Cathys Stuffing Muffins Recipes

STUFFIN' MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter 18 muffin cups.
• Melt butter over medium heat in large stock pot or Dutch oven. Add onion and celery; saute over medium heat until vegetables are soft, about 8 minutes. Season with poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Remove pot from heat.
• Mix bread cubes into vegetables; stir until bread cubes are evenly coated. Stir in Swanson® Chicken Broth; mix well. Press 1/4 cup mixture into buttered muffin tin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven until tops of muffins are golden brown, about 35 minutes.

STUFFIN' MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Press stuffing onto bottoms of 8 greased muffin cups. Layer with beans and turkey. In a small bowl, combine mashed potatoes and cheese; spoon over turkey., Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven setting to 350°. Bake 15-20 minutes longer or until potatoes begin to brown. Let stand 10 minutes. Run a knife around sides of muffin cups to remove muffins. Serve with gravy.

STUFFING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Line 12 jumbo muffin cups with paper liners and fill with your favorite bread stuffing (we used Mushroom-Leek). Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees F until golden, about 45 minutes.
• Mushroom-Leek Stuffing: Make Classic Stuffing with 3 cups chopped leeks instead of onions. Cook 1 pound sliced cremini mushrooms with the leeks and celery.
• Classic Stuffing: Melt 1 stick butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add 2 cups each diced onions and celery and 1 tablespoon each minced sage and thyme; add salt and pepper and cook 5 minutes. Add 3 cups turkey or chicken broth and bring to a simmer. Beat 2 eggs with 1/4 cup chopped parsley in a large bowl; add 16 cups cubed stale white bread, then pour in the vegetable-broth mixture and toss. Transfer to a buttered baking dish and dot with butter. Cover and bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees F; uncover and bake until golden, 30 more minutes.
• Photography by Charles Masters

APPLE AND ONION STUFFIN' MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil to skillet and 4 tablespoons butter. When butter melts, add bay leaf and add the vegetables as you chop them, celery, onions then apples. Sprinkle the vegetables and apples with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Cook 5 to 6 minutes to begin to soften vegetables and apples then add parsley and stuffing cubes to the pan and combine. Moisten the stuffing with chicken broth until all of the bread is soft but not wet.
• Butter 12 muffin cups, 2 tins, liberally with remaining butter. Use an ice cream scoop to fill and mound up the stuffing in muffin tins. Remove the bay leaf as you scoop the stuffing when you come upon it. Bake until set and crisp on top, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove stuffin' muffins to a platter and serve hot or room temperature.

GRAVY-STUFFED STUFFING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Melt butter for country gravy in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook and crumble into very small pieces until browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add flour and whisk until it combines with butter and sausage fat to create a roux. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add green onions. Cook and stir for 1 minute; don't overcook.
• Pour in milk and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Continue to cook and stir until nice and thick. Stir in salt, cayenne, and black pepper. Cook for 1 more minute, then remove from the heat.
• Transfer gravy into a bowl and let cool to room temperature, 15 to 20 minutes. Wrap and refrigerate until cold and thick, about 2 hours, or until needed.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 12-cup muffin tin with a 1 tablespoon butter.
• Melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add celery, onion, and salt; cook and stir until onion just starts to turn translucent, 4 to 5 minutes. Add poultry seasoning and pepper; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• Meanwhile, combine bread cubes, parsley, sage, and thyme in a large bowl.
• Pour boiling broth mixture over bread-herb mixture and stir until combined. Mix in eggs. Fill the prepared muffin cups to the top with stuffing mixture, then go around and evenly divide remaining stuffing on top of each muffing, piling it up nice and high.
• Wet your finger and make a big hole in the center of each muffin, poking down pretty far but stopping about 1 inch from the bottom of the pan. Place about 2 tablespoons chilled gravy into each hole, centering it in the hole the best you can. Reserve remaining gravy for another use.
• Dampen your hands and mold the stuffing for each muffin over the top to cover the gravy center. Generously brush the tops with melted butter.
• Place in the center of the preheated oven with a baking pan on a lower rack to catch any drippings. Bake until muffins have firmed up and are golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• Let cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, then carefully remove and serve.

SMALL BATCH LEFTOVER STUFFING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whip egg in a medium bowl until foamy. Add leftover stuffing. Cube 4 pieces of Cheddar cheese, about 1/2 inch in diameter, and set aside. Shred the remaining Cheddar cheese. Add shredded cheese to stuffing mixture. Mix well.
• Spoon half of the stuffing mixture into 4 muffin cups. Use your finger to create a small indention, add a piece of cubed cheese, and cover with remaining stuffing mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 27 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

CATHY'S STUFFING MUFFINS

Steps:

• tear up bread and toast lightly.
• heat pan and melt butter.
• dice celery & mushrooms.
• saute celery & for 2 minutes.
• add wine and spices and remove from heat.
• add crushed ice to cool the mixture
• scramble the egg and stir into the cooled mixture.
• toss in the toasted bread bits and mix gently with your hands.
• grease muffin tin or use teflon muffin tin.
• fill tin
• bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
• makes 1 dozen muffins.