Sausage Recipe ∼ Apple and Sausage Cornbread Stuffing

Prepare this easy, tasty stuffing in a baking dish, or use it to stuff a big bird. Apple and sausage give it a sweet and savory flavor.

Ingredients

• 2 (8.5 ounce) packages dry corn muffin mix
• 1 pound pork sausage links, thinly sliced
• 1 Granny Smith apple - peeled, cored and chopped
• ½ pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 8 slices white bread, cut into cubes
• salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Prepare corn muffin mix according to package directions. Cool and crumble.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3. Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain and set aside.
4. In a large skillet over medium heat, slowly cook and stir the mushrooms, celery, onion and garlic until soft.
5. In a large bowl, mix the crumbled prepared corn muffin mix, sausage, mushroom mixture, apple, bread, salt and pepper.
6. Transfer the mixture to a medium baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven 45 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Nutrition Facts

• calories453.2
• carbohydrateContent58 g
• cholesterolContent43 mg
• fatContent17.3 g
• fiberContent2.1 g
• proteinContent16.5 g
• saturatedFatContent4.3 g
• sodiumContent1431 mg
• sugarContent10.8 g