Stuffing-Stuffed Baked Apples

Stuffed Apples. When we hear those two words, we usually think of dessert, but not this time. No, no, this time we’re coming at you with savory stuffed apples: stuffing-stuffed apples. That’s right, instead of packing perhaps a cinnamon-oat mixture into our hollowed-out fruit, we decided to go with a dried-cranberry-sausage mixture that is easily devourable and all the more delicious, given we tucked it (cutely) into a set of apples. It was divine.

It might seem strange at first, but this is seriously the yummiest dish you could make during the fall months. We’ve made it when we had friends over and we’ve made it just for family dinners, either way, it makes the best side dish, striking the perfect sweet and salty balance. You can tweak the stuffing however you like - using a stovetop mix, adding other dried fruits or nuts, keeping or nixing the meat etc. - but definitely give this dish a shot...it’s too tasty to pass up!