With their delightfully chewy texture and sweet-tart flavor, dried cranberries are the perfect addition to stuffing. So this Thanksgiving, why not make cranberry stuffing for a lovely fruity variation on what’s otherwise a completely classic recipe. With plenty of butter and traditional aromatics in the mix—sage, thyme, onion—bread soaks up all sorts of rich flavor. Once you get a taste of this dish, we think you’ll agree dried cranberries are the ingredient you didn’t know your Thanksgiving stuffing was missing!
Cranberry Stuffing
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 18
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 3 medium celery stalks (with leaves), chopped (1 1/2 cups)
- 3/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 9 cups soft bread cubes (15 slices)
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries or golden raisins
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried sage leaves
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh or 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
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Step1In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Cook celery and onion in butter, stirring frequently, until onion is tender. Stir in about one-third of the bread cubes. Place in large bowl. Add remaining bread cubes and ingredients; toss.
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Step2Stuff turkey just before roasting.
Nutrition
160
Calories
11g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
14g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 380mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 14g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 0%
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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