Cornbread Dressing

Does this recipe really take a bag of cornbread stuffing mix and also the cornbread? Thanks.

I have never been able to make cornbread dressing like my Mom - we have spent most holidays at her house so thus she is the dressing maker. A couple of years ago we started having Christmas Eve at our home for our children and grandchild and I had to make the dressing. I have tried all kinds of recipes and improvisations but nothing ever came close to Mom's. I tried this recipe on Christmas Eve this year and it is a keeper! Finally something that I could say was a close second to Mom's. I could not believe that it really took a bag of stuffing mix plus the cornbread so I was a little nervous but it turned out wonderfully. Thanks so much for this recipe!

When I make dressing, I put celery, onions and lots of green onions in it. I also crumble a sleeve of crackers and toast about 8 slices of bread and crush up in with the cornbread. I boil chicken for my broth. I cook my veggies in 2 cans of chicken broth and 1 stick Parkay margarine about 20 minutes. I add that to my cornbread mixture. I also put about 6 - 8 boiled eggs cup up real fine into the mixture. I add broth until it is a good texture, not real soupy and then before I put it in the oven to bake, I add about 4 eggs beaten and stir into the dressing and then bake for about 1 hour on 350 degrees.

Fannie Mitchell cm7. Emilie, I really love the way that you make your dressing and I cannot wait to try your recipe version.I am always lookin for different recipes to make because I am always asked to cook by my children and grandchildren.

Yes, it really does take all the cornbread. Sounds like a lot but you really do need it!

I agree with Judy's recipe, I make my fathers and his takes the same thing, all the cornbread and stuffing mix I always use the sage and onion flavored, I have been making it this way for 30 yrs and even non cornbread people love it..lol...good job Judy...

Thanks Fannie for the comment on the way I make dressing. That is my mother's old recipe for dressing. Every time I make it and take it somewhere people are always raving about it. I also make Giblet gravy to go along with the dressing and also serve with Cranberry Sauce. I also make homemade cornbread for my dressing. It always does better than the package cornbread mix. Also the crackers and toasted bread makes up for the cornbread stuffing mix that people put in their cornbread mixture.

I also forgot to add that I boil chicken for the broth that I put in the dressing.

My Mom always made this same recipe only she boiled her chickens and used the broth and the chicken meat. It makes one of the best dressings i have ever ate we also stuff the turkey with it.

I also use cornbread and stuffing mix, but the cornbread stuffing mix with no seasoning. I leave out a few slices of bread in the morning and then chop them fine and put that in. Since I'm making enough for 14 big eaters, it takes every morsel. Most of the time I make and a half of the recipe for leftovers! Yours is like mine for the most part. I use cornbread mix since it has the salt and baking powder already in there, but saw you used corn meal with no salt or baking powder. Does it rise that way?
Thanks.

I make this pretty much the same way. I feed 15-18 and this makes the right amount with a little leftover. It's great. Since we love dsage, I add a little more. yum