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My grandmother's turkey dressing recipe is an old-fashioned classic. It can be

cooked as directed in a baking dish or used as stuffing and cooked inside your
turkey. It makes enough to stuff a very large bird.

Recipe by LYNN BECKER | Updated on February 13, 2023

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Prep Time: Cook Time:

20 mins 1 hr 5 mins

Additional Time: Total Time:

1 day 1 day 1 hr 25 mins

Servings: Yield:
24 12 cups

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This traditional turkey dressing recipe is proof that you can't go wrong with a
tried-and-true classic.

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Turkey Dressing Ingredients

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· Bread: This old-fashioned turkey dressing recipe starts with lightly toasted
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white bread.
· Butter: Butter adds moisture, richness, and flavor.
· Vegetables: You'll need one chopped onion and two stalks of chopped celery
for flavor and texture.
· Broth: Chicken broth keeps the stuffing moist without making it soggy.
· Eggs: Two lightly beaten eggs help hold the dressing together and add
moisture.
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 · Water: You can add a few tablespoons of water, if you'd like, to achieve your
desired consistency.
· Seasonings: This turkey dressing recipe is seasoned with salt, pepper, rubbed
sage, and garlic powder.

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How to Make Turkey Dressing

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 You'll find the full, step-by-step recipe below — but here's a brief overview of
what you can expect when you make this classic turkey dressing:

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1. Make Bread Crumbs: Spread the toasted bread slices on baking sheets. Allow
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them to sit at room temperature until they're hard, about 24 hours. When
they're hard, crush the slices with a rolling pin. Transfer the crumbs to a large
bowl.
2. Cook Vegetables: Melt butter in a saucepan. Add the chopped onion and
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3. Mix Ingredients: Add the broth and eggs to the bread crumbs. Stir until the
mixture is moist, but not mushy. Mix in the cooked vegetables and seasonings.
4. Bake Stuffing: Pour the mixture into a greased baking dish. Bake in a
preheated oven until the stuffing is brown and crisp.

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 How to Store Turkey Dressing
Store your le"overs in an airtight container in the fridge for up to four days.
Reheat gently in the microwave or in the oven.

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Can You Freeze Turkey Dressing?

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 Yes, this recipe freezes quite well. In serving-sized portions, place the turkey
dressing in zip-top freezer bags or another freezer-safe container. Wrap in a layer
of foil for extra protection. Freeze for three to six months. Reheat in the oven
from frozen.

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Allrecipes Community Tips and Praise

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 "I loved this recipe, and so did my family," says Patsy Snyder Hennessey. "I
should have made a double batch, because they scraped the pan. The only thing
I did differently was to baste this dressing a couple of times with a turkey baster
full of juice from the turkey I had roasted earlier in the day."

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"It was a wonderful stuffing recipe," according to PRAIRIEMOMMY. "We loved it.
It was so easy and so tasty – we cooked it in a turkey and it turned out perfect."
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 "Awesome," says jofus109. "Easy to make. I halved the recipe, le" out the sage
and added some chopped apple and pecans to the mix. Great blend of flavors
and textures."

Editorial contributions by Corey Williams

Ingredients

30 slices white bread, lightly toasted

2 tablespoons butter

1 large onion, finely chopped

2 stalks celery, finely chopped

2 cups chicken broth

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

2 tablespoons water, or as needed (Optional)

2 teaspoons rubbed sage

1 teaspoon garlic powder

salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions
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 Step 1
Spread toasted bread slices on baking sheets and let sit out at room
temperature until hard, about 24 hours.

Overhead shot of a baking dish with bread slices for stuffing prep

PHOTO: ALLRECIPES/OANA ENNIS

Step 2
Once bread slices are ready, gather all ingredients.

Overhead view of measured ingredients to make stuffing, gathered together.

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Step 3
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch
baking dish.

Step 4
Crush bread slices into crumbs with a rolling pin. Transfer crumbs to a large
bowl.

Overhead shot of a rolling pin breaking up dried bread for stuffing prep
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Step 5
Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion and celery;
cook and stir until so", 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and drain.

