Savory Herb Stuffing Bread (2024)

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Savory Herb Stuffing Bread has all the flavors you love in a loaf of bread that is perfect for turkey stuffing! Use it to make Thanksgiving stuffing (or dressing), for the perfect sandwich with leftover roast turkey, or even as croutons on an autumn salad. This stuffing bread recipe is easy to make, whether in the oven or even in a bread machine!

Savory Herb Stuffing Bread

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A couple of years ago, when we had family in town for the Thanksgiving holidays, I found myself making my own bread for stuffing. Until then, we would buy bags of pre-seasoned herb stuffing and transform it into the traditional Baker oyster stuffing. We must have tried so many kinds over the years, and after living in the Bay Area for quite some time, eventually, we gave it a San Francisco spin by using a local sourdough. While the general recipe remained consistent, I wasn’t 100% content with the actual bread we used to make the stuffing, especially since the preseasoned variety didn’t allow me the control I wanted when it came to flavor.

Around the same time, I had received a bread maker from Breville, and I was starting to experiment with making bread in the machine. I was torn. Part of me loved having the machine and the ease of churning out loaves of bread, the other part of me missed the tactile pleasures of kneading and the feel of the dough’s suppleness in my hands. There is something especially therapeutic about baking bread by hand, but I will say that since I only have one oven, during the holidays, having the bread machine can be a life saver…and time saver.

So, for the last couple of years, I’ve been baking my own savory herb stuffing bread using the machine from a recipe that came in its accompanying booklet, and now I can’t even think of Thanksgiving stuffing made with anything else. But there was still something lacking in those loaves — not that you would know since aesthetically speaking, it would be hidden in the chopped up jumble of stuffing, but I knew I could do better, and find joy and satisfaction making it by hand.

I’ve been spending my time tweaking this stuffing bread recipe and aside from the sheer fun of kneading the dough and the aroma that fills my kitchen as it bakes, this savory herb bread, I realize, is so much more than just bread for stuffing. This stuffing bread reminds me of a delicious garlic and herb focaccia in flavor, in a tender loaf. It’s light and fluffy, like a sandwich bread, and not only will it be perfect for all those leftover turkey sandwiches, but my son has been loving it as lunch bread on a regular school day. It adds seasoning without overpowering each bite. My daughter loves to dunk it in her soup. And once you toast them into croutons for stuffing, you could set some aside and top a salad or tomato soup.

And if you’re worried about having yet another thing to cross off your Thanksgiving list, let me assure you, it is so worth it. It’s the kind of thing that needs to be done days in advance to give it time to dry out, anyway, so by the time you’re busy cooking on the big day, it will already be done. And your stuffing will taste even more special.

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