Apple, Sausage, and Walnut Dressing

Ingredients

• 1 cup celery chopped
• 1 tablespoon parsley fresh chopped
• 2 tablespoons sage fresh chopped
• 1 tablespoon thyme leaves fresh
• 2 large garlic cloves minced
• 1.5 cups apples i use 2 granny smith apples peeled chopped ( 2 apples)
• 1 pound mild ground pork sausage (casings removed)
• 2.5 cups chicken broth low-sodium
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper freshly ground
• 0.5 cup raisins 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup walnuts chopped
• 12 cups bread white cubed ( 15 slices)
• 1 cup onion diced yellow

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• baking pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 37
2. Brown sausage in a large saut pan over medium heat, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink. (Do not drain.)
3. Add onion, celery, and garlic; saut 5 minutes.
4. Add apple, and saut 3 minutes or until apple begins to soften; transfer to a large bowl, and let cool 10 minutes.
5. Add remaining ingredients to sausage mixture, stirring until well blended. Spoon into a well-greased 13- x 9-inch baking pan.
6. Bake at 375 for 40 minutes or until top is crusty and brown.