High angle view of onions and celery cooking in a pan

PHOTO: ALLRECIPES/OANA ENNIS

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Add chicken broth and eggs to bread crumbs; mix until combined and moist, but
not mushy. Add water, if necessary, to attain desired consistency. Mix in cooked
onion and celery, sage, garlic powder; season with salt and pepper.

Stuffing ingredients being mixed in a bowl, as seen from above

PHOTO: ALLRECIPES/OANA ENNIS

Step 7
Press dressing mixture into the prepared baking dish.

Stuffing mix pressed into a baking dish, ready for the oven, as seen from above
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Step 8
Bake in the preheated oven until the top is brown and crisp, about 1 hour.

High angle shot of baked old-fashioned stuffing served in a bowl

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Step 9
Serve hot and enjoy!

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 Nutrition Facts
(per serving)

101 2g
Calories Fat

17g 3g
Carbs Protein

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skinflint

11/23/2007

This was a return to "yesteryear". A recipe that my Mom used to make. However, to
indulge my wife's Mother's recipe I made couple of addtions in ingredients as well
as sequence steps: Within the celery volume I added cellery leaves. I added 1/2 cup
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of minced parsley. I shortened the drying time by first toasting all the bread to More
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light brown color...and then placing the slices in a large casserole dish in the
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microwave on a medium setting for 5 minutes. Then repeating it as needed until
the bread was rigid when the microwave power was interrupted by opening the
door and checking. That saved the 24hr drying time and brought it down into
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Allrecipes Member

01/07/2023

I haven't made homemade stuffing in years, so I used this recipe as a guide for what I
wanted. I added sauted mushroom, onion and celery. I had some spinach filling le" over
from another recipe (stuffed mushrooms), it had parmesan, fine bread crumbs, onion and
garlic powder. This was a next level stuffing! I served it with chicken breast. Read More

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avohsing1

11/23/2022

This is my family recipe as well with a few additions. My mom put in peeled apple chunks
and white raisins. Yum!

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Pamela Williams Zanin

12/03/2021

Yes, this is similar to the recipe used by my mother and grandmother and I love it. I dried
out whole grain bread for a day and overnight, then broke/tore it into small pieces. I
sautéed the onion/celery in butter and added that, broth, sage, salt and pepper to the
bread bowl and adjusted seasonings - more sage - before adding an egg. I added a bit
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more broth for the right consistency and baked it in the oven. It was perfect. Thank youMore
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this great basic old- fashioned recipe, like Mom’s!
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Rachel Campbell

12/25/2020

This is a four generation recipe in our family. While it's great as is, as our tastes have
changed a bit over the years I find myself adding more fresh herbs to dishes than dried. I
add about a 1/4 c. fresh, chopped parsley, three sprigs of thyme and fresh sage. Read More

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Mari Halley

11/27/2020

it was that okay. I think largely the reason why I didnt really like the way this turned out
was. 1. this was my first time doing thanksgiving dinner for my family and 2. I am so used
to eating my moms dressings and it wasnt hers it just didnt taste good to me LOLRead More

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fruitdog

07/04/2020

I have never made dressing before. I used le"over yeast biscuits and
jalapeño corn bread, dried them accordingly. Someone suggested
toasting, then microwave, that worked out great! I only had fresh sage
and added fresh thyme and celery leaves and used minced garlic in the
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onion/celery mix. Didn’t drain. Let it sit for about an hour before…
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Ann Reidt Knapp

12/06/2019

I will make this again but will add a lot more moisture, and more seasoning

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Olive Lipsey Sampson

12/03/2019

The recipe as given is a bit bland. When I make it again I will double the seasoning.

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Karen Chan

11/30/2019

As a transplant from St. Louis via Shreveport to the New Orleans area, I have been to many
Thanksgiving feasts offering oyster dressing or dirty rice as the stuffing! This recipe was
easy and came out perfectly! I use chopped garlic in oil (my hands are seriously arthritic)
instead of powdered garlic-I think it tastes better and is certainly easier! Great
memories!!!!! Read More

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