Cornbread Dressing Oklahoma Style

Submitted by Country Cook in Okl

"This was a favorite of my midwestern family's. I watched my grandmother and mother make it all my life and it's just part of Thanksgiving,Easter,Christmas or a large Sunday dinner for me..my father loves it and I cook it about twice a month for him..he can eat a roaster pan alone..I fix it in small containers and he freezes it and takes it out as he wants...he's 90!!!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 8-15

ingredients

• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 9 eggs
• 1 1⁄4 cups milk or 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 1⁄4 cup cooking oil or 1/4 cup melted shortening
• 3 tablespoons bacon grease
• 2 slices white bread (1 cup)
• 1 1⁄2 cups onions, diced
• 3⁄4 cup celery, diced
• 1⁄4 lb pork sausage (optional)
• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 4 (15 ounce) cans chicken broth (or broth from one boiled chicken deluted with water until 60oz.)
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 3 teaspoons ground sage
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Let bacon grease get hot in baking pan while making cornbread mixture and oven is heating.
2. Sift together flour, cornmeal,baking powder and salt.
3. Add two eggs, milk and oil or melted shortening.
4. Beat until just smooth-do not overbeat.
5. Turn into hot greased 9x13 inch baking pan.
6. Bake in a 425: oven for 20-25 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and crumble into pieces into a roasting pan.
8. Lay white bread on top.
9. Leave uncovered drying for 2 days to a week.
10. Cornbread and white bread can be dried in warm oven if your limited on time,but results aren't as good.
11. Boil three of the eggs and dice.
12. Crumble sausage in fry pan with butter or margarine, add onion and celery and cook until sausage isn't pink and celery is slightly tender.
13. Make sure cornbread and bread are crumbled into small pieces and add sausage mixture without draining fat.
14. Add diced boiled eggs,sage,poultry seasoning.
15. Add four beaten eggs,chicken broth and water.
16. Stir well.
17. I use my hands to make sure it is mixed well.
18. Taste and add salt and pepper as desired.
19. Bake at 400 until top is slightly brown usually about an hour.
20. Do not over cook-- if you like it moist water can be added while cooking.
21. YUMMMMM.

Reviews

[bshemyshua]

This is a wonderful recipe.I have made this pennsylvania dutch style by spooning creamed chicken over mounds of this dressing.Thanks so much for submitting this.:0)

 

[Weewah]

THANK YOU! We're from SW Mo. & all the women in our family who made this are long dead. I was so happy to be able to suprise my Dad w/ this dressing on Thanksgiving. I will be making this throughout the year. : )

 

[kdp4640]

This tastes just like what my grandma used to make. I can't believe that I made dressing that my family would actually eat. For the last 10+ years, when I made dressing, it was "lovingly" referred to as "the green cake"...after many ill-fated attempts at dressing, I had given up. I am SO glad I found this recipe. This is how I will make dressing from now on...no more "green cake" for the family. ;o)

 

[CookieKarma]

This is the first cornbread dressing I have ever liked! Thank you for making Thanksgiving a little easier (because don't you hate cooking something you don't like?). New fam fave : )

 

[cjmjenkins]

My sister and I have searched for a cornbread dressing recipe that is as good as our Mother's. Our Mom passed away 7 years ago and finally, this is it! My husband and I think it may even be better! thanks for posting this recipe.