Gluten Free Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipe
Savory Gluten Free Thanksgiving Stuffing with carrots, sage, apples and cranberries has all the colors and flavors of fall in one iconic dish! | gfJules
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Ingredients
- 6 cups gluten-free bread cubes
- 2 cups chopped and peeled apples
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1/4 cup flaxseed meal
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 tsp. rubbed fresh sage
- 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 6 Tbs. butter or non-dairy alternative e.g. Earth Balance® Buttery Sticks
- 1 1/2 cups ± gluten-free vegetable broth Imagine Foods® Organic Vegetable Broth, Massel 7 bouillon, Celifibr® Bouillon Cubes, and Savory Choice Concentrated Broths are currently gluten free
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 225-250º F.
- Cube bread spread in a single layer onto one or two cookie sheets. Bake until crunchy, stirring every half hour or so, for a total of 90 minutes (depending on how dry your bread was before you put it in the oven, you may need less time in the oven to dry the cubes, so keep checking periodically).
- Remove the dry bread cubes from the oven and turn up the temperature to 375°F.
- In a large skillet, melt 4 tablespoons butter, then add the carrots, celery and onion, cooking until tender (about 10 minutes). Add the herbs, salt and pepper and stir, cooking for another 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Combine the dried bread cubes, chopped apple, nuts, berries and flaxseed in a very large bowl. Stir in the carrot-onion mixture until well-mixed. Add cooking stock of choice to the large bowl and stir, adding more stock as necessary to make a moist stuffing. Spread mixture into a lightly oiled 3-quart baking dish. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and drizzle over the top of the stuffing.
- Cover with foil and bake at 375º F for 25 minutes; remove the foil and bake an additional 15 minutes or until the top is golden-brown and the stuffing is not soggy.
Make ahead options:
- Bake the bread cubes and wait for the cubes to cool before packing them in zip-top bags to keep the moisture out. Prepare the stuffing the next day.
- Or assemble the stuffing the night before, cover and refrigerate: when ready to bake, place a rack in the middle of the oven and bake covered for 25 minutes at 375°F. Remove foil and bake for 15 more minutes or until top is lightly browned. If you are baking straight from the refrigerator, add 10 extra minutes to total baking time.
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Notes
If you want to use this "dressing" recipe as "stuffing" to go into the bird, reduce the liquids added by approximately 1/3-1/2, depending on how juicy your bird is and how dry your crumbs are. Use your best judgement. The turkey adds its own liquids to the bread, and be sure to cook it until both the bird and the stuffing reach 165F. If the turkey has reached 165F before the stuffing has, remove the stuffing and cook separately until it reaches 165F so you are not overcooking the bird.
** Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information may differ significantly depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe. Additionally, where options are given for ingredients, the resulting calculation may include all ingredient options instead of only one per line, skewing the totals significantly.