Apples & Cheese Spoon Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 large red onion, chopped (1 cup)
• 1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
• 1 (8 1/2 ounce) package corn muffin mix
• 2 (4 ounce) containers applesauce
• 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
• 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (4 oz)
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup water
• 3 fresh sage leaves, snipped (1 tsp)
• ground black pepper
• 1 medium red apple, very thinly sliced
• melted butter
• sage leaf

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 in a medium skillet, cook onion in hot butter about 5 minutes or until just tender.
• 3 in a large bowl stir together corn muffin mix, egg, water, applesauce, sour cream, cheddar cheese, snipped sage leaves, and a few dashes pepper.
• 4 stir in onion mixture.
• 5 pour mixture into a 2-quart square baking dish.
• 6 bake at 375 for 25 minutes. brush apple slices with melted butter and arrange on top of spoon bread in a pleasing pattern.
• 7 continue baking 25 to 30 minutes more or until spoon bread is golden brown across the top.
• 8 let cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes before serving; spoonbread may sink slightly in center while cooking.
• 9 sprinkle on sage leaves before serving.