Thursday, November 8, 2012

Mama's Cornbread Dressing

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I've been asked recently for my version of cornbread turkey dressing.  As a person who proudly  hails from West Virginia, I spent every Wednesday night before Thanksgiving  helping toast white bread to make our "traditional stuffing".  It includes celery, onions, sage and broth.  I do  have more-southern friends, though, who think that Thanksgiving dinner would be incomplete without cornbread in the cavity of their bird.  Here's the recipe from one of their families;  enjoy!

Mama's Cornbread Dressing

2 quarts cold, crumbled cornbread (packaged mix can be used)
3 slices loaf bread or cold biscuits
2 C chopped celery
1 C chopped onion
2 tsp poultry seasoning
1 TBSP sugar (if packaged mix is not used for cornbread)
2 C stock from turkey
1 (10 3/4 oz.)  can chicken broth
4 eggs, well-beaten

Mix all ingredients well.  Spoon into a greased pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or just until set.  Do not overcook.  Yield:  about 3 quarts.

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6 comments:

  1. This sounds just like my recipe. I'm from Arkansas and I make cornbread dressing just like my mother made it, too. I add a stick of butter and some extra sage...but everything else is the same! WOW! I love it!

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  2. Do you grow sage on your porch? Southern cooks are sooo into the details! I revere y'all! :)

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  3. Hi Marcia,
    It is not Thanksgiving without Cornbread Dressing, this looks delicious. Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  4. love dressing and this makes me want to make some of our own

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  5. Thank you for linking up this yummy looking dressing to Think Tank Thursday last week!! The party will be live tonight at 9:00pm est. at www.saving4six.com

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  6. This sounds like a lovely side to Thanksgiving dinner! Thanks for sharing at All my Bloggy Friends. I'm looking forward to seeing what you share this week! :)

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