Stuffing Muffins

Name: Stuffing Muffins Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10 cups bread cubes; 1/4 cup unsalted butter; 1 cup diced red onion; 3 ribs of celery, diced; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 2 teaspoons rubbed sage; 2 large eggs; 2 cups chicken broth; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED November 12, 2018 · UPDATED November 12, 2021 · 54 Comments

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Stuffing Muffins are a fun way to change up the traditional Thanksgiving side dish. Baking a stuffing recipe in muffin tins is a delicious way to serve it at your holiday dinners.

Now that the sugar rush of Halloween is behind us, it is time to look forward to the holidays. Do you realize that Thanksgiving is next week?

We only have a few days to finalize our dinner menus and plan all the food.

Basically from now until the new year, it is going to be a food fest with all the parties and events that will happen.

I better pace myself each day because I want to be able to enjoy every bite of apple crisp pie and this pumpkin cobbler.

Do you have a favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner? For me, stuffing, easy corn casserole, and easy sweet potato souffle are what I fill my plate up with first!

My dad always made the best stuffing. He would baked some of the stuffing in the turkey and the rest of it in a pan.

The stuffing from the turkey was always the first thing to disappear from the table because everyone would fight to get a scoop. I’ve heard that cooking it in a slow cooker gives it that moist yummy from turkey taste, so I might try that this year.

Today I am sharing the way I do my stuffing with you, but I gave it a fun twist this time.

I didn’t have time to bake a whole turkey just yet, but I wanted to share a fun stuffing idea that I saw in a few magazines a few years ago.

Stuffins!!! That’s right! Stuffing baked in a muffin pan. How fun are these individual servings?!?!?

How to make Stuffing Muffins

There is always something fun about having your food made as mini portions. And of course, muffins definitely take better pictures, then a blob of delicious baked bread on a plate.

Cut a loaf of bread into little cubes. You can leave them out for a few hours to get stale, or you can bake them in the oven for 10-15 minutes to dry the bread out.
Sauté the butter, onion, and celery in a skillet until soft. Add the seasonings and cooked veggies to the bread cubes in a large bowl.
Whisk together the broth and eggs. Pour over the bread mixture and add the parsley. Toss until everything is coated.
Spoon the stuffing mixture into a greased muffin tin. Bake and serve.

Additional Ingredients for Stuffing

Meat – cooked Italian sausage, bacon
Fruit – cranberries, apples
Nuts – pecans, almonds, macadamia nuts
Veggies – jalapeños, red bell peppers, mushrooms
Cheese

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FAQ’s

Can you make Stuffing Muffins ahead of time?

This stuffing recipe is easy to make ahead of time, which reduces some of the stress of holiday baking. You can easily prep this holiday stuffing the night before. Just mix it all together, cover the mixing bowl, and refrigerate the mixture until you need it.

Scoop it into your pan right before baking. You may need to add a little more time to the baking time because the mixture will be cold.

You can also bake these Stuffing Muffins a day or two ahead of time, then place them in a foil covered pan and reheat until warm.

Can you bake this stuffing in a different pan?

You can also spread the stuffing mixture into a baking dish and bake it the regular way if you like.

Either way, it is delicious with gravy poured all over it. Man, now I am so ready for Thanksgiving dinner and all those yummy dishes.

(original photo from November 2012)

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