Holiday Cornish Hens Recipe

Cornish Hens Recipe Directions

Preheat Oven.

In a large skillet cook the sausage until no longer pink in the middle.
Drain well and place in a large mixing bowl.
Add the bread crumbs, chopped apple, sliced celery, raisins, onions, sage, salt, pepper, ¼ cup of the melted butter and 2 tablespoons of the sherry.
Mix well and stuff lightly into the bird’s body cavity.
Mix the second amount of butter and sherry together.
Brush on top of cornish hens and place in hot oven.
Baste a couple of times during cooking.
Bake for the allotted time or until no longer pink in the middle.

Recipe Serves: 4 to 6