Sausage and Apple Stuffing

• servings: 1 serving
• total time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

12 oz. pork-sausage meat

2 medium Granny Smith apples

1/2 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper

1/2 tsp. dried thyme

6 tbsp. margarine or butter

2 stalk celery

1 jumbo onion

2 large carrots

1 can chicken broth

1/2 c. loosely packed fresh parsley leaves

1 1/2 loaf firm white bread

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In 12-inch skillet, cook sausage meat over medium-high heat 8 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring and breaking up sausage with side of spoon. Add apples, pepper, and thyme, and cook 5 minutes longer, stirring occasionally and scraping up browned bits. Spoon sausage mixture and any drippings into large bowl, set aside.

In same skillet, melt margarine or butter over medium-high heat. Add celery and onion, and cook 10 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring occasionally. Add carrots and cook 5 minutes longer. Stir in chicken broth, parsley, and 1/4 cup water; heat to boiling. Spoon vegetable mixture and bread cubes into bowl with sausage mixture, toss to mix well.

Spoon stuffing mixture into 13- by 9-inch glass baking dish, cover with foil and bake 45 minutes or until heated through.