Apple and Sausage Stuffing

If I had to pick only one food item to eat for Thanksgiving dinner, it would be the stuffing. Did you know stuffing and dressing are the same thing? Depending on where you come from, and what era you were raised, you either call it dressing or stuffing. Or stuffin. I was appalled when I first heard people say they "made" STOVE TOP stuffing for Thanksgiving. THAT, my friends, is a crime. Seriously. Do I sound like McCain? How hard is it to brown some sausage, chop some veggies, throw in some bread, broth and butter and mix it all together? Repeat after me. This is easy. This is easy. This is my mom's recipe for stuffing. Thanks Mom! I love you.

Apple and Sausage Stuffing

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½ lb. sausage (I use Jimmy Dean Regular)
½ lb. lean ground beef (mom uses ground beef, I use all sausage)
1 medium onion, chopped
1 ½ cubes butter or margarine, melted
2 stalks celery, chopped fine
½ large sweet apple, peeled, chopped
2-3 cans chicken broth, MSG free
1 ½ bags cubed stuffing (about 8 cups dried bread cubes)
½ bag herb seasoned stuffing (crumbly)I use Pepperidge Farm Herb Seasoned Stuffing
Sage, garlic salt, poultry seasoning, salt & fresh ground pepper


Cook meat, drain fat. Add celery and onion. Cook until soft. Season to taste. In a large bowl or container, add dry bread crumbs and cubes. Pour melted butter over bread and vegetable mixture. Add chopped apples. Pour on chicken broth, about a cup at a time until moistened, but not soggy. Mix well. Stuff turkey loosely, place any leftover stuffing into a greased baking pan, cover with foil. Bake any stuffing outside of the turkey at 350 for approximately 30 to 40 minutes. When finished baking, if stuffing seems dry, add a little more chicken broth. Taste, and add seasonings again if needed.

Notes:

**I like to buy white bread, thick slice, preferably from Dicks, and chop it into pieces, and set it out to dry, or dry it in the oven a week or so before Thanksgiving. A couple of loaves is plenty, especially when mixed with store bought dried crumbly stuffing. Just spread on cookie sheets (un-greased) for about 1-1 1/2 hours on 250 degrees. When you are sure it is completely dried, re-bag it and save until the big day.
**I like all sausage instead of the ground beef and sausage combo.
**Add broth just until the bread is moistened and barely clinging to other pieces when shaped with hands.
**My mom adds one well beaten egg to the mixture before stuffing the turkey or baking.
**I generously season the stuffing. Especially with sage. Fresh is best, but dried will work.
**I usually double this recipe for a group of 25.

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