Grandma's Cornbread Dressing

Name: Grandma's Cornbread Dressing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine; 1/2 cup chopped celery; 3/4 cup chopped onion; 6 cups crumbled cornbread (not sweet); 4 slices bread, toasted and torn into small pieces (2 1/2 cups); 1 teaspoon dried sage; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 3 cups hot chicken broth; salt, to taste; butter

Submitted by Sandy in Oklahoma

"This is just plain traditional dressing. No oysters, no nuts, no sausage. Just pure Southern dressing. Posting here so the recipe will be saved for my granddaughter."

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 10

ingredients

¹⁄₃ cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
¹⁄₂ cup chopped celery
³⁄₄ cup chopped onion
6 cups crumbled cornbread (not sweet)
4 slices bread, toasted and torn into small pieces (2 1/2 cups)
1 teaspoon dried sage
¹⁄₂ teaspoon pepper
3 cups hot chicken broth
salt, to taste
butter

directions

Heat oven to 450 degrees . Grease 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish or pan. Melt butter in medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add celery and onion; cook until tender, stirring occasionally.
In large bowl, combine celery mixture, crumbled cornbread, bread pieces, sage and pepper; mix well. Add hot broth and mix well. Taste and add salt and more sage if needed.
Pour into greased baking dish. Dot top with small pieces of butter. Bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Note: Broth made from boiling a baking hen will be best but canned will work.

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Reviews

November 2010...used the same recipe again!!! Wonderful and easy! Love the fact that you can specify the amount needed and the recipe will adjust! I've been looking for a recipe similar to my Mom's and this is it! It is delicious and so easy to do.. I also like the fact that you can change the servings amount...that's a BIG help! Happy Thanksgiving! DH in TN

dihard
What can I say? WOW!!!! This got rave reviews. We all absolutely loved it. I made exactly as directed and will never change a thing or use a different recipe. Thanks so much!

WickedMommy
This sounds like my mothers' recipe. (We called it dressing in Alabama, and the cornbread was called "egg bread". ) It's my all time favorite. I much prefer it to the stuffing in the bird.

Chef Kitty
This is almost exactly what my mom makes and I was looking for a recipe where it was all written down for my daughter---many thanks, this was just perfect!

SailingChef
Sandy in Houston, thanks so much for sharing your tasty recipe. This is the first time that my family & I have ever had Southern cornbread dressing. It was just delicious. I served it with Pork tenderloin and roasted carrotes. I used MizzNezz cornbread recipe and fresh sage from my garden. Thanks for a great side dish.

Baby Kato