if you're using package stuffing because you think making your own is too hard you're doing it all wrong people think using package stuffing is a shortcut for thanksgiving but making your own is actually way easier than you think package stuffing comes out gluey pasty you don't even know what's in it and it just tastes like salt it's all wrong now i'm going to show you the right way to make homemade stuffing using chow.com's basic stuffing recipe you're only going to need four main ingredients onion apple celery and bread cut those into bite-size pieces and then saute your onions in butter when they start to brown throw in your apples and celery cook those until they're tender and then pour in some chicken stock the best thing about this recipe is you can customize it if you want to you can add herbs like timer sage cooked sausage nuts dried fruit anything your family likes mix everything in your pan with your prepped bread cubes pour your stuffing mixture into a buttered baking dish and bake it at 375 until the top just starts to turn golden it should be around 30 to 40 minutes if you've done all these things right you can serve your family a delicious homemade stuffing it will have a great texture and you'll know every ingredient that went into it