{"id":749,"date":"2014-11-23T21:50:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T05:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myheart4home.com\/?p=749"},"modified":"2016-11-21T20:50:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T04:50:42","slug":"thanksgiving-countdown-stuffing-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myheart4home.com\/myheart4home.com\/thanksgiving-countdown-stuffing-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Countdown – Day 4: The Stuffing Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you work full-time (inside or outside the home), you know that all of the food prep for Thanksgiving can’t wait until Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Except for the year that it snowed and I didn’t have to work at all Thanksgiving week, I have a Thanksgiving Countdown plan that is saved and revised each year. My plan includes the menu, the recipes, the grocery shopping list, and the daily tasks.<\/p>\n

My Grandma’s Helper and I make bread<\/h3>\n

Today’s task is to make the loaf of Stuffing Bread. I started making my own seasoned bread a few years ago and it quickly became a family “required” ingredient. This year, I had a cute little helper that poured water, unwrapped the butter, and chopped the fresh sage with the herb mincer (that keeps little fingers away from the blades).<\/p>\n

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Nora helping to make the Stuffing Bread that we will use in the Apple-Sausage Stuffing on Thanksgiving day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The recipe makes a big loaf and provides plenty of bread cubes for stuffing a 12- to 15-pound turkey and an extra baking dish of stuffing. I make it using the “dough” setting of my bread machine. \u00a0I dump the bread out onto a board so that I can knead in additional flour as needed to make a loaf smooth and elastic. Then, I place it in a buttered, bread pan to rise again and then bake it at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday (better known as Thanksgiving Countdown Day 2), the bread will get sliced and cubed. We’ll spread it onto large cookie sheets and bake it in a 250-degree oven until the cubes are dry and crispy. After they cool, the cubes will be stored in large zip lock bags until time to make stuffing on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving Countdown Recipe<\/h3>\n

The recipe is easy and tastes so much better than packaged stuffing mix.<\/p>\n

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The Stuffing Bread<\/div>\n
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Author: My Heart 4 Home<\/span><\/div>\n
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