Oatmeal Poultry Stuffing

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 cups oatmeal
• 1 onion (small yellow or )
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 teaspoon sage
• 1 garlic clove
• salt
• pepper (ground black peppercorns)

Recipe

• 1 dice onion to 1/4 inch pieces.
• 2 dice garlic to very small pieces.
• 3 dry mix oatmeal, salt, pepper, sage, onion, and garlic.
• 4 knead in the vegetable shortening, then knead in half of the butter. if consistency is not sticking together to form a clump when kneading, then continue to add butter in 1 tbs. increments. increase amount of butter if necessary.
• 5 fluff mixture so it isn't hard-packed, and then stuff bird with mixture.
• 6 on edit: i generally cook turkey slower and longer than most and add water to the pan for gravy use. i baste it several times throughout and shoot the water with a squeeze bulb type baster directly into the bird's cavity to keep the dressing moist.