Cranberry Sausage Stuffing

My Mom found this recipe a few years ago and its been inducted into our family recipe box forever. There's just no other stuffing that even compares, and I don't even really like stuffing. You can stuff some of this into the turkey if you prefer but that kind of grosses me out. I prefer to make it all in a casserole dish. Lord knows it has enough butter in it already without adding all the turkey drippings.


Sausage Cranberry Stuffing
Serves 14
Ingredients
2 (1 pound) tubes of breakfast sausage like Jimmy Dean or Bob Evans
1 cup butter
6 celery stalks, finely diced
2 large onions, finely diced
2 (12 ounce) packages herb flavor stuffing mix
2 cups dried cranberries (Craisins)
2 teaspoons salt
4 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth

In large skillet, crumble and cook sausage until browned. Remove from pan. In same skillet melt butter over medium heat. Saute celery and onions until softened, about 5 minutes. In a large bowl, combine celery, onions, sausage, stuffing mix, cranberries and salt. Add the broth and stir until well combined. If desired, loosely stuff some of the mixture into a turkey just before roasting. Place the rest of stuffing mix into a casserole dish. Cover and bake in a 325 F. oven for 1 hour or until hot.