Dressing Balls Food

BASIC STUFFING BALLS WITH VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Line a baking sheet with foil paper and lightly grease the foil for easy clean up.
• Heat butter or margarine in a large skillet.
• Add onion and celery and sauté gently until soft.
• Combine remaining ingredients with the celery and onion mixture, adding any variations you like.
• Shape mixture into 8 balls. Dampen hands with cold water if necessary.
• Place stuffing balls on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes or until set.

GRANDMA DOT'S STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil; grease with cooking spray.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in salt, poultry seasoning, and pepper; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Whisk eggs and chicken broth together in a large bowl. Fold in bread cubes and parsley. Pour in onion mixture; mix together until combined.
• Shape mixture into 2-inch balls and arrange on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until golden and crisp, about 20 minutes.

STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Open the loaves of bread and allow the bread to get stale for a day.
• Tear the bread into 1-1/2" pieces including the crusts.
• Beat the eggs with the milk and water; sparingly, drizzle this mixture over the bread and mix it in just to moisten.
• Saute the celery, onions, and green pepper in the butter until translucent. Salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the warm celery and butter mixture to the bread.
• Add the parsley and sprinkle in a little rubbed sage.
• Cover lightly with poultry seasoning.
• Gently toss with your hands.
• Gently push the stuffing mixture into the corner of your mixing pan and allow to sit for 30 minutes to absorb the liquid in the bread.
• Form the stuffing into small balls similar to a baseball.
• You may freeze the balls at this point by arranging on a baking sheet and flash freezing.
• When frozen, place stuffing balls in the bread bag wrappers.
• When ready to bake, place balls in a 9 x 13 inch pan with about 1/4" hot broth in the bottom of the pan.
• You can bake them frozen or defrosted, adjust your time accordingly.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 30 minutes, basting a few times until browned.

RITA'S FAMOUS DRESSING BALLS

Steps:

• Place bread in a large bowl and let sit overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Sauté onions and celery in butter or margarine tender. Pour over bread and toss with hands to mix.
• Add chicken broth and mix with hands again. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add eggs and celery seed and mix thoroughly.
• Form into 2" balls and put in a baking dish.
• Bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown.

DRESSING BALLS

Steps:

• Drain some broth from your turkey (you can used canned if necessary, but it just isn't as good).
• Chop celery& onion, add to broth and simmer until tender.
• Dump bread, broth (with onions& celery), salt& pepper in a large bowl and mix until tacky.
• Take a handful of stuffing and form into a ball about the size of a baseball.
• Place each ball on a cookie sheet until the sheet is full.
• Bake at 350 until the tops start to brown.
• Eat hot.

STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Chop the celery and onion.
• Melt butter in a skillet; add celery and onion; cook until limp.
• Cut or rip up bread; add onion and celery in a large bowl.
• Add 1/2 can of cream of chicken soup, pepper, salt.
• Make into balls; put into lasagna style pan (if you like the edges crispy you can use a cupcake pan instead).
• In a separate bowl, mix the rest of the soup into the bowl with 1/2 cup of water.
• Pour this mixture over the stuffing balls.
• Cover with foil.
• Bake 45 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Remove foil, bake for 15 minutes at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

AIR FRYER STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add celery and onion, and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Combine bread, parsley, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Mix in cooked onion and celery. Slowly pour egg into the bowl with one hand while mixing with the other to ensure that the mixture is evenly coated. Repeat with chicken broth and mix everything until well combined. Divide stuffing mixture into 8 equal portions, roll into balls, and place on a plate. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
• Preheat an air fryer to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Remove stuffing balls from refrigerator and spray lightly with cooking spray. Place stuffing balls into the air fryer, sprayed side down, without touching one another. Spray the other side lightly.
• Cook in the preheated air fryer for 5 minutes, turn, and cook for an additional 2 minutes.

STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add celery and onion; cook and stir until tender, 3-5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in remaining ingredients. Shape into eight balls. , Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake until a thermometer reads 160°, about 20 minutes.

APPLE STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir 4-6 minutes or just until tender., In a large bowl, mix eggs, parsley, salt, thyme and pepper. Stir in bread crumbs, apples and the onion mixture. Shape into 2-in. balls. Place in a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.

STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Cook meat in large skillet until cooked through, stirring frequently; drain. Place in large bowl; cool slightly. Stir in stuffing mix.
• Add cranberry sauce, egg and water; mix well. Shape into 16 balls; place on foil-covered baking sheet. Brush with butter.
• Bake 20 min. or until done (160ºF).

DEEP-FRIED STUFFING

Steps:

• Combine flour, poultry seasoning, salt, and black pepper to taste in a shallow bowl. Beat eggs and milk together in a second shallow bowl until smooth. Mix bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and 1 teaspoon black pepper together in a third shallow bowl.
• Scoop stuffing, about 2 tablespoons per serving, and roll into a ball using your hands, forming about 12 balls. Dredge each ball through the flour mixture, shaking off any excess. Transfer each ball to the egg mixture and evenly coat. Roll each ball in the bread crumbs mixture until evenly coated. Set each stuffing ball on a plate and allow to sit for the coating to stick to the stuffing.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Carefully lower 4 to 5 stuffing balls into the hot oil and fry until golden brown on all sides, about 4 minutes; transfer to a paper towel-lined plate using a slotted spoon. Repeat with the remaining stuffing balls.