
Ingredients
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1
cup
chopped celery (2 stalks)
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1/2
cup
chopped onion (1 medium)
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1/2
cup
chopped carrot (1 medium)
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1/4
cup
butter
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1
tablespoon
snipped fresh parsley (optional)
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1/2
teaspoon
poultry seasoning
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1/4
teaspoon
ground black pepper
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8
cups
dried white bread cubes*
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1 - 1 1/3
cups
chicken broth
Directions
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large skillet cook celery, onion, and carrot in hot butter over medium heat for 7 to 10 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in parsley (if desired), poultry seasoning, and pepper.
2.
In a very large bowl combine celery mixture and bread cubes. Drizzle with enough broth to moisten, tossing lightly to combine. Place stuffing in a 2-quart casserole.
3.
Bake, covered, for 30 to 45 minutes or until heated through.
From the Test Kitchen
- To make dry bread cubes, preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Cut 12 to 14 slices white bread into 1/2-inch cubes to yield 8 cups. Spread into two 15x10x1-inch baking pans; bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until dry, stirring twice; cool. (Cubes will continue to dry and crisp as they cool.) Or let bread cubes stand, loosely covered, at room temperature for 8 to 12 hours.
- Prepare as directed, doubling the amounts of all ingredients, except use 1-1/3 cups chicken broth. Omit the 2-quart casserole and lightly coat a 3-1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Spoon stuffing into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 3-1/2 to 4 hours. (Stuffing gets very moist as it cooks.)
- Prepare as directed through Step 2, except do not preheat oven. Cover casserole tightly with plastic wrap; chill for up to 24 hours. To serve, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remove plastic wrap. If desired, drizzle stuffing with an additional 1/4 cup chicken broth to moisten. Bake, covered, for 40 to 45 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of stuffing registers 165 degrees F.
Nutrition Facts
(Old-Fashioned Bread Stuffing)
- Servings Per Recipe 12,
- cal. (kcal) 108,
- Fat, total (g) 5,
- chol. (mg) 10,
- sat. fat (g) 3,
- carb. (g) 14,
- Monosaturated fat (g) 1,
- fiber (g) 1,
- sugar (g) 2,
- pro. (g) 2,
- vit. A (IU) 972,
- vit. C (mg) 1,
- Thiamin (mg) 0,
- Riboflavin (mg) 0,
- Niacin (mg) 1,
- Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
- Folate (µg) 32,
- sodium (mg) 288,
- Potassium (mg) 75,
- calcium (mg) 50,
- iron (mg) 1,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet