Stuffin Muffins From Scratch Food

STUFFING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Line 12 jumbo muffin cups with paper liners and fill with your favorite bread stuffing (we used Mushroom-Leek). Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees F until golden, about 45 minutes.
• Mushroom-Leek Stuffing: Make Classic Stuffing with 3 cups chopped leeks instead of onions. Cook 1 pound sliced cremini mushrooms with the leeks and celery.
• Classic Stuffing: Melt 1 stick butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add 2 cups each diced onions and celery and 1 tablespoon each minced sage and thyme; add salt and pepper and cook 5 minutes. Add 3 cups turkey or chicken broth and bring to a simmer. Beat 2 eggs with 1/4 cup chopped parsley in a large bowl; add 16 cups cubed stale white bread, then pour in the vegetable-broth mixture and toss. Transfer to a buttered baking dish and dot with butter. Cover and bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees F; uncover and bake until golden, 30 more minutes.
• Photography by Charles Masters

STUFFING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread bread cubes out on baking sheet in an even layer. Bake until toasted (about 10 to 15 minutes). Transfer bread to large bowl.
• Heat the vegan butter in a skillet over medium heat. Once the butter has melted, add the onion, garlic and celery. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables are very soft, about 10 minutes. Add mixture to bowl with bread cubes.
• Stir together the ground flax seed and 3 tablespoons warm water in a small bowl. Let sit for 5 minutes to bloom and then add to the bowl with the bread. Add thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper into bowl with bread. Add the vegetable broth, one cup at a time, and toss together. Allow to absorb for a minute before adding more broth. If the bread is too soggy, do not add the full amount.
• Lightly grease the mini muffin tin. Spoon mixture into each spot, packing it down and filling it slightly above the top. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until edges are browned. Remove from oven and let sit until cool enough to handle.

APPLE AND ONION STUFFIN' MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil to skillet and 4 tablespoons butter. When butter melts, add bay leaf and add the vegetables as you chop them, celery, onions then apples. Sprinkle the vegetables and apples with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Cook 5 to 6 minutes to begin to soften vegetables and apples then add parsley and stuffing cubes to the pan and combine. Moisten the stuffing with chicken broth until all of the bread is soft but not wet.
• Butter 12 muffin cups, 2 tins, liberally with remaining butter. Use an ice cream scoop to fill and mound up the stuffing in muffin tins. Remove the bay leaf as you scoop the stuffing when you come upon it. Bake until set and crisp on top, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove stuffin' muffins to a platter and serve hot or room temperature.

SAUSAGE STUFFING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Transfer to a large bowl; set aside. , In same skillet, saute celery and onions in butter until tender. Transfer to bowl; add stuffing, apples, cranberries, pecans, salt and pepper. Stir in enough broth to reach desired moistness. Whisk eggs and baking powder; add to stuffing mixture., Spoon into 18 greased muffin cups. Bake 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 10 minutes. Run a knife around edges of muffin cups to loosen. Serve immediately. Freeze option: Freeze cooled stuffing muffins in resealable plastic bags. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Place muffins on greased baking sheets, cover with foil and reheat in a preheated 375° oven for 6-10 minutes or until heated through.

STUFFIN' MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter 18 muffin cups.
• Melt butter over medium heat in large stock pot or Dutch oven. Add onion and celery; saute over medium heat until vegetables are soft, about 8 minutes. Season with poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Remove pot from heat.
• Mix bread cubes into vegetables; stir until bread cubes are evenly coated. Stir in Swanson® Chicken Broth; mix well. Press 1/4 cup mixture into buttered muffin tin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven until tops of muffins are golden brown, about 35 minutes.

SOUTHERN STUFFING

Steps:

• Cut the cornbread into 1-inch cubes (about 12 cups). Place on a baking sheet and leave out several hours or overnight, until completely dried out.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Add the bacon to a skillet and saute until cooked and almost crisp, about 7 minutes. Remove to a plate and wipe out any grease. Melt the butter in the skillet; throw in the onion, celery and red pepper and cook, stirring, 4 to 5 minutes, until they are soft. Add the jalapeno and garlic and saute 2 minutes more. Pour in the chicken broth. Add the parsley and rosemary, season with salt and pepper and cook for a couple of minutes, then turn off the heat.
• Pour the cornbread into a bowl and spoon in some of the broth mixture. Keep adding broth, tossing as you go, until it's all mixed in. Season with salt and pepper, add the bacon and toss again. If you like your dressing extra moist, add a little more broth. Pile the dressing into a 3-quart casserole pan and bake, uncovered, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve piping hot.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Add the cornmeal to a large bowl along with the flour, baking powder, salt, basil, sage and thyme and stir together.
• Measure the buttermilk in a measuring cup, add the whole milk and egg and stir together with a fork. Add the baking soda and stir. Pour the milk mixture into the dry ingredients and stir with a fork until just combined. Do not overmix.
• In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons shortening in the microwave and slowly add to the batter, stirring constantly until combined.
• In a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over high heat, melt the remaining tablespoon of butter and shortening. Pour the batter into the hot skillet, spread to even out the surface and cook over high heat for 1 minute. Then get it into the oven straightaway and bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. The edges should be crispy.

APPLE AND ONION STUFFIN'

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Melt 1 stick butter in the skillet. When the butter melts, add the celery, apples and onions. Season with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Cook until the vegetables and apples begin to soften, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Add the stuffing cubes to the pan and combine. Moisten the stuffing with the chicken stock until all of the bread is soft, but not wet. Let the stuffing cool either in the pan or in a bowl.
• For a stuffin' casserole: Brush a casserole dish with 1/4 stick butter. Add the stuffing mixture to the dish and dot the top with the remaining 1/4 stick butter. Bake until set and crisp on top, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature.
• For individual stuffin' muffins: Brush a 12-muffin tin with the remaining 1/2 stick of butter. Add the beaten egg to the cooled stuffing mixture. Using an ice cream scoop, fill and mound up the stuffing in the muffin tin. Bake until set and crisp on top, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the stuffin' muffins to a platter and serve hot or at room temperature.

THANKSGIVING STUFFING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 375.
• Saute onions, carrots and celery in 10"skillet until tender.
• Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
• Spray muffin tins with Pam.
• Fill muffin tins with stuffing mix until just overflowing (will not rise in oven).
• Bake for 25 minute or until crisp on top.

STUFFIN' MUFFINS FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Over medium heat, sauté onions and celery in butter until tender and translucent.
• Turn off heat and add spices.
• In a large bowl, combine bread cubes and veggie mixture; i recommend using your hands.
• Slowly add broth until bread is moist, but not soupy. it may take all the liquid but it also may not.
• With your hands, take stuffing and make balls roughly the size of you muffin tin and lightly pack like you would a snowball. Place into tin or on baking sheet.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until tops are crispy.