Cornbread Dressing with Sausage

Ingredients

• 3 cups stale cornbread, crumbled
• 3 cups stale white bread, crumbled
• 1/2 pound butter
• 2 onions, chopped
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 apple, cored, peeled, and chopped
• 3 sprigs parsley, minced
• 1 bay leaf, crumbled
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried sage
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• salt
• black pepper
• giblets of the bird (or 1/2 pound sausage meat)