Perfect Stuffing
By: Anonymous
Published: Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 3:40am

Ingredients




1/2 pound sausage crumbled
2 onions minced
2 cups finely-chopped celery
1/4 cup finely-minced fresh sage
1/4 cup finely-minced fresh thyme
1/2 cup butter - (1 stick0
2 ounces bag herb stuffing mix - (6  ea)
2 green apples diced
1 1/2 cups dried cranberries
1 can water chestnuts - (8 oz) drained, diced
1 cup pecan pieces
2 cups prunes cut into quarters
2 teaspoons salt
Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
4 eggs lightly beaten
3 cups chicken broth

Preparation

1 Brown sausage, onions, celery, sage and thyme in butter over medium heat. 2 Place stuffing mix in large bowl and add sausage mixture, apples, cranberries, water chestnuts, pecan pieces, prunes, salt and pepper to taste. Mix well. Add eggs, then broth, a little at a time, mixing constantly until bread is moistened. 3 Stuff in turkey or bake at 375 degrees in 13- by 9-inch baking dish tightly covered with foil, 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 30 minutes. 4 This recipe yields 16 cups. 5 Comments: Full of apples, cranberries, water chestnuts, prunes, pecans and herbs, this lush and colorful stuffing was our tasters' favorite. It would also be good with pork and duck.