New Leaf - Sausage Apple Bread Stuffing

Ingredients

• 1 pound pork sausage
• 1 16 oz bag bread stuffing
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 medium onions diced
• 4 large celery stalks diced
• to taste Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper,
• 2 Pink Lady or Envy apples, cored and diced whole
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried sage
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries, plumped in 1 cup warm apple cider
• 1/2 cup parsley chopped
• 1 quart chicken or turkey stock
• 4 tablespoons butter, cut into small bits
• 2 eggs beaten