Bud’s Country Stuffing Recipe with Cherries and Walnuts

Ingredients

• 8 cups country-style white bread, cubed and toasted
• 1 pound bulk pork sausage or sage-flavored pork breakfast sausage
• 4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 2 onions, chopped
• 4 ribs of celery, chopped
• 2½ tablespoons fresh sage leaves, chopped
• 1½ teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
• 1 cup dried cherries
• 1 cup chopped toasted walnuts
• 1½ cups chicken stock or chicken broth, as needed
• ½ cup chopped Italian parsley
• Salt and pepper, to taste