Crumbly Thanksgiving Dressing - What Am I Doing Wrong Year After Year!

Updated on November 25, 2011
R.N. asks from Nashville, TN
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Need some advice

My dressing ALWAYS comes out crumbly. I'm guessing that its too dry and/or needs a binding agent. I've thought about mixing in a beaten egg to help. What are your thoughts? I'd appreciate any pointers you might have for me.

I saute onion, celery, carrots and pork sausage. Combine with cubed bread. Mix in homemade turkey stock till moist. Put in a buttered pan and bake.

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L._.

answers from San Diego on

Yes, you need eggs :) Mine is going to be just a bit crumbly tomorrow. I only have 2 eggs in the house.

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S.S.

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here is my stuffing/dressing

2 bags of stuffing stuff (pepperidge farm etc) 1 crumbled and one cubed
1/2 pan of corn bread (not the sweet one) crumbled up
about 5 or 6 eggs beaten
1 stick of butter
2 cups celery diced and 2 med onions diced
sage, salt and pepper to taste
chicken broth

in a pan melt the butter and saute the celery and onion till softened a little bit
in a huge pan mix all the other ingredients. bread stuff should be moistened but not soggy add in some sage to taste. sage is strong so add a little at a time. after you have it to taste add in the eggs last (you will now have a soggy sticky mixture. spray pam in your baking dish and put stuffing in put some dabs of butter over the top. put in to bake. bake till it is crusty brown on top.

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P.K.

answers from New York on

Definitely an egg or two.

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L.A.

answers from Austin on

Yep, you need 3 to 4 eggs mixed in with all of it..

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☆.A.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Absolutely add eggs!

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J.B.

answers from Atlanta on

You need to keep basting it with chicken or vegetable broth while it's baking. Pull it out every 5-10 minutes and baste. Go ahead and add a little to begin with as well.

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K.B.

answers from Kansas City on

I don't make mine with eggs. The best way to mix stuffing is with your hands, get in there and really mix it up. It should feel pretty moist when you squeeze it.

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J.L.

answers from Minneapolis on

You don't say what you're going for. If you want moist stuffing, make it on the stovetop (don't need stovetop stuffing to do this) and don't bake it. Or, cook it in the bird, but be careful as this is risky because that creates a salmonella risk.

Otherwise, all the stuffing recipes I have that are baked in the oven are drier and crumblier. You might want to bake it covered so the moisture can't escape and shorten baking time.

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L.M.

answers from Dover on

Make it more than just moist, make it really wet and mix well.

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L.M.

answers from Sacramento on

I had this trouble too, so I added some extra water (and a bit of gravy!) and it turned out so much more moist.

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R.M.

answers from Houston on

Make sure your cornbread or bread is very dry. The liquids will absorb better. And to get the dressing you want you will need an egg or two.

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M.T.

answers from Nashville on

The baking is adding to the dryness. Stuffing is pretty much just seasoned bread crumbs, and if you think about it, the more water you put on it, the more soggy it gets, the less..and so forth...but if you bake it, you are drying out the liquid after it is already absorbed on the stovetop

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I.K.

answers from Phoenix on

Hi R.,

I suggest add some water and make it nice & sticky. Do you stuff your Turkey? If so, when you stuff the turkey with stuffing, the stuffing comes out nice and moist. Good luck!:o)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I. K.

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K.R.

answers from Phoenix on

Sounds like you are making a similar sausage stuffing to the one we make every year. Yes, eggs are what is missing. Happy Thanksgiving!

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A.S.

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I pour a can of chicken broth on mine before baking and it is always very moist :)

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