Apple Sausage Stuffing

sausage stuffing in skillet with scattered parsley, walnuts, and blue linen

Apple Sausage Stuffing is a scrumptious Thanksgiving dressing recipe with sausage, apples, onions, croutons, walnuts, and sage topping. It's savory, sweet, and easy to make! Sausage and apple stuffing is a holiday dinner must.

Course Holiday, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings cups

Calories 220kcal

Author Traci - TheKitchenGirl.com

Ingredients

6 cups Plain Croutons same as 8oz pkg or 1 baguette cubed
1 16 oz pkg Pork Sausage
2 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
2 Red Apples peeled, cored, and diced
1/2 Onion diced
2 Celery Stalks diced
1 1/2 cups Chicken Broth
2 Eggs
4-6 Sage Leaves
1/2 cup Walnuts chopped
2 Tbsp fresh Parsley chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. *See recipe footnote about croutons/cubed bread.
Preheat a 12” oven-safe skillet on the stove over medium-high heat.
Add SAUSAGE, break into small pieces, and cook until no longer pink, stirring as needed.
Transfer to a mixing bowl, drain grease (if needed) and set aside.
In the same skillet on med-high heat, melt BUTTER.
Add ONION, APPLES, and CELERY. Sauté until tender, stirring as needed.
Fold CROUTONS and cooked SAUSAGE into the vegetables.
In a separate mixing bowl, whisk CHICKEN BROTH and EGGS together until well-combined.
Pour over vegetables and gently stir to lightly coat the croutons.
Top with SAGE LEAVES and WALNUTS. Bake (uncovered) 35-45 minutes until the top is golden brown. Allow to rest 10 minutes.

Serving and storage

Serve stuffing warm, sprinkled with PARSLEY.
To store stuffing, allow to cool completely and refrigerate in an airtight container up to 5 days.

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Notes

If you don't have croutons, here's how to dry fresh bread for stuffing:

Preheat oven to 350°.
Cut bread into 1/2" cubes and spread on a baking sheet.
Place in preheated oven; bake for 15-20 minutes, or until cubes are dried and lightly toasted, tossing as needed. Set aside.

Storage Instructions

Transfer stuffing in portioned amounts into airtight containers; refrigerate up to 5 days.

To make this recipe ahead

Simply make the recipe up to the point of combining the liquid and solid ingredients. Then, store the cooked veggies, cubed bread, and liquid ingredients separately in airtight containers up to 2 days before serving.

On serving day, continue the recipe instructions where you left off and finish accordingly.

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