Turkey Dressing


  • Dry Bread Crumbs (12 oz package)
  • 1 lb Sausage (Sage if available)
  • 2 14 oz. cans Chicken Broth or 1 32 oz box of chicken broth
  • 2 cans sliced Water Chestnuts
  • 8 oz sliced, canned, or Fresh mushrooms – optional
  • 1 large Onion
  • 4 stalks of Celery
  • Ground Sage (2 Tablespoons – exactly)
  • ½  teaspoon pepper – exactly
  • 1 cube Butter
  • Put package of cubed bread in large mixing bowl
  • Brown sausage on low to medium heat
  • Add to cubed bread
  • Dice onion and celery
  • Sauté onion and celery in 1 cube butter.
  • Add to mixture
  • Add water chestnuts and mushrooms.
  • Stir in Chicken broth with ground sage and pepper until mixture is moist.
  • Put dressing into a greased dripper pan.
  • Bake covered at 350’ for 1 3/4 hour
  • Remove cover and bake  3/4 hour
  • Let rest 10 minutes

2018 double recipe

it fit the stainless steel dripper pan. I baked it covered two hours and 15 minutes. I baked it for five minutes uncovered. Four cans of chicken broth was too much. Suggest reducing it to three cans. It was too moist and needed to be just a little drier.

  • 2 Dry Bread Crumbs (12 oz package)
  • 2 lbs Sausage (Sage if available)
  • 4 14 oz. cans Chicken Broth or 2 32 oz boxes of chicken broth
  • 4 cans sliced Water Chestnuts
  • 2 8 oz sliced, canned, or Fresh mushrooms – optional
  • 2 large Onion
  • 8 stalks of Celery
  • Ground Sage (4 Tablespoons – exactly)
  • 1  teaspoon pepper – exactly
  • 2 cubes Butter