Mom's Turkey Stuffing

 

This is my mother's recipe for turkey stuffing and

it's always been a family favorite.

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsN3SNlntWM&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR10_5-HfGEI-0BF4flqtujIExtiMSE7DXoXR6um50xDkW1mS32gkP9S3OA

Ingredients

2/3 cup vegetable shortening (I use vegetable oil)

3/4 cup chopped onion (I use 3 Tablespoons dried onion)

1 cup chopped celery

2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 Tablespoon poultry seasoning

1 & 1/3 Tablespoons parsley

1 & 1/2 cups hot water or turkey broth (chicken broth works too)

16-18 slices cubed white bread (I use potato bread, 1.5 lb. loaf) 

Optional: 1 apple, cut in small cubes.

Directions

Melt shortening.  Mix in onion* & celery & cook over medium heat until just golden brown. Stir in salt, pepper, poultry seasoning & parsley.  Stir in hot water.  Pour over cubed bread.  Mix.  Stir in apples**.

Bake covered at 350 about 1 hour or stuff in turkey and follow directions for baking turkey.

I usually make a double recipe for my family of 9 for Thanksgiving, and we usually have some left overs, but not for long.  :) 

* If you use the dried onion, add it in when you add in the seasonings. If you add it in with the celery it will burn before the celery is cooked enough.

**If you plan to bake the stuffing in a casserole dish and not in the turkey, the apples need to be sautéed in 1 Tablespoon butter until tender before adding to the stuffing, but this is not necessary if you bake the stuffing in the turkey.

 http://www.qvc.com/Rachael-Ray-Bubble-%26-Brown-7-pc.-Stoneware-Oval-Baker-Set.product.K25288.html

I love this oval baker by Rachel Ray.  The lid keeps in the moisture and makes the stuffing the consistency of cooking it in the turkey without all the hassle.  And ... when she says it's non-stick, she really does mean it!