Apple Bacon Thanksgiving Dressing (Or Stuffing) F - cooking recipe

Ingredients

10 ounces frozen chopped spinach
12 ounces chicken flavor stuffing mix
3 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon herbes de provence
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
3 Red Delicious apples
3 tablespoons minced dried onion
1 (8 ounce) package button mushrooms
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup celery
8 slices precooked bacon
3 cups chicken broth
2 teaspoons black pepper
1 bay leaf

Preparation

Set crock pot on LOW.
Thaw and drain spinach. Add to crock pot.
Add both boxes of stuffing mix.
Chop garlic and add.
Clean, dry, and slice mushrooms.
Clean and dice celery.
Saute celery and mushrooms in 2 T olive oil or butter until lightly browned and celery is not crunchy.Add to crock pot.
Chop bacon and add.
Peel and core apples. Dice and add to pot.
Add herbes de provence, orange marmelade, pepper and bay leaf.
Add only TWO cups of chicken broth at this time. Reserve the last cup only if you feel the stuffing needs more juice. If it looks like it's getting dry, add the last cup one hour before serving.
Leave cover on the crock pot. Stir once every hour. Cook on low 2-3 hours.