Apple Sausage Stuffing

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb link sausage, chopped (jimmy dean, etc)
• 1 lb bacon, diced
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 cup celery, chopped
• 1/2-1 lb mushroom, sliced
• 3 apples, granny smith,cored & diced
• 1 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon sage
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 8 ounces stuffing cubes
• salt & pepper
• 1 package turkey gravy mix (schilling,mccormack, etc)
• 3/8 cup butter, melted
• 1 (15 ounce) can chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 broth mixture- combine gravy mix, melted butter& broth.
• 2 bring to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat until slightly thickened.
• 3 stuffing mixture- in a large skillet fry sausage and bacon until almost crisp then remove to a large bowl.
• 4 discard all but 2 tbl of the bacon drippings; add onion, celery, mushrooms, apples, parsley& herbs.
• 5 sauté mixture for 5 minutes.
• 6 mix in stuffing cubes.
• 7 add to the bowl with bacon& sausage.
• 8 pour broth mixture over ingredients.
• 9 mix well.
• 10 season to taste with salt& pepper.
• 11 place stuffing into 9x13 pan, cover with foil and heat in 350f oven for 30 to 45 minutes until hot.