Shelly's Recipe

SAUSAGE, APPLE AND PECAN STUFFING

Category: Dressing and Stuffing

1 lb. mild pork sausage
3 cups chopped onions
2 cups chopped celery, including leaves
2 sticks (1 cup) butter
1 (14 oz.) bag plus 1 small bag Pepperidge Farm herb seasoned stuffing
3 red apples, washed, cored, and chopped
1 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup chopped almonds or pecans or walnuts
2 packets G Washington's Seasonings
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 cups chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste

Cook sausage in skillet till browned. Drain and set aside.

Saute onions and celery in butter till onions begin to golden.

In a large mixing bowl, add all the dry stuffing, the onions and celery, sausage, chopped apple, raisins, nuts, seasoning packets, and cinnamon; begin blending, with your hands, add 1 cup of broth at a time till you get to the desired stuffing consistency. Taste and adjust seasoning by adding salt and pepper to taste.

Spoon stuffing onto a baking pan, cover with foil and heat the last hour of roasting the turkey. Half an hour before taking out of oven, spoon some turkey pan drippings onto stuffing and let it soak in for additional flavor.