Thanksgiving Tradition Oyster Dressing

Ingredients

• 12 cups unseasoned bread cubes fresh
• 1 cup butter 
• 1.5 cups celery with leaves chopped
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper black
• 0.8 cup onion chopped
• 1.5 pints dozens oysters fresh coarsely chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon poultry seasoning 
• 1.5 teaspoons salt 
• 0.5 teaspoon thyme leaves 

Equipment

• oven
• baking pan
• aluminum foil
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
2. Heat butter in a Dutch oven or large heavy pot over medium-high heat; cook and stir onion until tender, about 5 minutes.
3. Remove Dutch oven from heat. Stir bread crumbs, oysters, oyster liquor, celery, salt, black pepper, thyme, and poultry seasoning into onion. Spoon mixture into the prepared baking pan; cover tightly with aluminum foil.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes; remove aluminum foil and continue baking until lightly browned, about 20 more minutes.