Best 10 Moms Thanksgiving Cornbread Stuffing Recipes

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST AMAZING SAVORY CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat your own to 375 degrees.
• Butter or spray a 9 x 13 casserole dish.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.
• Add in your sage, celery, and onion and cook for approximately 5 - 7 minutes. Make sure to stir occasionally so the mixture doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Add in your broth and bring to a boil.
• Once it starts boiling, remove the pan from the heat, and stir in the cornbread mix until it's thoroughly moistened. You may need to add a bit more liquid to the stuffing.
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes or until it's heated through.
• Serve.

MOM'S TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. In a 10-inch cast iron (or a 9-inch cake pan if you don't have a cast iron, melt 2 Tb of bacon drippings, or butter if you're substituting, in the preheated oven for 5 minutes until completely melted. Remove from the oven and set aside.
• Combine the first five ingredients in a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine well. Ditch the whisk and switch to a spatula to combine with the liquid to avoid overmixing. Overmixing will give you a tough cornbread. Mix 2 C of buttermilk and 2 eggs, breaking up the eggs in a separate small bowl before adding to the mix. Stir until combined without overmixing.
• Last, add the melted bacon drippings or butter. Pour back into the prepared cast iron and back for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Once cooled, break up the cornbread into rough chunks and spread out onto a baking sheet to dry out for a minimum of 8 hours or preferably overnight. The more dry the cornbread, the more flavors it will soak up.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt 1/2 C butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the green onions, onion, and celery. Cook until tender or about 5 minutes. Crack the eggs into a small mixing bowl and beat slightly.
• Add the cornbread and sautéed veggies to a large mixing bowl. Mix to combine. Add the eggs, stuffing mix, and chicken broth and mix until combined. The amount of chicken broth will depend on your personal preference. Check out the post content above for more on this topic.
• Pour into a 9" x 13" baking pan. Bake for 50 minutes or until lightly browned.

CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300F. Place cubed cornbread on a large baking sheet and bake 20 minutes or until dried out. Set aside.
• In a large skillet, brown sausage. Remove from skillet leaving one tablespoon of grease in skillet.
• Add onion, celery, salt and pepper to skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until onions are translucent, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add sage, thyme, and pecan and stir to combine. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes more.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together 2 cups of stock or broth and both eggs.
• Place dried cornbread cubes in a very large bowl. Add sausage, onion and herb mixture, egg mixture and 4 tablespoons of melted butter. Gently fold together until combined.
• Pour into a greased 3 quart baking dish and press down lightly. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove dressing from oven and remove foil. Check consistency of stuffing. Add additional stock as needed and drizzle with the remaining 4 tablespoons of melted butter.
• Increase temperature to 375F. Return dressing to the oven, uncovered, and continue to bake for an additional 15 to 25 minutes or until stuffing is lightly golden brown on the top.
• Top with additional fresh herbs and serve immediately.

MOM'S THANKSGIVING DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine all ingredients, except the broth, in a large bowl or pot, cover, and set overnight in the refrigerator, of for at least several hours.
• Transfer the mixture into your serving dish and pat down gently with your hands.
• Pour enough broth into the prepared dressing until it's just juicy to the touch. Shouldn't be swimming in it, but still juicy when pressed.
• Bake for 50 minutes. If starting to brown too much, cover with foil in the final 15 minutes of baking.

MOM'S THANKSGIVING CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, saute onion, celery, and garlic in butter until just tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in seasonings.
• Place crumbled cornbread and bread in a large bowl and stir in onion mixture. Pour chicken broth over top and gently stir until stuffing is evenly moistened.
• Spread stuffing in a greased 9x13 pan. Bake covered at 375F 30-35 minutes then remove foil and bake an additional 10 minutes until top is slightly browned. Let stuffing cool 10 minutes then serve warm. Enjoy!

