Southern Cornbread Stuffing- Paula Deen

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• cornbread (any recipe making one pan will do)
• 7 slices oven-dried bread
• 32 saltine crackers (1 sleeve)
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups celery, chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 7 cups chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon sage (optional)
• 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning (optional)
• 5 eggs, beaten

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine crumbled cornbread, dried bread slices, and saltines; set aside.
• 3 melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. add the celery and onion and cook until transparent, approximately 5 to 10 minutes.
• 4 pour the vegetable mixture over cornbread mixture.
• 5 add the stock, mix well, taste, and add salt, pepper to taste, sage, and poultry seasoning.
• 6 add beaten eggs and mix well.
• 7 pour mixture into a greased pan and bake until dressing is cooked through, about 45 minutes.