Holiday Cornbread Dressing Recipes

GRANDMA'S CORN BREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Prepare the dry corn bread mix according to package directions. Cool and crumble.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the celery and onion until soft.
• In a large bowl, combine the celery, onions, 3 cups crumbled corn bread, eggs, chicken stock, sage and salt and pepper to taste; mix well.
• Place into prepared dish and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

HOLIDAY DRESSING

Steps:

• Prepare corn bread as directed on package. Cool, and crumble.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook onions, bell pepper, and celery in butter until tender, but not brown. In another pan, cook sausage over medium-high heat until evenly browned.
• Place corn bread and bread slices in a food processor. Pulse until they turn into a crumbly mixture. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Season with sage, thyme, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Mix in chopped parsley, cooked vegetables, and sausage with drippings. Stir in eggs and chicken stock. This mixture should be a bit mushy. Transfer to a greased 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour.

HOLIDAY CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• 1. Prepare cornbread mix according to directions and bake on a large cookie sheet. Allow to cool and dry out (best to prepare the day before).
• 2. In very large mixing bowl, crumble cornbread into small pieces.
• 3. In large saucepan, boil celery and onions in three cans of chicken broth, until tender. Add sage, sugar, salt and pepper to liquid. Allow to cool, then pour broth over cornbread and mix well.
• 4. Peel and chop the boiled eggs and add to the cornbread mixture; mix again. If mixture is dry, add more broth, one can at a time, until mixture is almost "soupy".
• 5. Taste dressing and add more sage, sugar, salt & pepper, as needed, until it tastes "right".
• 6. Pour mixture into a greased roasting pan and cover with foil. Use a large enough pan that mixture is no more than about two inches deep in the pan, in order to cook well. Bake dressing at 350 degrees for an hour.
• 7. Remove foil and bake another 15 - 30 minutes, or until knife inserted in middle of pan comes out clean. DO NOT OVERCOOK or dressing will be too dry.

MOM'S HOLIDAY CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• 1st Make cornbread, night before, let cool, then crumble in a large bowl then cover with lid, When you are ready to start your dressing,
• In a large pot, fill with water & put all your turkey innards (neck, liver & gizzards) in the pot and put on high, when water starts boiling let boil for 45 minutes add more water if needed. Let cool. Dip out the Gizzards and liver pieces and Throw away.
• In a small to medium bowl place your chopped celery, onions, Chives, Parsley & poultry seasoning & mix well. Then add the mixture to your crumbled Cornbread, and mix with hands till well blended, then Add Cornbread Stuffing Mix, and mix some more Till well blended, Make sure will mixing with hand that they are no hard pieces of cornbread, Slowly start adding the broth from the turkey gizzards, Till Cornbread mixture is well blended and moistened.
• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Spray a 9x13 inch Pan with a non-stick spray. Spread out the Cornbread Mixture in pan evenly, Sprinkle black pepper over Cornbread mixture, Cook in oven for at least 40 minutes Till done.

NEELY'S HOLIDAY CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cook bacon in a heavy skillet until crisp. Turn heat down and add onions and celery; saute until tender, about 6 minutes. Add the thyme and sage and saute until fragrant. Stir in pecans.
• In a large bowl, add the cornbread mix, bacon and vegetables, and stir in the chicken broth. Add to a 13 by 9 by 2-inch casserole dish. Add butter slices to the top of the casserole and cover with foil. Bake for 30 minutes then remove foil and cook until top is crisp, about 15 more minutes.