Southern Cornbread Dressing With Oysters and Sausage

Adding oysters to Thanksgiving stuffing may sound like an odd choice, but it's a practice with a long history and delicious results. Here, raw chopped oysters are mixed with toasted unsweetened cornbread, sausage, and aromatic vegetables and herbs. The oysters add a wonderful savory flavor and subtle brininess.

Classic Sage and Sausage Stuffing (Dressing)

Our traditional sausage and sage Thanksgiving stuffing (dressing) owes its perfect custardy texture to oven-dried bread and a base of eggs, broth, and butter.

Cornbread Stuffing with Sausage and Chestnuts

Making fluffy, flavorful Thanksgiving stuffing from scratch is easier than you might think! This cornbread-based recipe with Italian sausage, chestnuts, and herbs is one of my family's favorite sides.

Prune and Apple Stuffing With Sausage and Chestnuts

This wintry stuffing, adapted from Cook's Illustrated, is studded with sweet chestnuts, savory sausage, tart apples, and sherry-soaked prunes. Nutmeg and clove deliver a touch of warming spice, livened up with the herbal aroma of chopped sage. Serve it with turkey, duck, chicken, or, our personal favorite, a crisp-skinned, flavorful roast goose.

The Silver Palate's Corn Bread-Sausage Stuffing With Apples

Although Ed Levine is a self-proclaimed semi-homemadeoholic when it comes to preparing Thanksgiving dinner, he does have a few tried-and-true recipes that he can count on to make the meal less "semi-homemade" and just plain "homemade." He admittedly uses Pepperidge...

New England Sausage, Apple, and Dried Cranberry Stuffing from 'The Epicurious Cookbook'

Stuffing (or dressing, depending on your method and who you talk to) is my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner. In my opinion, shoveling forkfuls of fat-soaked bread doused in gravy and cranberry sauce into my mouth is what Thanksgiving is all about. In The Epicurious Cookbook, editor Tanya Steel offers a few variations on dressing/stuffing, but the most vibrant is New England Sausage, Apple, and Dried Cranberry Stuffing.

Chorizo and Green Olive Stuffing

Use Spanish chorizo here, which is a dried sausage made with smoked paprika. Firm, meaty green olives are the best in this recipe. Read up on saffron to make sure you're getting the good stuff.

Liver Stuffing

Classic Thanksgiving stuffing augmented with chicken livers.

Rhode Island–Style Stuffed Quahog Clams ("Stuffies")

These large quahog clams are stuffed with a Portuguese-influenced mixture of bread, briny clams, and smoky chouriço.

Still the BEST Stuffing ever!

Still the best Stuffing I've had in my life! A pork sausage stuffing recipe made with bread, apple, pecans, sage and thyme. 100% incredible!