gluten free apple + pear stuffing
This is the gluten free apple + pear stuffing recipe that you need in your life. This recipe never disappoints and everyone at the table always goes for seconds! It is full of apples, pears, cranberries + one secret ingredient!
Ingredients
- 2 loaves cinnamon raisin bread gluten free or regular
- ½ cup butter
- 2 pears cubed
- 3-4 apples cubed
- 2 onions diced
- 2-3 celery stalks diced
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 3 tsp dried sage
- 2 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 2-3 cups vegetable stock start with 2 and add more in necessary
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. If you are using a baking pan, make sure to grease it and set aside. If you are using a cast iron pan, then place on stovetop over medium heat.
- Cut the 2 loaves of bread into cubes, place on a baking sheet and bake at 350 for 10-20 minutes or until slightly toasted. You want the bread just slightly dried out, but not too dry. Once dried out, cut or tear into 1" cubes and place into a large bowl.
- Melt butter in cast iron pan, cook down onions + celery until translucent. Add seasonings, cook for 1-2 minutes more.
- Add pears + apples to cast iron pan, cook for 5 minutes or so, until soft and mixture looks well combined. Add salt if needed.
- Add vegetable stock to mix and cook for about a minute. If you like a softer stuffing, add more stock, if you like a drier stuffing, go with less.
- Pour mixture into bread bowl, mix until well combined. If your mixture is too dry, add in additional vegetable stock.
- If you are baking the stuffing in a baking pan, pour mixture into pan and pat down until top is fairly even.
- If you are baking the stuffing in a cast iron pan, pour your mixture into pan and pat down until top is fairly even.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
Notes
You can make this stuffing with gluten free or regular bread. It's fully interchangeable.