Apple Sausage Stuffing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Stuffing
1 lb link sausage, chopped (Jimmy Dean, etc)
1 lb bacon, diced
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1/2 - 1 lb mushroom, sliced
3 apples, granny smith,cored & diced
1 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon sage
1 teaspoon thyme
8 ounces stuffing cubes
salt & pepper
Broth
1 package turkey gravy mix (Schilling,McCormack, etc)
3/8 cup butter, melted
1 (15 ounce) can chicken broth

Preparation

Broth Mixture- Combine gravy mix, melted butter& broth.
Bring to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat until slightly thickened.
Stuffing Mixture- In a large skillet fry sausage and bacon until almost crisp then remove to a large bowl.
Discard all but 2 tbl of the bacon drippings; add onion, celery, mushrooms, apples, parsley& herbs.
Saute mixture for 5 minutes.
Mix in stuffing cubes.
Add to the bowl with bacon& sausage.
Pour broth mixture over ingredients.
Mix well.
Season to taste with salt& pepper.
Place stuffing into 9x13 pan, cover with foil and heat in 350F oven for 30 to 45 minutes until hot.