Sodium 665.6, Carbohydrate 52.2, Fiber 4, Sugar 6.5, Protein 11
STUFFING BALLS
This is an heirloom recipe made by many members of my family. It can be made ahead of the holidays and the balls frozen. One less job at the end. We always formed the stuffing into balls so they were easy to serve individually, easy to grab a cold stuffing ball as leftovers. My Grandma made extra to freeze and use for stuffed chicken breasts later. Grandma always said to try and get a little bit (a speck) of poultry seasoning on each piece of bread. If you like to stuff a bird with it, just place the stuffing balls in the cavity loosely. Unsure of yield. Times do not allow for day of bread getting stale. I always mix mine in a large roasting pan.
Provided by charlie 5
Categories Healthy
Time 1h
Yield 1 batch
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Open the loaves of bread and allow the bread to get stale for a day.
- Tear the bread into 1-1/2" pieces including the crusts.
- Beat the eggs with the milk and water; sparingly, drizzle this mixture over the bread and mix it in just to moisten.
- Saute the celery, onions, and green pepper in the butter until translucent. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the warm celery and butter mixture to the bread.
- Add the parsley and sprinkle in a little rubbed sage.
- Cover lightly with poultry seasoning.
- Gently toss with your hands.
- Gently push the stuffing mixture into the corner of your mixing pan and allow to sit for 30 minutes to absorb the liquid in the bread.
- Form the stuffing into small balls similar to a baseball.
- You may freeze the balls at this point by arranging on a baking sheet and flash freezing.
- When frozen, place stuffing balls in the bread bag wrappers.
- When ready to bake, place balls in a 9 x 13 inch pan with about 1/4" hot broth in the bottom of the pan.
- You can bake them frozen or defrosted, adjust your time accordingly.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 30 minutes, basting a few times until browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2938.4, Fat 91.7, SaturatedFat 43.9, Cholesterol 528.2, Sodium 4843.2, Carbohydrate 440.1, Fiber 25.6, Sugar 44.7, Protein 85.8
RAISIN-CRANBERRY STUFFING BALLS
Stuffing balls are an interesting departure from the traditional Thanksgiving or Christmas side dish. These balls are delicious and don't take long to make or bake.
Provided by Geema
Categories Grains
Time 50m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Saute onions, celery and walnuts in butter until tender.
- stir honey and all spices into the orange juice.
- Toss together the vegetable-nut mixture, cranberries and raisin bread cubes.
- Pour juice mixture over all and mix gently until well combined, adding more juice if necessary in order to hold a ball shape.
- Shape 1/2 cupfuls into balls by hand an dplace on greased cookie sheet.
- Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for about 25-30 minutes, until lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 146.8, Fat 8.7, SaturatedFat 1.6, Cholesterol 3.8, Sodium 22.2, Carbohydrate 17.6, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 12.8, Protein 2.2
STUFFING BALLS
This delicious side dish always remind me of special holiday dinners except these are so much faster to fix.-Mary Beth Jung, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 35m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add celery and onion; cook and stir until tender, 3-5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in remaining ingredients. Shape into eight balls. , Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake until a thermometer reads 160°, about 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 235 calories, Fat 18g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 47mg cholesterol, Sodium 536mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
KITTENCAL'S SAUSAGE AND CRANBERRY STUFFING
This stuffing pairs well with my recipe#199612, for an 18-20 pound turkey you will need to *double* the recipe, the amounts listed are for a 10-pound turkey --- I strongly suggest to prepare this stuffing a day ahead as the flavors will combine together, this may also be baking in a casserole dish covered with foil in a 350 degree f oven for about 30-35 minutes --- *note* for 6 cups bread cubes I use about half of an unsliced French bread (not a baguette) for a double recipe use all of the loaf :)
Provided by Kittencalrecipezazz
Categories Pork
Time 1h
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Set oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spread the bread cubes onto a large baking sheet in a single layer.
- Bake about 6-7 minutes or until toasted evenly.
- Transfer the bread cubes to a large bowl; set aside (this may be done a day ahead).
- In a large skillet cook the pork sausage meat with onion, garlic and thyme until browned breaking up any lumps with a wooden spoon while cooking.
- Add in celery, sage and rosemary; cook stirring with a wooden spoon for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour the sausage mixture over the toasted bread cubes in the bowl.
- Add in chopped apple, craisins or dried cranberries, chopped fresh parsley and toasted nuts; toss well to combine and season with black pepper.
- Drizzle the chicken stock and melted butter over the mixture; toss lightly to combine (if the mixture is too dry then add in a little more broth).
- Spoon the mixture loosley into the whole turkey (do not pack in the stuffing you can bake any extra in a baking dish).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 311.6, Fat 21.7, SaturatedFat 7.5, Cholesterol 44.9, Sodium 528.1, Carbohydrate 19.5, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 4.3, Protein 10.2
BASIC STUFFING BALLS WITH VARIATIONS
These stuffing balls are a good side dish with poultry and pork dishes. For an appetizer, make the stuffing balls smaller, reduce the baking time accordingly, and serve them with homemade or purchased cranberry relish for dipping. If baking the stuffing balls with a meat dish, place stuffing balls in the oven for the final 30 minutes of cooking. You can use other breads too. I usually use good quality homebaked-style plain white bread and stuffing bread when it is available. You can use up odds and ends of white bread, brown bread, rye bread, hot dog buns, and rolls for this recipe too. Adjust the seasonings to suit your tastes. Add one cup chopped apples, raisins, or cranberries for a fruit stuffing, or add one cup of chopped walnuts or pecans. The variations are endless. You may need to add a little more chicken broth, just enough to hold the stuffing balls together. Use canned broth or dissolve a couple teaspoons soup base mix in warm water. Garnish chicken or pork dishes with the stuffing balls and grilled bacon rolls. To make the bacon rolls: Cut bacon strips in half; roll them up and secure with a toothpick; and grill or fry until well done; Drain on paper towels.
Provided by foodtvfan
Categories < 60 Mins
Time 40m
Yield 8 stuffing balls, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Line a baking sheet with foil paper and lightly grease the foil for easy clean up.
- Heat butter or margarine in a large skillet.
- Add onion and celery and sauté gently until soft.
- Combine remaining ingredients with the celery and onion mixture, adding any variations you like.
- Shape mixture into 8 balls. Dampen hands with cold water if necessary.
- Place stuffing balls on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes or until set.
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