Apple Pecan Cornbread Stuffing

My favorite Thanksgiving recipe.

serves a lot of people.

Ingredients:

• 1 onion, diced
• 1 cup celery (optional)
• 3/4 cup butter
• 9x9 pan of day-old cornbread, cut into cubes
  
• 2 cups bread crumbs (I take 4 wheat bread slices, cut them up and toast them in the oven for 5 minutes)
  
• 2 cups apples, diced
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp each of whatever spices/herbs you want to use - ground ginger, cinnamon, ground cloves, parsley, sage...
  
• 1 cup apple juice
• 1 cup chicken broth
  
• 3 eggs, beaten
  

Directions:

• In a saucepan, melt the butter and saute the onions and celery until just undercooked.
  
• Mix together all of the other dry ingredients and apples.
  
• Mix in the onion-butter mix and the juice, broth, and eggs. Don't overmix
• Put in a baking pan or casserole dish and bake for 30 minutes.