Sausage Apple Breakfast Bake

1 medium apple
12 small sausage links
1 cup whole wheat baking mix
2/3 cup milk
1 egg
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp butter, melted
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Grease 9" pie plate.
   
3. Peel, core and finely chop apple.
4. Cook sausage on medium-low, turning occasionally, until cooked through, about 15 minutes.
5. Drain sausage on paper towels.
6. In a large bowl, mix baking mix, milk, egg, sugar, butter, cinnamon and nutmeg.
7. Stir in apple.
8. Spread batter in the greased pie plate.
9. Arrange sausages in a spoke pattern on top of the batter.
10. Bake 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.

I took this recipe from the back of a package of Hormel Maple Little Sizzlers.