Apple Sausage Cornbread Dressing
Ingredients
22 oz. (2 pkg.)
Kowalski’s Cornbread, cut into ¼" cubes (makes 8 cups)
8 tbsp. (1 stick)
Kowalski's Unsalted Butter, plus more for preparing casserole dish
1 lb.
mild Italian pork sausage
3 cups
peeled, chopped apples
1 ½ cups (3 ribs)
chopped celery
¾ cup
finely chopped onion
¾ tsp.
rubbed sage
¾ tsp.
dried thyme
¼ tsp.
freshly ground Kowalski's Black Peppercorns
½ cup
chicken broth
Directions
- Set cornbread cubes at room temperature for 48 hrs. until dried.
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
- Stir in sausage, apples, celery and onion; cook until sausage is no longer pink (about 15 min.).
- In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly combine cornbread cubes and seasonings (through pepper); stir in sausage mixture and broth until moistened.
- Spoon dressing into a buttered 2 ½ qt. casserole dish; bake until heated through (45-55 min.).
