This easy stuffing recipe has been a family favorite for years! It’s a classic bread stuffing recipe with a delicious buttery flavor and seasoned with sage, thyme, and parsley.
Truly, we only eat stuffing once a year, so it better be GOOD! My go-to recipe is passed down from family members. It’s one of our favorite Thanksgiving stuffing recipes because it’s so easy to make, using simple ingredients, but the flavor is always spot on.
It’s moist and buttery in the middle and becomes crispy on the edges. It goes perfectly with gravy, turkey and our easy homemade cranberry sauce!
What is stuffing?
Stuffing is a Thanksgiving dish made with bread crumbs, onions, celery, butter, and herbs. Traditionally, the stuffing was cooked inside of the turkey (hence the name) but now it’s more common to bake it separately in a baking dish.
How to Make Homemade Stuffing
For this recipe, we use fresh white bread. It’s different because you don’t need to let the bread sit overnight. Just cube white bread while it’s fresh and toss it in a mixing bowl.
The stuffing will be moist and delicious without the extra step of drying the bread. Simplifying dishes for Thanksgiving is always a good idea!
Traditional Stuffing Recipe Ingredients
- Fresh White Bread
- Eggs
- Sage
- Thyme
- Parsely
- Butter
- Celery
- Yellow Onion
- Salt and Pepper
Directions
- Cube 10 cups fresh white bread and place in a mixing bowl.
- In a skillet, saute onions and chopped celery in butter until soft.
- Add in fresh parsley and saute.
- Add in the dried thyme, sage and salt, and pepper.
- Pour over cubed bread and mix in the eggs.
- Pour the mixture into a baking dish and cover it with tinfoil.
- Bake for 30 minutes in 350-degree oven, covered.
- Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes until the top is browned.
Sausage Stuffing Recipe
You can easily add sausage to this recipe!
- To make sausage stuffing, add in 1lb sausage, casing removed, and saute with the butter, onions, and herbs.
- Pour in with the bread crumbs and then follow the same directions below to bake the stuffing!
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you put eggs in stuffing?
Yes! Eggs act as a binder and help the stuffing stay together.
Can I make stuffing the day before Thanksgiving?
You can’t fully make the stuffing the day before, however, you can prepare the ingredients for your stuffing the day before. Cube the bread and cover in a mixing bowl.
Chop, measure and prepare the other ingredients to saute the next day. Do not mix the eggs until it’s ready to be baked the next day.
This way you’ll be prepared but safely assembling and cook the stuffing on Thanksgiving.
How to Freeze Stuffing
Stuffing freezes perfectly! Seal it up really well and it will last in the freezer for a few months.
When you’re craving Thanksgiving dinner again, reheat the stuffing in the oven at 350 for about 15 to 20 minutes.
Traditional Stuffing Recipe
Traditional stuffing is when the bread mixture is cooked inside the bird. You can cook it that way, but you’ll want to follow these food safety guidelines.
Our recipe is for traditional homemade stuffing but cooked in a casserole dish, making it easier to cook and serve.
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Easy Stuffing Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 cups fresh white bread, cubed
- 2 sticks unsalted butter , 1 cup
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 1 1/2 cup yellow onion , diced
- 1/4 cup parsley , fresh or dried
- 1 tsp thyme, dried
- 1 tsp sage , dried
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Cube 10 cups fresh white bread and place in a mixing bowl.
- In a skillet, saute onions and chopped celery in butter until soft.
- Add in fresh parsley and saute.
- Add in the dried thyme, sage and salt, and pepper.
- Pour over cubed bread and mix in the eggs.
- Pour the mixture into a baking dish and cover it with tinfoil.
- Bake for 30 minutes in a preheated 350-degree oven.
- Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes until the top is browned.
- Serve warm with turkey, gravy and cranberry sauce!
This is an absolute staple at our house. The whole family loves it!!
We can’t have Thanksgiving dinner without stuffing! This recipe looks so tasty!
Stuffing is one of my favorite dishes at the Thanksgiving table! I’m excited to try your recipe!
This is a must at every Thanksgiving! Easy, tasty, & always gone so fast!
A good stuffing is definitely a must at Thanksgiving! Love how simple this was to make!