My Mamma's Stuffing

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 loaves french bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 2 large yellow onions, diced
• 2 teaspoons dried sage
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 cubes butter
• 1 1/2 cups turkey broth

Recipe

• 1 cut up french bread loaves into 1" cubes. you will have approximately 18 cups.
• 2 layer cubes on a large cookie sheet in 325 degree oven. bake/toast for approx 20 minutes or until the bread is toasted but not as dry and hard as croutons that you get at the store.
• 3 melt 1 cube of butter in large sauté pan. add diced onion, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper and 1/2 tsp sage. cook on medium heat until onion is translucent.
• 4 remove bread cubes from oven and let cool 10 minutes.
• 5 place cooled bread cubes into a large bowl and add onion and butter mixture. mix well.
• 6 in a small bowl, combine turkey broth and rest of the seasonings. pour over the top of the bread cubes and mix well. bread should be spongy but not soaked.
• 7 place bread cubes into a crockpot. add 1/2 cube of sliced butter slices on top. cook on low for 3 hours.
• 8 **note** when making stuffing for thanksgiving. turkey broth is made by placing the neck and gizzards from the turkey in a large sauce pan, just covered with water and simmered for 45 minutes. skim the top of any fat. if any broth is left after using 1 1/2 cups for stuffing, it can be used and added to the drippings when making gravy.
• 9 **note** dried sage leaves are used, not ground sage which would produce too strong of a sage flavor. home grown & dried sage is the best.