Are there certain things that you enjoy during the holidays? For me, it’s always fun gathering around the table with family. I have fond memories of my brothers coming in for Thanksgiving and Christmas, either from college or their busy lives. As an excited little kid though, I don’t know what I cared about more – the fact that I was sometimes seeing my older brothers for the first time in months, or the fact that my mother was cooking some of my favorite dishes that she only makes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and sometimes Easter. While my brothers rarely come in and holidays are now spent with my husband’s family and my mother, I still look forward to some of those little special dishes.
One recipe that nearly all of us have asked my mother for at some point or another during the holidays is her stuffing recipe. This recipe originally came from my grandmother, who was EXTREMELY protective of all of our recipes. She was so nervous of anyone taking her recipes that she never even wrote them down. Luckily, my mother was able to get a few of her recipes from her, one of which was her stuffing recipe. Over the years, my mother has changed some of the ingredients, giving it a modern touch, others which make preparing it even easier. Even today, I consider it the best stuffing recipe I have had to date!
When my mother gave me permission to share her wonderful stuffing recipe, I was ecstatic! I consider my readers to be like family and I couldn’t wait for them to try this wonderful recipe that has become a family tradition for not only my immediate family, but my brothers’ families as well. Everyone agrees that mom’s recipe is absolutely amazing. Of course, the only change I made to the recipe was using my favorite, local bread – Klosterman’s. My family has loved Klosterman Bread since we moved into the area, especially their honey wheat and wheat bread. Including it in my mom’s stuffing recipe seemed like a great addition to a recipe that was already amazing.
If you are looking for an awesome stuffing recipe this holiday season, make sure to give our family stuffing recipe a try. We think you will love it just as much as our own family. Feel free to tell us what you think of this recipe in the comments below!
- (1) 14 ounce package Pepperidge Farm herb seasoned stuffing bread
- (1/2) day old loaf Klosterman wheat bread, sliced & cut into small cubes and baked in pre-heated 400 degree oven on medium shelf for about 5-6 minutes
- (1) 1 lb roll of Tennessee Pride mild sausage, uncooked, cut into eight slices
- (4 to 6) fresh celery stalks, washed, peeled and cut into very small pieces
- (1) medium onion, washed, peeled and cut into tiny pieces
- (1) 15 ounce can low-sodium chicken broth, or your own chicken broth (do not add salt to broth)
- Dried seasonings for chicken broth: (1/2) teaspoon poultry seasoning, (1/2) teaspoon celery powder, (1/2) teaspoon dried parsley flakes, pepper to taste
- ½ stick melted butter or margarine
- (1) half size aluminum disposable pan
- Sautee onion & celery pieces in fry pan with small amount of canola oil until soft. Remove and set aside.
- Add dried seasonings to chicken broth and heat on stove, or in microwave (not too hot to handle with hands)
- Lightly spray sides and bottom of half size aluminum pan with canola oil.
- In aluminum pan, mix Klosterman wheat bread cubes with Pepperidge Farm Herb Seasoned stuffing mix.
- Add sautéed onion and celery evenly over bread mixture.
- Evenly add sliced, uncooked sausage to mixture.
- With a tablespoon or small ladle, slowly add heated chicken broth evenly to mixture, as you slowly combine with your hands. Mix all ingredients until evenly distributed and slightly moist. Do not over-mix, bread mixture should be moist but not mushy, and should not be hard or dry.
- When mixture is evenly distributed in aluminum pan, with a pastry brush lightly brush melted butter over top of mixture. Cover top with aluminum foil.
- Bake in 350 degree oven on medium shelf for about 30 minutes. Check after 30 minutes to see if done. Remove aluminum foil and bake for an additional ten minutes until evenly browned on top. Sausage should be completely cooked and stuffing should be lightly browned. DO NOT OVERBAKE OR DRESSING WILL BE VERY DRY.
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It sounds like stuffing, except for the sausage. Doesn’t that make it greasy? Stuffing is one of my favorite foods. It’s flavorful and east to make. Instead of bullion, we like a brand called better than bullion. It’s a concentrate that’s full of flavor.
Oddly enough, no. My mom is also big into healthy eating and pats a lot of the grease out of food as well.
i love stuffing! my favorite thanksgiving food!
Love stuffing, this recipe looks really good! Thanks for sharing
Sounds delicious. Will try for Xmas.
This looks so amazing and easy to make thanks for sharing this recipe. I have to make this and soon. I love stuffing so much.
This stuffing looks delicious; I definitely try this recipe. Thanks a lot for posting!
