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Cracker Barrel Country Cornbread Dressing Recipe

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From Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, About.com Guest

Now you can make your own Southern-style cornbread at home with this recipe from the popular down-home Cracker Barrel restaurant chain.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup chopped onion
  • 2 cups chopped celery
  • 2 quarts of day old, grated cornbread
  • 1 quart of day old, grated biscuits
  • 1/4 cup dried parsley flakes
  • 2 tsp poultry seasoning
  • 2 tsp ground sage
  • 1 tsp coarse ground pepper
  • 4 ounces margarine
  • 1 quart (32 ounces) plus 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Mix onion, celery, grated cornbread, and biscuits, parsley, poultry seasoning, sage, and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Add melted margarine to mixture. Stir until well blended.

Add chicken broth to dry ingredients and mix well.The dressing should have a wet but not soupy consistency like a quick bread batter (banana bread or cornbread).

Divide mixture evenly into two (8 x 8 inch) pans sprayed with non-stick spray.

Bake uncovered for 1 hour until lightly brown on the top.

Recipe may be doubled.

Tips for great dressing:
Grate biscuits and corn muffins in a food processor until coarsely ground or using the largest holes on your hand grater. Substitute your own homemade chicken stock or turkey stock for canned if you prefer.

Yield: 16 servings, 6 ounces each

5 out of 5 5 out of 5
cornbread dressingNovember 22, 2009By greatmamaone
"Except for the buiscuts (we use dry white bread) I have used this recipe for over 50 years and I got it from my grandmother who came from Mississippi. I think we have on occassion used buiscuts but they were used as left overs and the nothing goes to waste mind set of the past, and is so relavent again today with our economy. White bread is just easier than anything else and works just about as good. I am known for really good dressing and am almost always asked to bring it for special occassions. My son-in-law is a fancy chef and asks me to bring this time and again. Heaven only knows how old this recipe really is."

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