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Ingredients
- 16 cups 1-inch bread cubes, white or whole wheat (2 baguettes)
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick)
- 2 cups medium-diced yellow onion (2 large)
- 2 cups medium-diced celery (3 large stalks)
- 2 Granny Smith apples, unpeeled, cored and large diced
- 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary leaves
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 cup sliced blanched almonds, toasted, optional
Directions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Put the bread cubes on a 13 by 18 by 1-inch baking sheet and bake them in the oven for 7 minutes.
In a large saute pan, melt the butter and add the onion, celery, apples, parsley, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Saute for 10 minutes, until the mixture is soft.
Combine the bread cubes and cooked vegetables in a large bowl and add the chicken stock, and almonds, if desired.
Place the stuffing into the main cavity of the turkey and into the neck of the bird.. I cook a 12-pound turkey for 2 1/2 hours at 350 degrees F in a preheated oven. Make sure the stuffing in the cavity is secured by wrapping the legs tightly with string.
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By maryana3927
Tampa, FL
on December 28, 2011
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This didn't turn out too well for me, although I didn't follow the recipe exactly. I didn't want to over-stuff my 12 lb turkey, so I cooked most of the stuffing in a separate casserole dish covered with aluminum foil on the bottom burner in the oven. I cooked it for about 1 hour at 350 degrees and it ended up dry, tasteless, and almost burnt.The stuffing I put in the turkey did turn out pretty well, but it was only about 1/4 of the entire amount of the stuffing I made. I just think this recipe must work better for enormous turkeys... to use all that stuffing in a 12 lb. turkey would make it cook unevenly.
By kennebunkportcooker
Kennebunkport, ME
on December 25, 2011
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I just love this stuffing and all Ina's recipes. Tweeked it a little for Christmas Eve dinner, substituted leeks for 1/2 the onions, added a sage breakfast sausage, used sage instead of rosemary, and omitted the nuts. The family practically licked the dish clean!
By hngbc_3575279
Bellevue, WA
on December 01, 2011
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I wanted to do an apple stuffing without any meat because some family members are vegetarians. Everyone loved it! I used fresh sage and fresh thyme. Didn't have the parsley.
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