Laura Bush Cornbread Dressing Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Corn Bread: Heat oven to 450. Pour oil into 13 x 9 x 2 inch metal baking pan. Heat oil in oven until very hot, 5 minutes. 2. In large bowl, mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, salt. Stir in eggs, milk. