This is the best stuffing recipe you'll find! It has simple ingredients: white bread, poultry seasoning, onion, celery, chicken broth and of course, butter! This simple stuffing recipe is honestly the best Thanksgiving stuffing you'll try!
We make the best stuffing recipe every year for Thanksgiving! It's part of our tradition! Our other tradition is to make two kinds of potatoes, including these perfect mashed potatoes. Yes, it's a total CARBFEST!
Years ago, I found this recipe on AllRecipes (I did tweak it a little bit) and I have been making it ever since. It's a simple and straightforward recipe and I know your family and friends won't be able to resist it!
What makes this stuffing recipe a traditional bread stuffing?
There is a great debate on what makes the best stuffing recipe. But a traditional stuffing recipe includes bread, celery, onion and butter. It doesn't usually include apples or any fruits. And it definitely doesn't have any sausage.
What kind of bread should I use for this simple stuffing recipe?
One of the keys to this simple stuffing recipe and why it's the BEST stuffing recipe is the choice of bread. I like a good buttery homestyle bread that's baked by my grocery store bakery.
It's totally fine to use bread from the bread aisle, this stuffing recipe tastes great with storebought bread too! If you can find a bread that has butter baked on top, it will make this stuffing recipe even better!
I add one half of a French baguette to my stuffing but this is totally optional. I just like adding a different texture to my stuffing!
Can this simple stuffing recipe be made ahead of time?
You can make this homemade stuffing recipe ahead of time of course. You can cut up the bread and store it in a sealed container a couple of days ahead of time. I even cut up the vegetables and store them in the fridge until I'm ready to put it all together!
You can definitely bake this simple stuffing recipe ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator and reheat in the oven or in the microwave!
How much poultry seasoning do you put in stuffing?
For every one pound of bread (that's cut up into cubes), you'll need about 2 teaspoons of poultry seasoning to make the best stuffing recipe.
Best Stuffing Recipe Ingredients
- loaf of white bread
- French baguette (optional)
- unsalted butter
- sweet onion
- celery
- poultry seasoning
- salt and pepper
- low sodium chicken broth
How to make the best stuffing recipe
This is seriously the best stuffing recipe! I love how simple it is to put it together!
Cut up the bread (you can do this a few days ahead).
Melt butter in a dutch oven or large pot. Then cook the onions and celery.
Add salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.
And mix it up.
Add bread to the pot in batches. Mix thoroughly so all of the bread is coated. Pour half of the chicken broth at a time. Mix thoroughly so all of the bread is coated.
Pour into a baking dish and bake for 38 to 40 minutes at 350 degrees F.
This stuffing recipe is simply the best! It's soooo simple, straightforward and is packed full of flavor. You'll LOVE this when you make it!
Traditional Bread and Celery Stuffing
Ingredients
- 1 1 pound loaf of white bread, preferably unsliced
- 1/2 medium-sized French baguette, optional
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, 12 Tablespoons, plus additional for the baking dish
- 1 medium sweet onion, diced small
- 4 stalks celery, diced small
- 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
Instructions
- Grease a 9x13 baking dish with softened butter and turn oven on to 350 degrees F.
- Slice and then cube the load of bread and baguette.
- In a large pot or dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and celery and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until soft. Add poultry seasoning, salt and pepper.
- Gradually add in 1/3 of the bread cubes at a time. With each add, mix to ensure it gets evenly coated.
- Add in 1/2 cup of chicken broth and mix well. Add the remaining chicken broth and mix well.
- Pour into the prepared baking dish. Bake for 38 to 40 minutes at 350 degrees F.
Notes
I want to hear about your favorite stuffing and why. Is it a family tradition? What do you think of my favorite stuffing?
Karen R says
This recipe sounds close to the stuffing recipe I make. I don’t use a baguette in mine but I can imagine it would be a good addition. Happy Thanksgiving.
Dave Clark. says
Hi Julie. This will be the first doing a turkey in a slow cooker. A few questions. Must the breast be up or down. Can one stuff the turkey or is it preferable to do the stuffing in the oven. Thank you so much for your advice. Have a great thanks giving meal you and your family.
Regards
Dave
South Africa.
Julie Deily says
Hi Dave,
I do it with the breast up. And no stuffing in the slow cooker because the temperature might not be high enough. Do the stuffing in the oven. Good luck!
Jackie says
Hi Julie
Since I don’t live in your town to use that butter bread, is challah a good substitute?
Julie Deily says
Hi Jackie, challah would work just fine or even just a regular loaf of bread that you really like.
Kimberly says
This looks good. I’m not a fan of celery, but I think I would try this.
Mickie Dunahoe says
delicious!
Julie M. says
Sounds delicious Julie! You’ve got my vote!
moniker says
This was really good, I like the size of the bread cubes and it was moist, but not soggy. I had seconds!
Paula says
I love traditional stuffing too! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Hope you have a wonderful little holiday.
Liana @ femme fraiche says
Oh my gosh I couldn’t agree more …celery is such an essential part of stuffing. I love the crunch!!
Bobbie says
That really does look YUM! I don’t care for soggy stuffing either so I may try this. I am not cooking this year, but who says stuffing is only good on Thanksgiving!!
Rachel says
Good luck – remind me to vote and I’ll hop over 🙂 I have always cheated and used the bagged pepperidge farm stuff – tastes good to me but someday I will make it from scratch. This seems easy enough that I’ll definitely give it a try.