Dressing

Tonight I am going to give you one of my recipes, I wanted to give you something besides sweets today and I couldn't find a recipe in the box for dressing. I know Mama Cook made dressing and like everything else she cooked, it had to be good....but she obviously didn't need a recipe for it.

I don't either, but I will tell you what I do. Every time I make this, it is a little different, I don't measure my spices, or my milk or my oil, or well....mostly anything.

Dressing is a southern thing, but you should really try it if you have never had it because it is the single reason to eat in my family during the holidays!

This recipe will feed a large crowd, if you need a smaller batch, just half everything I have here.

Step 1:

In a LARGE mixing bowl combine

4 cups White Lily Buttermilk Cornbread Mix
approx 2 tbsp garlic powder
approx 1 tbsp celery seed or powder
approx 2 tbsp oregano
approx 2 tbsp Mrs Dash
1 large onion diced
2 stalks of celery diced
4 eggs
approx 1/2 cup oil ( canola, vegetable, peanut, coconut....whatever you normally use)
stir this together and then add slowly add milk to make the mixture approximate 1 to 1 1/2 cups, you should be able to scoop up on the spoon and it should be just thin enough to slide off the spoon easily. Bake this in a large greased frying pan or 2 depending on the size you own @ 350 degrees until golden brown. Let sit overnight.

Step 2:

3 cans of Progresso cream of mushroom soup
3-4 large containers of Chicken Broth ( I use whatever is the least expensive but has NO MSG)
1 stalk of celery
2 eggs
1/4 cup of oil
garlic powder
celery powder
basil
onion powder
1 tsp sage

In a large mixing bowl combine crumbled cornbread mixture, soup, broth, eggs, oil, chopped celery. Add enough broth so your dressing mixture is the same consistency as your cornbread from the night before (okay this part is weird....bare with me :) Smell your mixture...... then add garlic powder, celery powder, basil, onion powder by small doses until your mixture smells savory and yummy. I know this sounds weird but I cook a lot by smell, and it works really well.

Bake this mixture in a 350 degree oven for approx 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until set on the edges and golden brown on top. Don't overcook or it will dry out.


I think you will love it. Don't over season the mix! Enjoy!