Mimi's Cornbread Dressing

Mimi’s Cornbread Dressing
1. Bake fresh cornbread & biscuits 2 or 3 days before. Let it dry.
2. Crumble cornbread & biscuits together–about 8 cups.
3. Mix 1 Tablespoon fresh sage (or less than a teaspoon of dried sage) and 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning & ½ cup minced parsley + salt and black pepper
4. Saute in 1 stick of butter:
2 cups onions–finely chopped
1 cup celery–chopped
5. Use chicken or turkey stock for dressing.
6. Mix stock with cornbread/biscuit mixture.
(Optional: you can mix 2 well-beaten eggs w/stock before adding to dry mixture)
7. Mixture should be fairly moist.
8. Bake at 350o for 25-40 minutes until top has formed a crust. Cover for last 10 min. or so.

[Use drippings from turkey for gravy.]
[Dressing can be put inside either a turkey or chicken for baking.]

She wrote it a little differently at another time so take your choice:

Mimi’s corn bread: Bake the corn bread 1 or 2 days before you make the stuffing.
Whisk together the following:
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup white flour
1 Tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
Whisk in another bowl:
2 eggs
1 1/3 cup buttermilk (OR: 1 1/3 cup milk with 1 teaspoon vinegar added)
Add the wet ingredients to the dry.
Stir just until moistened.
Add 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil or melted butter
Bake in a 9x9 or 9x11 inch pan that you spray with Pam or oil.
Bake at 400o for 20 to 25 minutes. A toothpick stuck in the center should come out clean

Mimi’s cornbread stuffing
Crumble the cornbread.
Tear about 6 slices white bread into small pieces. Add to corn bread.
Melt 1 stick butter
Add 2 cups chopped onions
1 ½ cups chopped celery
2 cloves minced garlic
Cook about 5 minutes on low heat.
Remove from heat.
Add: ½ cup parsley (can be dried or fresh)
1 ½ teaspoons dried sage
1 teaspoon dried thyme
3/4 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
Stir into the bread.
Beat 2 eggs. Add 1 cup chicken stock.
Pour this over the cornbread mixture. If it is too dry, add more stock.
You can stuff this into a chicken or just put it in a baking pan that is oiled and bake at
350o Cover for the first 20 minutes. Uncover and bake 20 more minutes.