Sausage Bacon Apple Stuffing
By
Didi Dalaba
@didicoffeegirl
10
We emigrated here when I was a little girl. Our first Thanksgiving was explained to us by an amazing American family. Aunt Fran showed my mom the spices, the bread cubes, etc. The next year my mom replicated and added a little of "her" in it. She made her own bread and then cubed it, toasted it in the oven (I've so taken a short cut on that)! She found the spices (with some help from Aunt Fran) the rest is history...
This stuffing is filled with memories! I remember sitting in the kitchen watching my parents make the meal and saying "America, such a good country and people"!
Enjoy!
This stuffing is filled with memories! I remember sitting in the kitchen watching my parents make the meal and saying "America, such a good country and people"!
Enjoy!
Blue Ribbon Recipe
This sausage bacon apple stuffing recipe will be a full-flavored holiday side dish. It's filled with sausage, bacon, apples, dried cherries, sauteed onions, and an assortment of herbs and spices. This fluffy stuffing is super moist and almost a meal in itself. So good!
Ingredients
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1 lbbacon diced
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3links Johnsonville Italian sausage (or your choice), casings removed
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1 largeloaf Italian bread (16 cups toasted and cubed)
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1 cdiced onion
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4 - 5stalks celery diced
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1 1/2 largeapples, diced with peels on (I used Granny Smiths)
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1/2 cdried cherries (or dried cranberries if you prefer)
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2-3 cchicken broth (depending on how well you toasted the bread)
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1/2 tspsage, dried
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1 tsppoultry seasoning
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1/4 tspcelery seed
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1/2 tspfennel seeds
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1 pinchred chili flakes
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1/4 - 1/2 tspsalt & pepper
How to Make Sausage Bacon Apple Stuffing
- Heat oven to 350F. Cut your loaf of bread in half and place on baking sheet to toast nicely golden.
- As bread is toasting, in a skillet saute your bacon till crisp.
- Remove to a paper-lined plate, and reserve your drippings.
- Add your sausage to the same skillet and break apart. Cook until all pink has disappeared.
- Remove to a plate and set aside.
- Return the reserved bacon drippings to the skillet and add your diced onion.
- Saute until onion is just starting to soften.
- Bread should be toasted nicely. Remove from oven. When cool enough to handle, cube the bread and add the cubes into a large bowl.
- Add your diced apples.
- Add the rest of your ingredients including your spices, and mix well until all ingredients have been incorporated.
- Add your chicken broth. Depending on your size bread, it could take either 2-3 cups.
- Using a 13 x 9 pan spray with nonstick spray. Pour the stuffing mixture and spread evenly.
- Bake at 350F for 45-55 covered. Uncover the last 20 minutes or so to crisp a little ontop.
- You can serve from the pan, or place in a pretty bowl to bring to the table. Sit back, and get ready for compliments!!
About Sausage Bacon Apple Stuffing
Course/Dish: Other Side Dishes Pork
Main Ingredient: Bread
Regional Style: American
Collections: Thanksgiving Table Christmas Recipes
Other Tags: Quick & Easy For Kids
