I know it's Turkey Day already, but thought I would post this dressing recipe anyway. This is my mom's dressing recipe. Not sure if it's one of her own recipes or not but I grew up eating it and every year have requests for the recipe or a pan of it, so it's loved by alot of people.
This recipe fills a 5 qt. (11 x15) glass baking dish to the rim, so it will feed a crowd. I suggest you use the above size glass dish to bake this dressing, cause I've tried it in other pans and it's just not the same.
It's not fancy or overly seasoned with herbs, but it does have just the right amount of flavors that a good cornbread dressing should have. It's very, very moist and it goes together easily.
Southern Cornbread Dressing
1 box Jiffy cornbread, made as directed on box. Bake, cool and crumble in extra large bowl.
1 (16 oz.) Pepridge Farm Herb Stuffing
1 (8 oz.) Pepridge farm Cornbread Stuffing
6 large eggs
4 cans chicken broth
4 ribs celery, diced small
1 large onion, diced small
2 sticks butter (No Substitudes!!!)
Add Pepridge Farm stuffing mixes to crumbled Jiffy cornbread in bowl. Saute the diced onion and celery in the butter until tender but not burned. Add sauted vegetables and butter to dry dressing in bowl and mix together well. Add chicken broth and eggs and mix well. Spray 11 x 15 glass baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and add dressing. Cover tightly with foil and bake in a 375 degree oven for 1 hour, 15 minutes. *Check for doneness with a toothpick after one hour. When done, remove foil to brown a bit.
*Make sure you cover tightly with foil before baking or it will dry out. Some people forget this step for some reason and call me up all upset, LOL. Cover, cover , cover for very moist dressing!
LOL, I take any cold leftovers and slice it, fry it in a little butter and add it along with some leftover turkey and gravy to buttered and toasted sub rolls. DH and DD also add a little cranberry sauce to theirs...I like my cranberry sauce on the side. But oh man, it's AWESOME!
Wishing everyone a Blessed Thanksgiving!