Vegan Apple Chestnut Corn Bread Stuffing
By: May I have that...
Published: Friday, November 16, 2012 - 12:48pm

Ingredients




Corn Bread
5 tbsp non hydrogenated vegetable shortening melted and slightly cooled  plus extra to grease the baking dish
½ cup unsweetened almond milk
3 tbsp flax meal
1 ½ cups cornmeal
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1- 6oz container vanilla soy yogurt
½ cup seltzer water
Zest of 1 small lemon
Stuffing
2 tbsp non-hydrogenated vegetable spread) plus extra to grease baking dish
1 medium granny smith apple, diced
6-7 celery stalks, diced (about 2 cups)
12oz tray mushrooms, chopped (about 1 ½ – 8oz trays)
1 cup packaged cooked chestnuts, chopped
¼ tsp salt (or to taste)
¼ tsp onion powder powder
1 tbsp chopped fresh sage
2 cups vegetable broth (or 2 cups water plus 1 vegetable bouillon cube)

Preparation

1 Corn Bread 2 Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a 8inch square baking dish 3 In a small bowl, whisk together almond milk and flax meal. Set aside 4 In a large bowl, combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt 5 In a small bowl, whisk together yogurt, almond milk/flax mixture, melted shortening and lemon zest 6 Pour into dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Add seltzer water and mix until well incorporated 7 Pour batter into prepared dish and bake at 350F for 50-55 minutes. Let cool completely 8 Stuffing 9 Preheat oven to 375F. Grease a 13×9 inch baking dish with vegetable spread 10 Dice cornbread in approximately 1/2 inch pieces. Set aside 11 In a large non stick skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of vegetable spread at medium heat.  Add apples and celery and cook for about 5 minutes, until they start to soften 12 Add mushrooms, chestnuts, salt, onion powder and sage and cook for another 10 minutes 13 In a large bowl, combine cornbread and vegetables. Toss it all well together and transfer to the greased  baking dish, pressing down gently. Pour vegetable broth all over it and bake uncovered at 375F for 40 minutes, until golden brown

About

Surprise your vegan and vegetarian guest at the Thanksgiving table with this vegan apple chestnut corn bread stuffing!