Sarah's Vegetarian Stuffing

Packed with flavor thanks to a variety of herbs, vegetables, and fruit, this vegetarian stuffing recipe will win everyone over this Thanksgiving.

• Preparation Time: 35 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Total Time: 2 hr
• Calories: 238 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup vegetable broth
• 1 (8 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 1 (16 ounce) loaf French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 3 stalks celery, sliced into 1/4-inch pieces
• 0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.25 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 0.5 cup salted butter
• 0.75 cup dried cranberries
• 0.75 medium red apple - peeled, cored, and diced
• 1.5 cups cooked wild rice
• 0.5 tablespoon jarred minced garlic
• 0.75 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 0.5 teaspoon ground dried sage
• 0.5 teaspoon dried thyme leaves

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees F (80 degrees C). Spread bread cubes out onto 2 baking sheets.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Turn the oven off and leave bread in the oven until hard and completely dry, up to 3 hours. If your bread is not dry, it will be soggy in the end. Remove bread from oven and pour into a large bowl.

Step 4

Melt butter in a large pan over medium to medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, celery, onion, apple, and cranberries. Saute until all vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in cooked rice, parsley, garlic, poultry seasoning, sage, thyme, salt, marjoram, and pepper.

Step 5

Pour vegetable and fruit mixture over the bread and stir until completely mixed in. Pour 1 cup vegetable broth over bread mixture, using only enough to moisten every piece of bread. Bread should not be dry at all but should also not be soggy. Transfer mixture into a 9x13-inch casserole dish and cover with aluminum foil.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, 30 to 45 minutes. Uncover and continue to bake until golden, about 15 minutes more.