I am glad you published this top secret recipe. My grandmother was like your grandmother, she hated to share recipes. I never understood it! My grandmother made Swedish stuffing with raisins and walnuts, bread crumbs and fresh sage. I would like to try this one and see how it tastes for Christmas.
Stuffing is my favorite part of our Thanksgiving meal. thanks for sharing the recipe.
Angel
I love stuffing this looks good like to try this
I love this recipe and will try for Christmas. Thank you
Love stuffing..with spicy sausage..its not hot stuffing..just right
I am certainly going to give this stuffing a try!
looks really good
Stuffing has ALWAYS been my favourite food at holidays! there is never enough to go round. What a great recipe! 🙂
I do like stuffing.Have modified most recipes to suit my needs!
I love stuffing and your recipe looks great! Definitely going to have to try it!
I was hoping for an amazing cornbread dressing recipe. I don’t think I’ve ever had wheat bread dressing (okay, stuffing). I may have to try this.
This stuffing sounds and looks delicious!
That does look pretty amazing. My mom has never had good stuffing for some reason. This year it was awesome though.
I love stuffing and enjoy having it during the holidays. I’ll try this recipe for christmas and I’m sure I’ll love it. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.
I love stuffing. IMHO it’s one of the stars of the meal. This one sounds delicious.
That sounds delicious, and very similar to my moms awesome stuffing. She uses stalish corn bread instead of the wheat bread though.
This sounds like a delicious stuffing recipe andI would like to Rey making it with the sausage.
This looks delicious. I love stuffing but rarely make it myself. This looks so good I want to give it a try.
As far as I’m concerned, stuffing is the highlight of the holidays, lol. It’s my favorite food by far!
Stuffing is the best part of the holiday feast IMHO. Might try this recipe, it’s similar to what I do now.
This was a definite save! Looks so very yummy
I love stuffing. Especially with boneless skinless chicken breast.It’s a simple, yet satisfying side dish.
I don’t like stuffing but my boyfriend does and I am looking for a good recipe for Christmas, I am going to use this one.
Looks yum
This stuffing sounds delicious and I love using the seasoned bread.I am going to try this one at cHristmas time to stuff my turkey with.
It sounds delicious, thanks for the recipe 🙂
Stuffing is always so yummy! Too bad bread is not as much my friend as it was when I was younger! 🙁
Stuffing or dressing is a great part of a holiday meal My grandmother’s cornbread dressing was the very best!
This looks so delicious. I’ve been looking for a new stuffing recipe. This is the one!
I’m not a stuffing fan, I prefer mashed taters. lol My family might like it though
This looks so good. I love the sausage in it.
This looks delicious! Who doesn’t like stuffing? I make it year round with various meals.
Diana c
It looks delicious. Thanks for sharing it.
Thank you for this delicious recipe. We love stuffing at our house
I’m not a turkey eater so I rely on plates such as stuffing. I would prefer stuffing without sausage but I’d be willing to give it a try.
This year hubby made the stuffing, and it just was not quite the same. I cook the giblets and use that water for my stuffing along with a little milk and and egg. Gives it a wonderful flavor. He threw out the broth. I did keep this recipe, it looks so moist. thank you for sharing.
This recipe does sound good. I’m pretty lazy and open a box of stove top stuffing when we have it. This is a recipe I may try when we have bread that needs to be used. I’ve never tried home made stuffing before.
I will have to try this stuffing recipe. I have been wanting to change it up to add stuffing. I usually just make traditional stuffing from scratch.
I love stuffing. It’s my favorite side dish during the holidays. This recipe sounds delish and easy to make. Thanks for the idea!
I am going to have to experiment. I have never made stuffing with sausage. My husband loves sausage too. I bet he would really like this one. Thanks for sharing.
This sounds like a good recipe. We had ham yesterday, so no stuffing.
Looks absolutely delicious! My step father loves stuffing and I think I might put this on the menu for New Years.
I always struggle with stuffing, my boyfriend loves it and I hate it. I am going to try this for him this year for the holidays.
This recipe looks so good! We all love Stove Top stuffing but I’ll try this next time!
We are celebrating on Saturday afternoon with my family. This will be a great addition to the mashed potatoes.
I am saving this awesome recipeI love stuffing and this sounds so delicious! Thank you for posting it.
This is very similar to my mother’s stuffing except she used sausage from our butcher and she’d cook it with the celery/onions. Very good flavors…
My father always used to cook the turkey, and he used garlic sausage, some hamburger and his secret spices…the family loved it. This recipe I have to try..it may give my family room for thought
I’ve never had too much luck making stuffing. I usually ask someone else to do it but I’d love to try this recipe out. Thanks!
