Barbaras Cornbread Dressing Food

GRANDMA'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk eggs and buttermilk. Pour oil into an 8-in. ovenproof skillet; place skillet in oven 4 minutes., Meanwhile, add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moistened., Carefully tilt and rotate skillet to coat bottom with oil; add batter. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack., Reduce oven setting to 350°. For dressing, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir 4-6 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat. Coarsely crumble cornbread into skillet; toss to combine. In a small bowl, whisk eggs, condensed soup and seasonings; stir into bread mixture. Stir in broth., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake 45-55 minutes or until lightly browned.

THE BEST CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• For the cornbread: preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a 9-by-13-inch baking dish generously with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whisk the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl until combined.
• Put the butter in a 4-cup liquid measuring cup or a medium microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30 second intervals until completely melted, about 1 minute. Set aside to cool slightly, then whisk in the buttermilk, whole milk and eggs until smooth.
• Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir until just combined with no lumps remaining. Transfer the batter to the prepared baking dish. Bake until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. (The cornbread can be made one day in advance. After cooling completely, wrap the pan tightly with plastic wrap and store at room temperature.)
• Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
• Once the cornbread is completely cool, run a small offset spatula around the edges of the pan, then invert it onto a cutting board and cut into 1-inch cubes. Transfer to 2 rimmed baking sheets and spread into an even layer. Bake, rotating the trays halfway through, until the cornbread cubes are crisp at the edges and almost completely dried out, about 40 minutes. Remove to a wire rack and let cool completely. (This step can be done up to 24 hours in advance. Store the cooled cornbread cubes in an airtight container or resealable plastic bag until ready to use.)
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and coat a 9-by-13-inch baking dish generously with butter.
• For the dressing: melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the garlic, sage, thyme and poultry seasoning and cook until fragrant, 2 minutes more. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Add the cornbread cubes, chicken broth and eggs to the bowl and toss gently until the vegetables are evenly dispersed and the bread is very moist (do not overwork or the cornbread will fall apart). Transfer to the prepared baking dish and cover tightly with aluminum foil.
• Bake until warmed through, about 30 minutes. Uncover, then return to the oven and bake until lightly browned and crisp at the edges, about 20 minutes more. Let sit for 10 minutes, then top with chopped parsley and serve.

CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet; add the onions and celery and saute until tender.
• Combine toasted bread and cornbread in a large bowl and mix.
• Add onions and celery plus their cooking liquid, the salt, pepper, sage, and poultry seasoning and mix throughly.
• Using a bulb baster, add just enough turkey giblet broth to make a very moist mixture, then stir in the eggs and scrape the dressing into a large greased baking pan or dish.
• Bake in 400 degree F oven until dressing is nicely browned, about 30-40 minutes.

LAURA BUSH'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• To make the cornbread, heat oven to 450 degrees. Heat oil in 9-by-13-inch metal baking pan in oven until very hot. Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in bowl. Stir in beaten eggs and milk; then pour hot oil into batter, and mix. Pour into pan, and bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden.
• To make the dressing, reduce oven temperature to 350. Crumble cornbread. Sauté onion and celery in 12 tablespoons butter and the olive oil until soft. In a bowl, mix with cornbread, sage, salt and pepper, and place in a 9-by-12-inch glass baking dish.
• Melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter, and drizzle over cornbread. Spoon turkey stock over cornbread. (Dish can be prepared a day or two in advance up to this point. Refrigerate, then bring to room temperature before baking.) Cover with foil, and bake 20 minutes; remove foil, and bake another 10 minutes, until brown. If dressing seems too dry, drizzle with more stock and butter.

GRANDMA'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• 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.

BARBARA'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Bake Jiffy Corn muffin mix in large bake pan per directions.
• In a medium saucepan, combine chicken broth, turkey necks, a stick of butter and seasoning and simmer until meat begins to fall off the bone. The seasonings are added to taste but approximately 1 tblsp of Tony's, garlic powder and onion powder. Only add a very small amount of black and cayenne pepper to desired spiciness.
• Use a fork to scrape most of the meat off the bone and discard the bones.
• In a large skillet combine a chopped yellow onion, coarsely chopped bunch of green onions, a stick of margarine and garlic powder, Tony's and black pepper as the onions cook. Spice to taste.
• Cook over medium heat until light brown (about 2 mins) then set aside.
• Crumble cornbread into a large mixing pan, be sure to use your largest mixing pan (you'll thank me later).
• Transfer spicy onion mix to the crumbled cornbread pan and mix thoroughly using a large sturdy metal spoon.
• Spoonful by spoonful, slowly add the gravy mix including lumps of turkey meat to the crumbled cornbread mix while thoroughly stirring. Keep adding and stirring until the dressing starts to stick together slightly and no longer crumbles apart.
• Add ground sage, slowly until you get your desired taste. Be careful not to add too much sage which can be overwhelming.
• Once you have the perfect taste and no longer need to taste it, add the 2 fully whipped egg whites and stir in thoroughly.
• Transfer the dressing into a medium Pyrex or metal loaf pan and bake covered with aluminum foil at 350 degrees for 30-45 mins.
• Remove the aluminum foil and bake uncovered for 5 mins to brown the top.
• Serve as a side dish to Turkey and use the remaining gravy served over the dressing. Thank Barbara and enjoy!