Classic Southern dressing

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 2 Tbs. butter
  • 4 slices toasted bread, crumbled
  • 4 cups crumbled cornbread (see Ma Johnson’s cornbread)
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 tbs. sage
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • 3 – 4 cans chicken broth, heated
  • 1 stick butter, melted in broth

Directions

  1. Lightly saute onions and celery in butter. Then put into a large bowl.
  2. Combine bread, cornbread, salt pepper, sage and eggs. Add to onion/celery mixture.
  3. Add in chicken broth with melted butter. The mixture should be very moist, almost soupy.
  4. Pour mixture into greased 9 x 13″ pan.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.