Cranberry, Sausage, and Apple Stuffing

SweetsLady's Note:

This is a wonderful recipe that I got out of Woman's World a couple of years ago and have been making ever since. Even those that have turned their nose up at first loved it! :)

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 16 ounces seasoned stuffing mix , cubed kind
• 6 tablespoons butter (seperated)
• 1 lb sage sausage
• 4 cups apples , cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 3 cups chicken broth
• ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped or 4 teaspoons dried parsley
• ¾ cup celery , chopped
• 1 cup onion , chopped
• 2 eggs , beaten
• 0.5 (8 ounce) package dried cranberries

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 and butter a 3 qt baking dish.
2. Place stuffing in large bowl; reserve.
3. In large nonstick skillet, melt 2 T. butter over medium high heat. Crumble in sausage; cook, stirring, until no longer pink. Stir sausage with drippings into stuffing.
4. In same skillet, melt 2 T. butter over medium heat. Add apples, onion, celery, and salt; cook stirring occasionally, until softened. Add broth and parsley; bring to a boil. Pour over stuffing; stir until moistened.
5. Stir in cranberries and eggs.
6. Spoon into baking dish; cover with foil. Bake 30 minutes.
7. Melt remaining butter, uncover stuffing; drizzle with butter. Bake until crisp and golden, about 10 minutes.
8. Serve and enjoy!

Reviews

[KLHquilts]

Terrific. I have to admit that I tweaked it a lot, but I think the essential stuffing was there. (Normally I don't rate things if I've tweaked it a lot, because I'm not using your recipe -- but this was so good I wanted to give you credit for it.) I had a 12-oz. box of Trader Joe's cornbread stuffing; I used Trader Joe's stuffing starter (a 24-oz tub of pre-diced and herbed onions and celery). I used only 1 apple, 2 links hot Italian sausage, and 4 oz. of dried cranberries; for broth I used Penzey's turkey broth starter. I added a tablespoon of Penzey's sage to make sure the sage flavoring came through. See? Not exactly your recipe -- but it's the best I could do with what I had on hand ... next time I'll make yours exactly as written. Thanks!

[Krista Smith]

This stuffing was good but not fabulous. Mine turned out quite flavorless and I was disappointed. I've made similar stuffings in the past and they were wonderful so I'm not really sure what went wrong with this one. I'm willing to bet it had something to do with my ingredients rather than the recipe.

[OCMom1]

This was a huge hit for our Thanksgiving dinner. The apples came through wonderfully. I didn't find any sage sausage so just used an italian mild sausage. And my stuffing mix was only 12oz but it did the job. Very flavorful and satisfying!!