{"id":4610,"date":"2025-06-22T19:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/?p=4610"},"modified":"2025-06-22T19:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T19:05:02","slug":"mamas-cornbread-dressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/22\/mamas-cornbread-dressing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama\u2019s Cornbread Dressing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mama\u2019s Cornbread Dressing<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\uddfa Ingredients:<\/p>\n<p>For the cornbread:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup cornmeal<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 cup buttermilk<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup melted butter (or vegetable oil)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the dressing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 pan of prepared cornbread (above)<\/li>\n<li>6 slices of stale white bread or biscuits, crumbled<\/li>\n<li>1 small onion, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>2\u20133 celery stalks, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons butter<\/li>\n<li>2\u20133 cups chicken broth (adjust for moisture)<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs, beaten<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon poultry seasoning<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon sage (optional, but traditional)<\/li>\n<li>Salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udf73 Instructions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Make the cornbread<br \/>\nPreheat oven to 425\u00b0F (220\u00b0C). Grease a skillet or baking dish. Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, wet in another, then combine. Pour into pan and bake 20\u201325 minutes. Let cool.<\/li>\n<li>Saut\u00e9 the veggies<br \/>\nIn a skillet, melt the butter and cook the onion and celery until soft (about 5\u20137 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Assemble the dressing<br \/>\nCrumble the cooled cornbread and stale bread into a large bowl. Add saut\u00e9ed veggies, beaten eggs, seasonings, and 2 cups broth. Mix well \u2014 the texture should be moist but not soupy. Add more broth as needed.<\/li>\n<li>Bake<br \/>\nPour mixture into a greased 9&#215;13\u201d baking dish. Bake at 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C) for 45\u201355 minutes or until golden brown and set in the center.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 Tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add cooked shredded chicken or turkey for a heartier version.<\/li>\n<li>You can prep everything the day before and bake fresh on the day of serving.<\/li>\n<li>Leftovers freeze beautifully!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mama\u2019s Cornbread Dressing \ud83e\uddfa Ingredients: For the cornbread: 1 cup cornmeal 1\/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1\/2&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Mama\u2019s Cornbread Dressing! - Grandma Baking Recipes","description":"Mama\u2019s Cornbread Dressing \ud83e\uddfa Ingredients: For the cornbread: 1 cup cornmeal 1\/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1\/2 teaspoon baking soda 1\/2 tea"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4612,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4610\/revisions\/4612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}