MY GRANDMA’S FAMOUS CORNBREAD DRESSING RECIPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS

I have been so excited to share this recipe on my blog because of the nostalgia it brings. Growing up in the south, we always had my grandma’s famous cornbread dressing for Thanksgiving and Christmas get-togethers. We’d pair it with a brown gravy and then mix it together with pieces of turkey or ham. I’m not the biggest fan of my foods touching EXCEPT on Thanksgiving and Christmas. This Thanksgiving recipe isn’t too hard to prep either, it just takes a while to cook so if you’re making your entire family’s Thanksgiving or Christmas meal, start this one early! Below you’ll find the recipes to the cornbread dressing as well as a gravy that goes with it.

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Just looking at this dressing makes me drool! This is a great dish to bring to your family Thanksgiving or even a friendsgiving because a lot of people have never had this dish before. I remember bringing friends home from college with me or even boyfriends and they’d never even tried something like this before. Maybe stuffing is more popular but I would choose cornbread dressing over stuffing ANYDAY!

My Grandma’s Famous Cornbread Dressing & Gravy Recipe

Serves 6-8

Author Tanna Wasilchak

Prep time

35 Min

Cook time

1 Hour

Total time

1 H & 35 M

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Grandma's Cornbread Dressing & Gravy

This is the famous recipe my grandma has made for us for years! We've had this cornbread dressing for Thanksgiving and Christmas since before I can even remember. Along with the dressing, you'll be making the brown gravy that goes with it. This gravy is perfect for topping your cornbread dressing or even slices or turkey.

Ingredients

Cornbread Dressing

• 3/4 cups chopped onion
• 3/4 cups chopped celery
• 2 Tbls butter
• 4 cups cornbread
• 1/4 teas ground sage
• 3/4 teas salt
• 1/4 teas pepper
• 1/4 poultry seasoning
• 2 Tbls water
• 1 egg well beaten
• 2 to 3 cups of chicken broth

Brown Gravy

• 2 Cups Chicken Broth
• 2 Boiled Eggs
• 2 Tbls Cornstarch
• 1 Dash of Salt
• 1 Dash of Pepper
• 2 Tbls Cornbread Dressing

Instructions

Cornbread Dressing

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2. Spray or butter a 2 QT casserole dish
3. Cook onion and celery until tender in melted butter on the stove
4. Crumble cornbread in a large bowl
5. Add salt, pepper, sage, and seasoning to cornbread crumble
6. Add tender onion and celery and mix
7. Add water and beaten egg then toss together
8. Pour in the chicken broth and mix up. You want it to be soupy
9. Pour contents into sprayed or buttered casserole dish
10. Bake for 35-50 minutes until lightly brown

Brown Gravy

1. Add chicken broth to a pot and cook on low heat
2. Cut 2 boiled eggs and add to pot
3. Mix together cornstarch into small bowl
4. Add 1 Tbls of hot broth to small bowl and make a paste (add more broth if needed but keep a paste consistency)
5. Slowly stir paste into broth
6. Add in salt and pepper
7. Add in 2 Tbls of Cornbread Dressing
8. Stir together on low heat until it thickens

This is the half recipe I use for smaller gatherings but for our big family get-togethers we double this recipe and use a bigger casserole dish.

Have you had cornbread dressing like this before?

XOXO

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