This sounds amazing. I love all Thanksgiving fixings!
My father used to make the stuffing in our family and he would never add herb seasoned stuffing bread or wheat bread, it was always dried white bread ..he also added hamburger and garlic sausage pieces…..can’t beat this
yummmy i love this. i love the idea of stuffing. it needs to come out more than once a year.
This stuffing looks yummy
Everyone in this house loves stuffing. Thank you for sharing this great recipe.
I have never made sausage dressing before and this dressing sounds amazing. This would go so good with baked or fried chicken.
Mmmm!!! Stuffing is my favorite of all the sides and this recipe sounds like it does not disappoint!! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!! Can’t wait to try it out!!
I make my own stuffing all the time.Even have some prepared and wrapped in the freezer!
actually not as complicated as i thought
Now I’ll be craving stuffing! YUM!
I just love stuffing. I will have to give this recipe a try. It sounds so good
I am obsessed with stuffing!! It is definitely my favorite holiday side (I make it during the non-holidays too)! This recipe sounds amazing, thank you for sharing! 🙂
This recipe sounds amazing, thank you so much for sharing. I’m a big stuffing fan and my in-laws just can’t seem to make it right so every year I’m disappointing. This year I might give your recipe a try and finally have stuffing worth remembering.
This looks delicious. My mom also made great stuffing. We mainly got it on Thanksgiving time. Thank you for the recipe
Thanks for the recipe cant wait to make it looks delicious
My whole family loves stuffing. This recipe is a must-try!
I always make my own stuffing and add berries or fruits depending on which meat I’m cooking. This looks nice and chunky and moist, just the way we like it! I’ll definitely be giving this a go.
My family loves stuffing and I would much rather make it from scratch than the boxed stuff so this recipe looks great.
Thank you for the recipe. We love stuffing anytime. We will try this recipe out.
My daughter and I both love stuffing. It’s fun to try new ones, but we always come back to ours. It’s just one of those things that you love what you grew up on. I like the memories you and your family have around the holidays and stuffing.
Your stuffing sounds good but I am looking for my moms stuffing. She always made to pans one sage and the other oyster. I have tried several recipes and have yet to find hers.
I always love stuffing, this looks really delicious! Thanks for posting this recipe.
This stuffing looks and sounds amazing. I will have to remember it when Thanksgiving rolls around. Thank you for sharing.
I always love stuffing, I’d eat it when its not the holidays.
This is more of the same old stuffing (sorry), back of the box type. I like stuffing but when it is full of mostly celery and onions, no thank you. This is a good one for the kids to make if you can get them to eat it.
My apologies if this comes off rude but I have never seen this recipe on a stuffing container. A stuffing without celery or onion really isn’t an old fashion stuffing recipe – it is something Americanized and is really quite bland without these ingredients. The only thing that has changed over the decades (this was my grandmother’s recipe) was we moved to using seasoned breading rather than tear up bags upon bags of bread.
I am so trying this recipe on Thanksgiving ! It sounds absolutely delicious.
Thanks for sharing. Getting that time of year to think about stuffing a turkey.
This sounds and looks delicious! We love stuffing and have it round. This is a great recipe and very easy. We will be trying this one 😃
This is a great recipe for stuffing, I am looking forward to making some for the family in the Fall,
This sounds wonderful, but I would skip the sausage.
I’d seriously love to try this stuffing recipe my fiance would rather have that than the turkey lol
Sounds and looks good.
This recipe sounds perfect for the coming months. I’m so excited to try it out! Thanks 😀
My man would love this recipe he’s a stuffing hound lol.. I make extra just for him to eat alone, I want to do this for him this year.
Stuffing is my favorite Thanksgiving food! I’ve never made it successfully though – maybe I’ll try your recipe.
My entire family would love this! I’ve never used sausage in stuffing before so that would be a nice addition, something different 🙂
I looove stuffing! I could seriously sit and eat it as a meal all on its own lol
Thanks to your mom for this recipe. Delicious!
A wonderful recipe so similar to what my dad used to make when he cooked christmas turkey…he stuffed the turkey and used the turkey neck inside for added flavor
This sounds so yummy. I’m definitely sharing this with my so she can make it for Thanksgiving.
This stuffing not only looks amazing but delicious! Stuffing is my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner, definitely going to pin for later.
I’m so dying for the holidays to try out this yum looking stuffing!
I am so ready for the Holidays… the food is my fave especially stuffing and this looks and sounds delicious! I am saving the rec ipe for a trial run before the holidays kick off! Thank You 🙂
I cant wait to try this recipe for stuffing. I like that this does not have to be put into a bird but is made as a side dish! I will use this more than just for holidays
Can’t wait for the holidays to try out this stuffing recipe!!
