My Favorite Sausage Stuffing

Although Thanksgiving has come and gone — our big Christmas dinner is still coming up in a few weeks and stuffing is a family favorite at this meal {or pretty much any other meal for that matter!}

And THIS is my all-time favorite stuffing!

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Photo Credit: The Food Network {b/c I can’t take this good of pictures!}

I actually got the recipe from my dad who is an excellent cook. However I’ve adapted it a little for my own preference.

I would encourage you to do the same!

The 2 most important ingredients are bread and sausage — the rest of the ingredients can be altered to fit your taste buds.

BREAD:

I use about 3 c. cubed white bread and 4 c. cubed wheat bread, but use whatever you have on hand. Stale bread is great, so I actually keep a large resealable bag in my freezer that I constantly ad slices of stale bread, buns, roles, etc. to all year long. That way I’m not wasting as much food and I always have a nice selection of “stale bread”!

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I just rip the bread into chucks — no perfect cubes here!

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SAUSAGE:

I use 1 full pound of sausage…but you can use more or less. Sometimes I use regular sausage, sometimes I use sage sausage. I figure you can’t really go wrong with sausage so use your favorite variety!!

Ingredients:

{print this recipe}

• 3 c. white bread cubes
• 4 c. wheat bread cubes
• 1 lb. ground sausage — cooked
• 1 medium onion — chopped
• 3/4 c. celery — chopped
• 2 t. dried sage (or you can use sausage with sage in it)
• 2 t. dried parsley
• 1 t. poultry seasoning
• 1 t. dried rosemary
• 1 t. dried thyme
• 1 apple — cored and chopped
• 1 can broth (you might not need it all)
• 4 T. unsalted butter -melted

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Spread a single layer of bread cubes on a large baking sheet. Bake for 5-7 minutes or until toasted.
• Transfer toasted bread to a large bowl.
• In a large skillet, cook sausage and onions until sausage is no longer pink. Drain.
• Add celery, and all seasonings to the sausage mixture and cook for 3-5 minutes
• Pour sausage mixture into bread mixture. Add the apples and mix well.
• Mix broth and melted butter and drizzle over the stuffing mixture until even moist. You may not need all the liquid…and if you need more, just use water
• Put mixture into a greased 2 quart dish or 9 x 13″ pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until heated through.

Honestly, this is such a SIMPLE recipe —  and how can you not love something with a full pound of sausage and all these delicious seasonings!

The only down-side to this stuffing is that you usually don’t end up with any leftovers!

Christmas is only 16 days away…what are you making for your Christmas dinner?