Buttery Herb Stuffing

Ingredients:

• 18 to 24 ounces of bread cubes, (1.5 loaves of bread, or about 12 to 14 cups) preferably toasted or stale
• 1 cup Food Club unsalted butter
• 3 cups diced sweet onion, roughly 2 large onions
• 2 cups diced celery
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• Food Club kosher salt and Food Club pepper
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh sage
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
• 2 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
• 2 Fresh Harvest large eggs
• a mixture of fresh herbs for sprinkling

Instructions

1. Stale or toasty bread works best. The first option is that you can cut 1 ½ pounds of bread into cubes, place it in a large baking dish, loosely tent with foil and let it sit overnight. You can also cut the cubes and put them in oven, toasting them at 350 degrees F until they are like croutons, about 15 minutes or so. Finally, you can buy the toasted bread cubes in bags from your local Brookshire Brothers. It’s your choice! You can also choose the size of your cubes. They can be small or larger for a more rustic stuffing.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush a 9x13 baking dish with melted butter, and olive oil or spray with nonstick spray. Place the bread in a large mixing bowl or the baking dish that you will bake it in. You can also separate this into two baking dishes if it's easier.
3. Heat the butter in a large skillet or dutch oven over medium heat. Once melted, stir in the onion, celery and garlic with a big pinch of salt and pepper - at least ½ to 1 teaspoon each. Cook until the onions and celery soften, about 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in the sage, parsley and rosemary. Cook for another minute. Stir in 1 cup of stock.
4. Pour the onion celery mixture over the bread crumbs and toss well to coat.
5. In a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk together the remaining 1 ½ cups stock and 2 eggs.
6. Pour that mixture into the bread cubes and stir and fold the bread cubes until thoroughly combined. Bake the stuffing for 45 to 50 minutes, until the internal temperature registers 160 degrees F. If the stuffing is getting too browned, you can tent it with foil.