Simple Thanksgiving Dressing

A spoon lifting baked Thanksgiving dressing from a casserole dish

4.82 from 16 votes

Simple Thanksgiving Dressing is tender, moist, and seasoned perfectly to go with or stuffed in your Thanksgiving Turkey. Make it ahead for stress-free entertaining!

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 50

Total Time 1 10

Servings

Author Julie Menghini

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Ingredients

US Customary - Metric

8 cups bread cubes I used store-bought seasoned cubes but homemade would be delicious too
½ cup unsalted butter
1 onion white or yellow
2 stalks celery finely sliced
4 cups chicken stock I use low sodium, fat-free
1 tbsp dried oregano
salt and pepper

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Grease a 2-qt baking dish.
In a medium-sized saucepan, melt the butter. Add the onion and the celery. Sautee until slightly softened, 15 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the bread cubes and sauteed onion celery mixture. Add the oregano and stir to combine.
Slowly pour the stock over the bread cube mixture. Stir until the bread is saturated with the stock, the majority of the cubes have lost their shape but some are still visible. You want this mix to be thick and very moist. Add more stock if you need to. A lot of the moisture will bake out.
Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish and cover it with a lid or foil.
Bake for 25 minutes and then remove the lid/foil and continue baking until browned.
Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Leftovers may also be frozen.

Notes

We've cooked our dressing in a crockpot before to free up my oven. Just make everything as required and spoon it into the crockpot. Cook it on low for 4 to 5 hours and then turn it on warm until you're ready to serve it. It's oven-safe so you can crisp it up in the oven if that's the way you like it. It's delicious either way.

You can mix up dressing 2 days ahead of time and bake it the day you want it.

Nutrition

This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.

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