Nanas Bread Stuffing Recipes

NANA'S PA DUTCH POTATO AND BREAD FILLING

Steps:

• Boil potatoes until tender; drain. Place in large bowl and mash with 4 tbsp butter, milk and chicken stock.
• While potatoes are cooking, in a large skillet over med-high heat, melt 3/4 cup butter; add chopped celery, onion, and parsley; sautee until tender -- about 7-10 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium and add the toasted bread cubes. Cook, stirring frequently, for another 4-5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and fold into the mashed potato mixture. Fold in the beaten eggs and stir everything together well.
• Pour into a greased/sprayed 13" x 9" (or larger) pan. Cover and bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 15-20 minutes or until lightly browning on top.
• Serve.

NANA BEBE'S CHESTNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C). Cut an "X" into the bottom of each chestnut using a sharp knife, trying not to pierce through the skin. Arrange chestnuts on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until toasted, about 15 minutes. Cool chestnuts until easily handled. Shell and peel chestnuts and break into small pieces. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir celery and onion until onion is soft and translucent, about 10 minutes. Add chestnuts, salt, poultry seasoning, and black pepper; stir until evenly mixed.
• Put bread cubes in a large bowl. Mix chestnut mixture into bread cubes. Beat eggs and milk together in a bowl; drizzle over bread cube mixture and toss to coat. Transfer mixture to a baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and crisp, 30 to 45 minutes.

NANA'S TURKEY STUFFING

Steps:

• The night before, lay out the bread slices to dry.
• Cut dried bread into cubes.
• In a large frying pan, brown loose sausage with onions and celery.
• Add apricots and seasonings.
• Pour sausage mixture into large bowl with bread and combine.
• Stuff turkey or place in casserole and moisten with chicken broth.
• If using casserole, place in oven with turkey for about the last hour.
• Moisten further with turkey drippings as necessary.

NANA'S BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Cook sausage and set aside. In a different pan, melt the butter and cook the onion, garlic and celery until tender. In a bowl, combine the cooked celery and onions with the bread and bread crumbs (tear apart the bread into small pieces). Moisten with the chicken broth and egg and then add the seasonings. Lastly, fold in the grated cheese. It is best to let the dressing sit overnight in the refrigerator and then you can taste it the next day and add any additional salt or pepper to taste.

NANA’S CELERY, RAISIN & SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Put stuffing mix in a large mixing bowl. Cook sausage (or bacon) in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Add butter and heat until melted, and then add celery, mushrooms and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 12 minutes. Stir in seasoning and pepper and cook 1 minute. Add sausage mixture along with raisins (or stewed prunes) to bowl containing bread stuffing. Whisk together chicken stock and eggs in a separate bowl, then stir into bread stuffing mixture until combined well. Transfer to baking dish (stuffing will mound above dish). Baking dish version: Bake, loosely covered with a buttered sheet of foil (buttered side down) 30 minutes, then remove foil and bake until top is browned, 10 to 15 minutes more. Inside the turkey: Or the stuffing can be place inside a 12 pound turkey. Any extra stuffing that does not fit in turkey can be cooked in a baking dish.

NANA'S STUFFING

Steps:

• Tear loaves of bread into chunks in a large roasting pan, chop onions thin, cut celery into thin slices, drain oysters and just tear apart by hand.
• Mix together then add turkey juice or chicken broth and sage, salt, and pepper to taste. Use 3 to 4 cups of juice; if stuffing seems dry you can add as much juice as needed while cooking. Better to have overly moist stuffing than too dry, most important when it comes to leftovers.
• Bake covered for 2 hours at 350.