MOM'S THANKSGIVING CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Early in the day (earlier the better) make the cornbread, when done, place in a large bowl and break into large chunks. Also, I make my cornbread southern style, heating some bacon fat in the pan, as the oven heats, before pouring in the batter. (by the way, I'm doing this so early, and starving, so I usually have a small slice for breakfast - hey I'm human :) Lay bread slices on top ( you can tear those up a bit if you want). The purpose is to let it all dry out a bit. If you are cooking the turkey at home - take the giblets, neck etc out of the turkey, place in sauce pan, cover with water and bring to a boil, then simmer about an hour.
• Remove the turkey parts from the broth, and add the diced celery and onion, bring to a boil again, then simmer about 30 to 45 minutes. If you aren't making your own turkey, use chicken broth or turkey broth (if you can find it)- Trader Joes has it, if you have one in your area, probably about 2 cans. Dump entire hot mixture of liquid and veggies onto the cornbread/bread in the bowl. Use a potato masher to start mashing it up.
• Again if you are making your own turkey, at this point your turkey should be about done, because you would have started cooking it sometime after you finished the cornbread. Use a turkey baster to start taking turkey juice and transferring it to the bowl. (I use a cooking/turkey bag) to make my turkey, so I always have a ton of juice, enough for the dressing, and to make gravy.) After every couple of additions, mash it in some more. At this point you can use an electric hand mixer.
• Mixture should be a bit soupy. At this point, add seasonings. I'd guess about ¼ teaspoon sage, and 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning. Taste, then add a little salt and a little pepper. Taste again, then decide if you want more poultry seasoning or sage - just remember a little sage goes a long way. Once it tastes like you want it, beat in the raw eggs, using the hand mixer, mix it on medium or high speed about 2 minutes.
• Again, if you aren't making your own turkey, you can use chicken broth, you'll need to heat it up, and I'm not quite sure how much it would take, my guess is 3 cans, but have extra on hand just in case. The broth that comes in boxes is fine to use - I prefer to not use the swansons brand, it's not as rich as some of the other brands that come in a box. Just remember, again, this mixture should be pretty soupy - the raw eggs are what's going to make it set.
• Generously butter a large casserole (if you don't have at least a 3quart casserole, you can use more than one, and pour the dressing mixture into that. Bake at 350 about an hour. It should puff up just a little bit, be a bit brown on top. Test for doneness by sticking in a toothpick, or you can use a butter knife, it should come out basically clean. Serve with Turkey and gravy.

CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray the inside of a 9-inch x 13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray and set aside.
• On a large baking sheet, add the cooked cornbread and toast in the heated oven for 10 minutes, making sure to toss it halfway through. Remove, set aside, and lower the heat on the oven to 350. degrees F.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes until the pan is well coated. Add the pork, onion, celery, and garlic cloves. Cook until the pork is browned and the onions are transparent and tender, about 5-8 minutes.
• Add the sage, thyme, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Stir so all the veggies are coated with the spices. Cook for 2 minutes more, and then remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, add sausage mixture, toasted cornbread, chicken broth, and beaten eggs. Mix to combine. Transfer mixture to the prepared baking dish.
• Cover dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Carefully uncover the dish and bake for 10 more minutes, or until the top is brown and toasted.
• Remove from oven and allow the dressing to cool for 10 minutes. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley.

SOUTHERN CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Chop onion and celery in food processor. Crumble cornbread and bread. Add remaining ingredients (except turkey). Stir well. Place dressing in turkey roasting pan, top with turkey breast.
• Cover dressing with foil (leaving turkey breast uncovered) and bake until turkey breast reaches an internal temperature of 165ºF - about 2 hours.

MOM'S STUFFING, LIGHTENED UP

Steps:

• If your bread is fresh, preheat the oven and bake the bread cubes on 2 baking sheets at 250°F for about 30 minutes, stirring half way until the bread is completely firm.
• Increase the oven to 350°F.
• In a large saute pan over medium heat cook bacon for about 2 minutes. Add butter; when melted add onions, celery, parsley, sage, Bell's seasoning, salt and pepper and saute on medium low until soft, about 5-10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool a few minutes.
• In a medium bowl, combine chicken broth and egg.
• In a large bowl add bread and combine with sauteed vegetables. Add chicken broth and egg mixture and combine well. If stuffing is too dry, add a little more broth or water until you have the right consistency.
• Spray a casserole with cooking spray, add stuffing. (If making ahead cover with foil and refrigerate).
• If making alongside a turkey, pour some of the pan juices from the cooked turkey over the stuffing. Bake uncovered 40 to 45 minutes, or until golden.

MOM'S SAUSAGE AND CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add giblets and boil for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove and discard giblets, reserving water.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
• Mix corn muffin mix, milk, egg, and shortening together in a bowl. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add celery, onion, and hot peppers and continue cooking 3 to 5 minutes more. Drain and discard grease. Transfer sausage mixture to a large mixing bowl.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch casserole pan.
• Add giblet water, turkey broth, bread crumbs, cornbread, remaining eggs, sage, salt, and black pepper to the sausage mixture in the mixing bowl. Mix together well and transfer to the prepared casserole pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until slightly brown on top with darker brown edges, about 45 minutes, checking often. Let cool 10 to 15 minutes before serving.