SAUSAGE, APPLE AND CRANBERRY STUFFING

Ingredients
6 cups cubed, dried bread or stuffing mix
2 cups crumbled cornbread
1 pound seasoned ground sausage
1 cup diced onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 tablespoon ground sage
1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 teaspoons dried rosemary
2 medium apples, cored and chopped
1½ cups dried cranberries
½ cup fresh parsley, chopped
2 cups chicken or turkey stock
½ cup butter
2 eggs, beaten
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions
Mix dried bread cubes and cornbread in a large bowl; set aside. In a large skillet, cook the sausage until done; remove from pan and drain on paper towels.  Add butter to the skillet to melt.   Add onions, chopped celery, sage, rosemary and thyme and sauté for about five minutes. Add the butter mixture to the bread mixture, along with the sausage, chopped apples, cranberries and parsley. Drizzle with stock. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Season with salt and pepper to taste.  Spoon mixture into a large casserole dish or 9x13 pan and bake at 350 for about 40-45 minutes, or until heated through.

Let's Dish
We have a deal at our house.  Turkey for Thanksgiving (for me) and ham for Christmas (for my husband).  Since stuffing is one of my favorite holiday foods, I had to find a stuffing recipe that would work with ham, and this is it.  I've had (crazy) people who don't like stuffing tell me this the best they've ever tried.  I usually use Pepperidge Farms stuffing mix and make up a 9x9 inch pan of cornbread using a Jiffy mix.  But if you want to go homemade all the way, you can use the Homesteader Cornbread recipe from this site.  I never really follow the recipe exactly when I make stuffing, so using a little more or less of something probably isn't going to hurt.  Feel free to experiment until it tastes the way you like it!

Who Dished It Up First
Adapted from allrecipes.com

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