Apple Pecan Stuffing Recipe
| For a great combination of baking apple; use Granny Smith, Braeburn, Jonagold, Empire, Regent, Spartan, Newtown apples or a mixture of your favorite apples together.
Baking dish: 3 quart greased baking dish with a lid. |
Apple Pecan Stuffing Baking Directions
7 to 8 cups soft bread crumbs
1 pound pork sausage
2 cups chopped onion
1/2 cup butter, cubed
3 unpeeled tart apples, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
1/2 cup minced fresh parsley or 1/8 teaspoon dried
1-1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
1 teaspoon sage
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup apple juice
2 cups chicken broth
**1 - 14 to 16 pounds turkey, if you are going to stuff a turkey**Place bread crumbs in a large bowl; set aside. In a large skillet, cook sausage and onions until onions are tender, drain off fat. Add butter to sausage and melt. Pour sausage mixture over the bread crumbs, stir. Add in apples, pecans, parsley, thyme, sage, salt and pepper; stir in apple juice and enough chicken broth to moisten.
Bake apple pecan stuffing in a greased 3-qt. covered baking dish at 325° for 50 to 60 minutes, uncover for the last 10 minutes to brown the top. Stuffing yields about 10 cups.
Apple Pecan Stuffing can be baked in a 14 to 15 pound turkey. Just before baking, stuff the turkey with the apple pecan stuffing. Tie drumsticks together. Place turkey on a roasting rack in a large roasting pan. Bake at 325° for 4 to 5 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 165°. When the turkey begins to brown, cover lightly with a tent of aluminum foil and baste if needed. Remove all the apple pecan stuffing before carving the turkey.
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