Fall Harvest Rice

Makes 8 servings.

Ingredients

• 1 pound well-seasoned lean bulk pork sausage
• 3 cups cooked rice
• 1 tart red cooking apple, cored and chopped
• ½ cup chopped onion
• ½ cup chopped celery
• ½ cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon firmly packed brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

1. Cook sausage in skillet, stirring to crumble. Drain well.
2. Combine sausage, rice, apple, onion, celery, raisins, sugar, salt, allspice, cinnamon and pepper; spoon into buttered 2-quart baking dish.
3. Bake at 350 °F for 25 minutes, or until thoroughly heated.