NANNY'S STUFFING

NANNY'S STUFFING image

Yield 12 people

Number Of Ingredients 10

(small batch)
1 6oz package Bell's stuffing mix
1 7oz package Saltines
2 cups chopped onions (3 - 4 med onions)
2 cups chopped celery (2 pkgs celery hearts, outside stalks)
3 Tbs. Bell's seasoning
1/2 tsp salt (optional)
1 13oz pkg REGULAR sausage
Turkey stock (or water) to moisten
3 eggs

Steps:

* Chop onions and celery. Cook in small amount of bacon fat until tender (fat from 4 strips of bacon) * Crumble saltines and mix with Bell's stuffing, salt, and seasoning. * Soften sausage in microwave - do not cook outer edges * Add cooked onion and celery mix to dry mix. Top with softened sausage. * Add turkey stock (water) until properly moistened (about the consistency that you want it served, the sausage will make it soupier, the eggs will firm it back up) * Let cool slightly and then mix in eggs. * Cook in cassarole dish at 325 degrees until it registers 175 on a meat thermometer (approximately 1 hour).