Easy Healthy Recipes

Basting Sauce Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon each: dried marjoram, rosemary and
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley – chopped
• 2 Tablespoons dried chives

Dressing Ingredients

• 1 pound sliced bread
• 1 pound bulk pork sausage
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 4 cups celery — thinly sliced
• 3 cups carrots — thinly sliced
• 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms — chopped
• 1/2 pound fully cooked ham — cubed
• 2 cups green onions — sliced
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 1 large tart apples — chopped
• 1 cup dried apricots — chopped
• 1 Tablespoon rubbed sage
• 2 teaspoons dried marjoram
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 4 eggs — lightly beaten
• 1 16 pound turkey — (16 to 18)
• 1 cup chicken broth

Instructions

1. In a pan, bring broth, butter and salt to a boil. Add herbs; set aside. Toast bread; cut into 1/2″ cubes.
2. Place in a bowl. In a skillet, brown sausage; remove with slotted spoon and add to bread. Add butter to drippings; saute celery, carrots, mushrooms, ham and onions for 15 min.
3. Add to bread mixture; stir in next eight ingredients.
4. Add eggs and 3/4 cup basting sauce; mix lightly. Stuff turkey with about 8 cups dressing.
5. Skewer openings; tie drumsticks together. Place on rack in roasting pan. Baste with some of remaining basting sauce.
6. Bake, uncovered at 325 degrees for 5 to 5-1/2 hours or until thermometer reads 185 degrees, basting every 30 min. When turkey begins to brown, cover lightly with foil. Add broth to remaining dressing; mix lightly. Place in a greased 2-1/2 qt baking dish; chill.
7. Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour; uncover and bake 10 min.