My dad would always make the stuffing, and though this sounds fantastic…he always added the turkey neck to cook with it
We call this dressing in our family. It is one of my favorite foods of the holidays!
Stuffing might be my favorite food of all time. I would eat it all…so I only make it on Thanksgiving & Christmas! (OK, an occasional box of Stove Top, lol.)
I tried this stuffing recipe, it was close to my moms. I have tried to make stuffing but just can’t get it to yaste as good as her recipe, I guess she had a secret.
I love stuffing. The taste and the smell of it cooking. It’s a comfort food.
Our family recipe is super similar to your with the only difference being that we use giblets instead of sausage and bake a cake of cornbread to crumble in place of the bread.
I will have to try this using the sausage this year as it sounds delicious.
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My father used garlic sausage, some hamburger and his secret spices, and the turkey neck…the family loved it. This recipe I have to try..it may give my family room for thought
With Thanksgiving coming up and my SIL out of the country, I’m going to give your recipe a go! She makes the stuffing every year so I’m spoiled.
I love sausage in my stuffing. I have had it befor but have never had a good recipe for it. I now do. Thank you
Stuffing is one of my faves foods. This one is very similar to mine, except I use both poultry seasoning and extra sage in mine.
Stuffing may be my favorite food. I only eat it once a year and that might be what makes it so special. I have never made with meat before. Sounds yummy.
This looks great, much more flavorful than mine or my mother’s recipe!
This sounds great, I have never tried making my on stuffing.
Except for the sausage (she used giblets), this is my mother’s stuffing recipe too. I wonder if it was popular in a recipe book or in the paper long ago or something.
Your Stuffing Recipe sounds Deilcious. It is actually alot like my Moms except she used Giblets and alot of Sage. Mine is more like yours. I use chicken Broth and no sausage. I would like to try yours sounds so good. I pinned your recipe and I will try it. Thank you for sharing your awesome recipe.
This looks like a great stuffing. To late for stuffing my turkey with this one. Maybe next year.
Stuffing is by far my favorite Thanksgiving food!
This stuffing sounds delicious, will definitely have to tr this one.
Stuffing is the ONE thing I look forward to every Thanksgiving! Like you, I absolutely LOVE the recipe my mom has followed passed down to her. I have been fortunate enough to get it from her b/c I have hosted a few Thanksgivings at my home 🙂
I do have to say your stuffing recipe sounds amazing. I do love my stuffing but I would love to try yours out, I never thought to add sausages to my stuffing mix,..
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I like stuffing but I don’t make it much.I need to make it more often since it’s been a while since I made it ty
Looks yummy I love stuffing it’s my favorite
We love stuffing. We eat it several times a year not just at Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing.
I’m a stuffing addict, and this looks like the good stuff! I like that it’s got plain bread as well as the seasoned packaged stuff.
This sounds and looks so delicious!
Thank you for this great stuffing recipe I am gonna try this this week-end
I love stuffing and this looks delicious!
This stuffing sounds so delicious and I already saved it to use for future reference.Thanks so much for this awesome recipe.
I love stuffing and this one sounds goof
Sounds like it actually is amazing, adding the extra loaf is key I bet.
I am a southern girl and love my cornbread stuffing but have to admit that this looks interesting.
Never had dressing with sausage maybe this would make it different then one’s I have had before
I can use a good stuffing recipe. Thanks for posting this.
One of my favorite foods of the holiday meal is the stuffing. It seems there is never enough. With this recipe I think there would be plenty.
This looks so delicious, I love stuffing. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I love stuffing! This sounds so good 🙂
I love stuffing year round! It doesn’t seem to taste quite as wonderful as it does on the holiday, but it is way too good to only have once or twice a year. I’d love to try this!
What a wonderful recipe for stuffing..and ready in about an hour…a definite winner. when my dad used to cook the Christmas dinner..it was almost the same..but he added the turkey neck and ground gizzard, liver and heart….it was the best part of the whole meal
I have never ate dressing/stuffing with sausage. And since you used my favorite sausage “TN Pride” I just made have to make this. We have stuffing all year long, most of time I do cornbread but maybe it is time for a change
This looks almost like my grandmother’s – which I have lost… I’m going to try this one for Thanksgiving and see what everyone thinks.
Mishelle
I usually have at least 1/2 cup of butter in mine and this has none, but then again I don’t usually use sausage, I wonder which has more fat? I need to start making things a little (read a lot) healthier. This sounds so good though!