Cranberry Apple Sausage Stuffing
This Cranberry Apple Sausage Stuffing is the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving dinner. It's also a great side dish throughout the year.
Servings: 20 servings
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound sweet Italian sausage casings removed
- ¼ cup butter
- 3 tart apples peeled, cored, and chopped
- 2 cups onions chopped
- 2 cups celery chopped
- 4 teaspoons poultry seasoning
- 2 teaspoons dried rosemary crushed
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 12 cups white bread cubes baked until slightly dry
- 1 ½ cups chicken stock or as needed
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large skillet, brown and crumble the sausage over medium-high heat. With a slotted spoon, transfer the sausage to a large bowl. Drain the grease from the pan.
- Melt the butter in the same pan. Add the apples, onions, celery, and poultry seasoning. Cook until softened, about 8-10 minutes. Add the rosemary, dried cranberries, and cooked sausage. Mix in the dried breadcrumbs. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Moisten the mixture with chicken broth.
- Transfer the mixture to a large buttered casserole dish and cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 15 minutes to brown the top.
Notes
- Want to bake some of the stuffing inside your turkey? You totally can! A 12-14 lb. turkey will hold approximately 5 cups of this stuffing recipe. Then, you can bake the remainder as directed in the recipe.
- Need more oven space? You can also prepare this in your slow cooker on LOW for 3-4 hours.
- Try changing up this recipe by using sourdough, cornbread, or another bread in place of the white bread cubes. I even heard someone used waffles one time! 😉
- Speaking of waffles - use leftover stuffing and reheat it in a waffle maker to make a stuffing waffle
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 220kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 348mg | Potassium: 193mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 143IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 1mg
