Recipe: Sam and Mary Scolaro's Stuffing

Sam and Mary Scolaro's Stuffing
Recipe courtesy of Jeanmarie Santomassimo of Woburn, MA

1 Large stale loaf Italian/French bread
1 Small stale loaf Italian/French bread
2 boxes Nabisco Uneeda Biscuits
5 celery stalks chopped small (use inside tender stalks)
1/2 can walnuts chopped
1 cup raisins soaked in hot water to soften and then drain
2 cups of chopped Italian parsley
2 onions chopped fine
3 large eggs or 2 jumbo eggs
Butter
Salt and pepper

Soak bread for 15 minutes to soften. Drain but keep moist. Crumble and wet Uneeda Biscuits, and drain but keep moist. In large bowl mix together: -moist drained bread -moist drained Uneeda Biscuits -chopped onions -chopped walnuts -drained & softened raisins -chopped celery -chopped Italian parsley -add eggs -1 whole stick butter in lumps -salt and pepper. Mix well with your hands. Stuff turkey OR bake stuffing separately in pan. Coat pan with butter on bottom and sides. Pour a SMALL bit of turkey gravy over stuffing while baking for flavor.