Cranberry Apple Sausage Stuffing

Apples and cranberries make this the perfect stuffing for your Thanksgiving turkey.

1

Loaf whole wheat bread, cut in small cubes

4 tbsp

Butter

1 cup

Chopped onion

1 cup

Chopped celery

8 oz.

Ground sausage

1 tsp.

Sage

¼ tsp.

Marjoram

½ tsp

Thyme

¼ tsp

Rosemary

¼ tsp

Black pepper

½ tsp

Salt

¾ - 1 cup

Chicken broth

1

Large apple, finely chopped

½ cup

Dried cranberries

1

Large egg, lightly beaten

½ cup

Pecans (optional)

 

  • Melt butter in a large skillet. 
  • Add onion and celery and sauté until tender.
  • Add sausage and cook thoroughly, breaking up into small pieces as you cook.
  • Drain sausage meat when finished cooked.
  • Combine sausage meat, celery and onion mixture along with bread cubes and seasonings in a large bowl.
  • Stir in chicken broth and mix until just moistened.
  • Stir in egg.
  • Add apples and cranberries.
  • Fill cavity of a 12 to 14 pound turkey with stuffing, or baked for 40 minutes in a lightly greased pan, covered with foil.  If baking in a pan, remove foil after 40 minutes and place until broiler until lightly browned.  
  • If stuffing into your turkey, only stuff turkey just before roasting, and when roasting is complete, remove stuffing to a separate bowl for serving.
  • Makes 8 servings.