Thanksgiving Again

Every once in a while, I will talk to my mom about trying a new recipe out on the family, and sometimes I'm met with "Ok, try it but don't make too much because people won't try it". This recipe was one that met that response a few Thanksgivings ago. It was GONE very quickly, so I doubled it the next Thanksgiving and it was still GONE. This recipe makes a nice sized batch, you could bake it in a 13x9 inch pan.

Cornbread Stuffing with Apples, Onions and Sausage

6 boxes of Jiffy Cornbread mix, follow the package directions, baking in two greased 13x9 pans
1 lb. pork breakfast sausage (the one in a plastic tube)
2 Tbsp. butter
1 large onion, finely chopped
2 apples, cored and finely chopped. Leave the peels on. I use a sweet red apple, not tart, and the red of the peel is pretty
1/2 c. chopped fresh parsley
2-3 c. low sodium chicken broth
Salt and pepper to taste.

If I'm making this for Thanksgiving, I'll bake my cornbread on Monday and let it get a little stale. You can bake it just before you make the stuffing and that's fine too. Crumble it up in coarse chunks in a large mixing bowl. In a decent size skillet, brown the sausage. Remove from pan, then add butter and bring pan to medium high heat. Add onions and apples and cook until soft but not brown. Stir the sausage, apples, onions and parsley into the cornbread. Add the broth, a half cup at a time and stir. You don't want this to be mushy, but wet enough that it sticks together. Taste it so that you can salt and pepper to taste. Pack it into a greased pan, cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove foil and let bake another 5-10 minutes if you like a little crunch on top. If you are making this ahead of time and putting it into the oven cold, allow an extra ten minutes of cooking time. By the way, if you already have a favorite cornbread recipe, by all means, don't use Jiffy. Also, if you have a cornbread recipe that doesn't call for flour, this recipe would be gluten free.

There you go. Super easy and only a few ingredients. We love this recipe and it has earned it's place next to my mom's Stove Top. I don't have any photos of this lovely finished stuffing, but it is so pretty on your table. This photo is from one of our infamous family game nights, I'm hoping that we can get together for one on Saturday night. Enjoy your weekend!