Make Ahead Cornbread Dressing Food

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.

THE BEST CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Process all 3 breads into crumbs (fine to medium).
• Store in an airtight bag; freeze or refrigerate until ready to make the dressing.
• Measure out several cups of broth/stock.
• Crumble bouillon cubes into broth/stock.
• Heat to boiling; stir to dissolve.
• Toss all bread crumbs together in a large bowl.
• Add onion, celery, soup, spices, and eggs; stir well.
• Add broth in stages until desired consistency.
• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Bake uncovered for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

GRANDMA'S CORN BREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Prepare the dry corn bread mix according to package directions. Cool and crumble.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the celery and onion until soft.
• In a large bowl, combine the celery, onions, 3 cups crumbled corn bread, eggs, chicken stock, sage and salt and pepper to taste; mix well.
• Place into prepared dish and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

DO-AHEAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large deep skillet over medium heat. Add celery and onion; cook and stir until tender, about 10 minutes. Blend in the bread crumbs, salt, poultry seasoning, pepper, thyme and sage. Stir in enough chicken broth to moisten. Spoon into large resealable bags and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
• To bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place the stuffing into greased casserole dishes.
• Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven. If stuffing a bird, cook according to the recipe for your bird and place any extra stuffing into a casserole dish to bake.

MAKE-AHEAD CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Cut squash lengthwise in half; remove and discard seeds. Place squash in a roasting pan, cut side down; add 1/2 in. of hot water. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 45 minutes. Drain water from pan; turn squash cut side up. Bake 5 minutes longer or until squash is tender., Prepare and bake cornbread mix according to package directions, using an 8-in. square baking dish. Cool to room temperature; crumble bread. Place in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 8-13 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring twice. , In a large skillet, cook onion and celery in butter over medium heat for 4 minutes. Add garlic; cook 2 minutes longer. Stir in the sausage, corn, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper; heat through. , When squash is cool enough to handle, use a fork to separate strands. In a large bowl, combine the sausage mixture, cornbread, squash and walnuts. Stir in broth., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with cheese; bake 10-15 minutes longer or until heated through.

BLACK FOLKS CORNBREAD DRESSING RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the conventional oven or Instant Pot Omni Plus oven to bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes (although you may not use all of this time for melting the butter).
• Place the 4 tablespoons of butter in an 8-inch skillet and melt in the oven for approximately 5 minutes.
• While the butter is melting, combine the Jiffy cornbread mix, sugar, cream cheese, and heavy cream in a medium-size mixing bowl.
• Pour the melted butter from the skillet into the mixing bowl and mix all the ingredients together.
• Pour the cornbread mixture into the skillet.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. In the conventional oven for 25-30 minutes. Instant Pot Omni Plus oven for 23-25 minutes.
• When the baking time has finished, allow the cornbread to cool for approx 10 minutes.
• Cut the bread lengthwise and then across into 1-inch bread cubes and set aside.
• Grease an 8″ or similar-sized baking dish and set it aside.
• Remove the lid from the Instant Pot and turn on the sauté setting for 8 minutes.
• With the lid off, melt ¼ cup of butter.
• Add the chopped onion, celery, thyme, rosemary, and sage.
• Stir to coat the vegetables in the herbs and melted butter and then sauté until they soften and slightly brown.
• Add the chicken stock, salt, and pepper to the inner pot's simmer, and stir to combine.
• Remove the herb mixture from heat and set aside.
• Allow the mixture to cool to the touch so that it can be mixed with the egg. (You don't want the egg to cook from the residual heat and scramble!)
• While the herbs are cooling off, beat the egg with the parsley in a medium-sized bowl.
• Gently fold in the cornbread cubes to coat with the egg.
• Pour in the cooled herb mixture into the egg mixture.
• Transfer the mixture to the pre-greased baking dish.
• Cut the 2 tablespoons of butter into small pats and place them all around on top of the dressing.
• Cover the baking dish with foil and bake at 350 degrees F. 35 minutes in the conventional oven. In the Instant Pot Omni Plus oven for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake until golden, 10-15 more minutes (conventional oven), 10 minutes (Instant Pot Omni Plus oven).
• Serve cornbread dressing warm, and enjoy!
• Optional - serve with gravy on top.

CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. For cornbread, in a bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, whisk egg, water, milk and oil. Stir into flour mixture just until blended. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 15-20 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Crumble into a large bowl. Reduce oven temperature to 350°. , For stuffing, stir bread cubes into cornbread crumbs. In a nonstick skillet, cook celery and onion in oil until tender, about 6 minutes. Stir into cornbread mixture. , In a small bowl, dissolve bouillon in water. In a large bowl, combine the broth, egg, seasonings and bouillon mixture. Pour over cornbread mixture; toss to coat evenly., Transfer to a greased 13x9x2-in. baking dish. Cover and bake 20 minutes. Uncover; bake until lightly browned, 25-30 minutes longer.