Crock Pot Stuffing

By bonnje

Crock Pot Stuffing is packed with flavor from fresh herbs and wine. It leaves the house smelling amazing and tastes as though it was slow cooked in the Turkey without the mess.

Ingredients

• 14 cups French Bread, Corn Bread, Or Sourdough Bread Cut Into 1/2" Cubes, Or 12 cups Dried Bread Cubes
• 1/3 cup Butter Plus Additional For Greasing Slow Cooker
• 2 whole Medium Sized Onions, Diced
• 6 cloves Garlic, Minced
• 8 stalks Celery, Diced
• 2 whole Apples, Seeded And Cored ( I prefer a tart firm apple like Granny Smith.)
• 1/4 cup Fresh Sage, Minced and Stems Removed
• 2 tablespoons Fresh Thyme, Stems Removed
• 2 tablespoons Fresh Rosemary, Chopped and Stems Removed
• 1/4 cup Fresh Parsley, Chopped
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Pepper
• 1 1/2 cups Dry White Wine
• 2 1/2-3 cups Turkey Or Chicken Stock

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 380mins
Adapted from serenabakessimplyfromscratch.com

Preparation

Step 1

instructions

Dry The Bread Cubes

Preheat oven to 300 degrees and turn oven off. Add bread cubes in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Stir bread cubes every so often and reheat oven as needed until bread is totally dry. Store bread cubes covered in a large bowl or container covered until ready to use. Bread Cubes can be dried a week ahead of time.

Don't forget the bread cubes are in the oven! It helps to place a note over the thermostat with a reminder to remove before starting.

Crock Pot Stuffing

Grease a 6qt Slow Cooker well with butter. Set aside.

In a large skillet melt butter and add onion. Cook until onion starts to caramelize. Add garlic, celery, apples, sage, thyme, rosemary, parsley, salt and pepper. Cook until garlic and herbs become fragrant about 2-3 minutes.

Stir in white wine and bring to a simmer. Cook for about 5 minutes until wine has reduced.

Toss cooked vegetable mixture with dried bread crumbs until evenly coated. Stir in enough stock to moisten bread crumbs being careful not to add too much. Bread should be lightly moistened but not soggy. Taste stuffing and add additional salt and pepper if needed.

Place stuffing in greased slow cooker. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours. Baste stuffing with turkey drippings or additional broth 3-4 times as it cooks.

If bread starts to become too brown turn slow cooker to warm until ready to use.