sweet potato pie

Sweet Potato Pie and Sausage Stuffing

~ MaryG ~ 9 Comments

Do you or your family make any special dishes for the holidays?

We officially took over hosting Thanksgiving from my parents a few years ago, as they are now both 85+. The two things I make the day before Thanksgiving (today) are sweet potato pies and sausage stuffing.

Since my sweet potato pie recipe (with photos) is linked above, I’m going to write up my sausage stuffing recipe for posterity. It comes from my mother, who got it from her mother, who probably got it from her mother. Long live the matriarchy.

Mom’s Turkey Stuffing

Brown two 16oz roll packages of pork sausage (Jimmy Dean, Jones Farm, etc) with one large cut-up onion in a Dutch Oven.

This type of sausage is found in the frozen foods section. You need to thaw it in the fridge before you make the stuffing.

Break up into small pieces a stale-ish loaf of bread and combine it with the sausage mixture. (If the bread is too fresh, it doesn’t work well. You can leave your bread out the night before to dry it out a bit.)

Add 1-2 teaspoons Bell’s poultry seasoning and salt & pepper to taste.

“Since 1867” (wow, that’s an old company)

Add water, if needed, to moisten the mixture.

Keep in the refrigerator overnight and stuff the bird in the morning.

Whatever doesn’t fit in the turkey, can be baked in a casserole dish until hot.

This is how the stuffing looks before I stick it in the fridge for the night.

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