Favorite Roast Turkey Stuffing Recipes

Make your best stuffing ever with our recipes that use favorite ingredients, such as sausage, cranberries, nuts, corn bread and fresh herbs.

Cranberry-Apple Corn Bread Stuffing [1]

We mixed corn bread with bread cubes as the base for a dressing studded with apples and dried cranberries. If you make your own corn bread, bake it the day before you make the stuffing; allowing it to dry just a little improves the texture of the stuffing.

Cranberry-Apple Corn Bread Stuffing [2]

Sausage Stuffing [5]

Combine sausage, chopped vegetables, toasted pecans, and a mix of cubed white bread and crumbled corn bread in this traditional stuffing recipe. To save time, substitute 3 cups corn bread stuffing mix (one 8-ounce package) for the crumbled corn bread.

Sausage Stuffing [6]

Pappa’s Pear Stuffing [9]

You can serve this hearty, fruit-studded dressing with roasted or grilled pork, poultry or ham. The recipe comes from the historic Story Inn in Nashville, Indiana.

Pappa’s Pear Stuffing [10]

Apricot and Pecan Stuffing [13]

Bake this fruit and nut stuffing in a casserole dish or use it to stuff a turkey. This sweet dressing goes well with pork, too.

Apricot and Pecan Stuffing [14]

Italian-Style Bread Stuffing [17]

Olives, Italian seasoning, Italian bread, and thinly sliced Genoa salami, prosciutto, or cooked ham put the Italian in this stuffing's name.

Italian-Style Bread Stuffing [18]

Mix and Match Bread Dressing [21]

Whether you're looking to tweak your favorite dressing or create a new tradition, this method meets the challenge. Start with the basic recipe, then try one of the blends shown at left or craft a custom dressing.
--Top right: Whole wheat bread anchors a mix of sweet potatoes, celery, almonds, apricots and sage.
--Left: Wild rice stands in for bread in this dressing studded with button mushrooms, celery, bacon, pecans, golden raisins and thyme.
--Bottom right: Sourdough bread cubes blend with cooked bulk Italian sausage, celery, dried cranberries, pine nuts and rosemary.

Mix and Match Bread Dressing [22]

Lemon-Nut Rice Stuffing [25]

Mix crumbled bacon, nuts and fresh veggies with long grain rice for this stuffing, which can be chilled up to 24 hours before baking.

Lemon-Nut Rice Stuffing [26]

Parmesan Cheese and Italian Sausage Stuffing [29]

This stuffing highlights the flavors of shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, Italian sausage and dried currants, all mixed with seasonings, chopped vegetables and bite-size pieces of ciabatta bread.

Parmesan Cheese and Italian Sausage Stuffing [30]

Pear-Pecan Stuffing [33]

Pears, toasted pecans and nutmeg create a festive twist on old-fashioned stuffing.

Pear-Pecan Stuffing [34]

Sweet Potato and Corn Bread Stuffing [37]

Use leftover corn bread or bake a package of corn bread mix for this stuffing. Sweet potatoes add moisture and color.

Sweet Potato and Corn Bread Stuffing [38]

Wild Rice Stuffing [41]

Not a bread cube in sight! Instead, our recipe uses a mixture of rich, nutty wild rice and hearty brown rice, along with mushrooms, celery and green onions.

Wild Rice Stuffing [42]