Southern Cornbread Dressing

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped celery & leaves
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups plain yellow cornmeal (not self-rising or cornbread mix)
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons melted bacon grease (best) or 2 tablespoons shortening or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 beaten egg

Recipe

• 1 prepare southern corn bread and cool.
• 2 cook celery and onion in broth for 5 minutes. cool.
• 3 add vegetables w/ broth, poultry seasoning and salt to crumbled cornbread and mix thoroughly.
• 4 important! taste for seasoning and adjust before adding beaten eggs.
• 5 add eggs.
• 6 bake in 1 1/2 quart casserole dish at 325 degrees for 30-35 minutes or longer depending on your oven. it's done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 7 can be doubled, tripled, etc as needed.
• 8 southern corn bread.
• 9 in mixing bowl, thoroughly stir together:.
• 10 1 1/2 cups plain yellow cornmeal (not self-rising or cornbread mix).
• 11 1/2 cup all-purpose flour.
• 12 1 teaspoon baking soda.
• 13 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• 14 stir in:.
• 15 1 1/2 cups buttermilk.
• 16 2 tablespoon melted bacon grease (best)or shortening or margarine.
• 17 1 beaten egg.
• 18 pour batter into greased 9x9x2" baking pan. bake at 400degrees for about 20 minutes.