My Mothers Cornbread Dressing Recipes

MAMA'S SOUTHERN CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x13-inch baking dishes.
• Combine cornbread and stale bread cubes in a large bowl. Set aside.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and celery and cook until transparent, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Pour onion mixture over the cornbread mixture. Add turkey broth, chopped turkey, soup, giblets, hard-cooked eggs, and flour. Mix so that all the cornbread is wet. Mix in parsley, sage, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Add beaten eggs. Mixture should be "soupy." Pour mixture evenly into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and set, 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes.

MOM'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Mix cornbread, celery, onion, eggs and 1 can of broth together.
• Add salt, pepper and sage to taste.
• Bake at 350° for 30-45 minutes or until done.
• Half way through cooking check moisture; slowly add other can of broth if needed.

MY MOTHER'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Prepare corn bread as usual.
• Crumble in a bowl and set aside.
• In a saucepan, boil celery, onion and butter in enough water to cover - until the onions turn clear and celery is tender.
• Mix the veggies (with the water) with the corn bread.
• Add sage to taste ( I use a LOT of sage).
• Spread into a 13x9 baking dish and cook at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Serve with cranberry sauce.

MOM'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Boil together: chicken breasts,onion,celery,chicken broth,and bellpepper.
• Crumble cooled cornbread in large bowl.
• Add peeled and chopped eggs.
• Remove chicken when done and debone,if necessary.
• Chop up and add back to pot.
• Remove from heat.
• When cooled, add chicken and liquid to cornbread/egg mixture in bowl.
• Make sure all the cornbread is thoroughly wet,but NOT soupy.
• Use a slotted spoon to add as much of the onion,celery,bell pepper as possible.
• If not wet enough,add either more chicken broth or a can of cream of chicken soup.
• Add salt and pepper.
• Add ground sage a little at a time and taste test.It is EASY to add too much.
• so add it SLOWLY.
• I add a little Tony's seasoning,to taste.
• After this mixture has cooled,add 5-6 raw,beaten eggs,stirring well after each.
• More bell pepper can be added at this point(if you feel necessary).
• Place in baking pan.
• Bake at 350.
• Let the top brown.
• This can be made ahead and frozen,but be sure to take it out 1 day in advance to thaw before baking or can be refrigerated overnight to bake the next morning.

MOM'S SAUSAGE AND CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add giblets and boil for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove and discard giblets, reserving water.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
• Mix corn muffin mix, milk, egg, and shortening together in a bowl. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add celery, onion, and hot peppers and continue cooking 3 to 5 minutes more. Drain and discard grease. Transfer sausage mixture to a large mixing bowl.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch casserole pan.
• Add giblet water, turkey broth, bread crumbs, cornbread, remaining eggs, sage, salt, and black pepper to the sausage mixture in the mixing bowl. Mix together well and transfer to the prepared casserole pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until slightly brown on top with darker brown edges, about 45 minutes, checking often. Let cool 10 to 15 minutes before serving.