Sausage-pumpkin Cornbread Stuffing

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3/4 lb sweet italian sausage link, casings removed
• 2 jalapenos, minced (with seeds)
• 12 corn muffins or 2 (8 1/2 ounce) packages cornbread mix, prepared and crumbled (10 cups)
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 14 ounces chicken broth or 14 ounces vegetable broth
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh sage or 1 1/2 tablespoons dried sage

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage and jalapenos, breaking up the meat and cooking until it is no longer pink; drain the fat.
• 2 add the cornbread.
• 3 fold in the pumpkin, broth, cranberries, and sage (can be made up to 1 day ahead. cover and refrigerate).
• 4 for drier stuffing, omit the broth.