Stove Top Stuffing Bake
Stove top stuffing is doctored up with dried cranberries, chopped apples, pecans and fresh parsley for a delicious semi-homemade stuffing bake!
Ingredients
- 2 boxes Stovetop Stuffing for Chicken
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup apple chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 2-1/2 cups hot water
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1/3 cup fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350. Lightly spray a 9x13 or equivalent baking dish with non-stick cooking spray
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the stove top stuffing mixes, dried cranberries, chopped apple, pecans, and black pepper with a spatula until well combined.
- Stir in the hot water and melted butter, mix, let sit for 5 minutes, then stir again with a fork.
- Stir in the chopped fresh parsley with the fork.
- Scrape the mixture in to your prepared 9x13 dish.
- Bake at 350 for 25-30 mins until the top is just lightly crunchy and golden brown.
- Optional - Sprinkle with just a pinch of additional parsley if desired to make it look pretty then serve!
Notes
A couple of tips for this recipe:
- Chop your apples in to bite size pieces. I love to use this Johnny Apple Peeler - it cores, peels and slices the apples in just seconds, and then all you have to do is chop to bite size pieces. Such a time saver for any apple dishes!
- Another delicious addition to this stuffing bake is ground sausage, (specifically Jimmy Dean Sage Sausage.) I don't usually add it when I am making stuffing for the holidays, but I love it in these Stuffed Acorn Squash! If you want to add it to this bake, just crumble and cook in a frying pan until the little bits are super crispy, then stir it in to the stuffing mix before adding the water and butter!
- I like the Stove Top Stuffing for Chicken, but you can absolutely play around with other flavors - the cornbread is pretty good too.