Moms Cornbread Stuffing Recipes

CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300F. Place cubed cornbread on a large baking sheet and bake 20 minutes or until dried out. Set aside.
• In a large skillet, brown sausage. Remove from skillet leaving one tablespoon of grease in skillet.
• Add onion, celery, salt and pepper to skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until onions are translucent, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add sage, thyme, and pecan and stir to combine. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes more.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together 2 cups of stock or broth and both eggs.
• Place dried cornbread cubes in a very large bowl. Add sausage, onion and herb mixture, egg mixture and 4 tablespoons of melted butter. Gently fold together until combined.
• Pour into a greased 3 quart baking dish and press down lightly. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove dressing from oven and remove foil. Check consistency of stuffing. Add additional stock as needed and drizzle with the remaining 4 tablespoons of melted butter.
• Increase temperature to 375F. Return dressing to the oven, uncovered, and continue to bake for an additional 15 to 25 minutes or until stuffing is lightly golden brown on the top.
• Top with additional fresh herbs and serve immediately.

MOM'S TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. In a 10-inch cast iron (or a 9-inch cake pan if you don't have a cast iron, melt 2 Tb of bacon drippings, or butter if you're substituting, in the preheated oven for 5 minutes until completely melted. Remove from the oven and set aside.
• Combine the first five ingredients in a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine well. Ditch the whisk and switch to a spatula to combine with the liquid to avoid overmixing. Overmixing will give you a tough cornbread. Mix 2 C of buttermilk and 2 eggs, breaking up the eggs in a separate small bowl before adding to the mix. Stir until combined without overmixing.
• Last, add the melted bacon drippings or butter. Pour back into the prepared cast iron and back for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Once cooled, break up the cornbread into rough chunks and spread out onto a baking sheet to dry out for a minimum of 8 hours or preferably overnight. The more dry the cornbread, the more flavors it will soak up.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt 1/2 C butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the green onions, onion, and celery. Cook until tender or about 5 minutes. Crack the eggs into a small mixing bowl and beat slightly.
• Add the cornbread and sautéed veggies to a large mixing bowl. Mix to combine. Add the eggs, stuffing mix, and chicken broth and mix until combined. The amount of chicken broth will depend on your personal preference. Check out the post content above for more on this topic.
• Pour into a 9" x 13" baking pan. Bake for 50 minutes or until lightly browned.

MOM'S APPLE CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine apples, stuffing and melted butter. Add broth; mix well., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake until golden brown, 35-40 minutes.

MOM'S BEST STUFFING

Steps:

• Saute sausage until brown; remove from pan and cut into small bites.
• In a large skillet, melt butter and cook onion, celery, and mushrooms over medium heat for 3 minutes or until softened.
• Transfer sausage and veggies, including any butter that is left in the pan to a bowl.
• Add stuffing mix, bread cubes, sage, thyme, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper, pecans, turkey stock, and eggs.
• Toss well and adjust seasoning.
• Stuffing should be moist but not soggy. Add more stock if needed.
• Transfer to a baking dish.
• Bake in a 325 degree Fahrenheit oven for 20 minutes covered and 10 minutes uncovered until heated through and crust forms on top.
• Or better yet stuff it into a big fat turkey.

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.

MOM'S CORNBREAD PEAR STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8x8-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Combine cornbread, celery, pears, onion, parsley, pecans, dried cranberries, salt, and pepper in a large bowl; mix well. Pour apple cider over cornbread mixture and stir until evenly moistened; spread into the prepared baking dish. Top cornbread mixture with butter pieces.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 30 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.