Dried Cranberry & Multigrain Bread Stuffing

Chef Marian Gray

Will stuff 18 Chicken breasts or one Turkey breast

3 cups multigrain breadcrumbs (not large or fine chunks)
1 cup dried cranberries that have been soaked in one cup of Cherry Creek Cellars Cranberry Passion for several hrs
1 medium sweet onion finely chopped & sauteed until soft
½ cup finely chopped alsmonds
2 8 -ozs packages Neufchatel cheese soft 1 tsp thyme
¼ tsp ground black pepper

Drain cranberries reserving the liquid. Coarsely chop the cranberries. Mix well the Neufchatel, cranberries, onion, pepper, & thyme. Mix in the breadcrumbs. Sprinkle the reserved Cranberry Passion over the bread mix, folding to blend. Stuff poultry & bake according to directions. Chicken breasts can be wrapped in two sheets of phyllo that have been lightly brushed with olive oil, bake at 375° for 30 minutes.