I never liked dressing growing up until as I got older I had store bought Stovetop. I dunno... homemade dressing often tasted like bread with seasoning while Stovetop was a flavor explosion filled with salt and potentially crack. Now, if you want a dressing recipe that has walnuts or cranberries or peaches or halibut then I ask you now to leave... stop trying to ruin a good thing... like you people trying to tell me Kale tastes good... no mom, it doesn't, go to your room.With that said I set-off on an expedition to make my own dressing that was similar to Stovetop but of course homemade and better tasting. The basic dressing recipes are great and all but I wanted to make sure I made the best tasting dressing for the Stovetop lovers and also for the purists.
1loafwhole wheat bread Be sure to see above regarding drying it and types of bread.
2cupschicken broth
2largeeggs
1cupbutter
1largeonion, minced
1 1/2cupscelery, diced thin
3large clovesgarlic minced
1/2cupparsley, finely mincedOr 1/3 of that if using dried.
1tbspfresh sage, finely mincedOr 1/3 of that if using dried.
1tbspfresh rosemary, finely minced No sticks! Or 1/3 of that if using dried.
1tbspfresh thyme, finely mincedNo sticks! Or 1/3 of that if using dried.
1 tspsalt
1tsppepper
Optional
3-4tbspwater from turkey roasting pan
Instructions
Bread Drying (The Day Before)
Cut bread into 1 inch cubes.Dry bread for 24+ hours in a bowl on the counter. OR bake it at 250 for 45 minutes the day of or day before then put it in a large bowl.
Day of Dressing Creation
Preheat oven to 350F and lightly grease (or use cooking spray) a large baking dish.
Melt butter on a large skillet and over medium heat and saute vegetables until softened, around 5 minutes. Pour into the bowl with the bread and add the herbs & seasonings then mix together.
In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and then add in the chicken broth and mix together then pour that over the bread as well and mix all together.
Pour into the greased baking dish and cover with foil. Cook covered for 40 minutes and then remove the foil to cook for the final 10 minutes or until the middle is cooked and set.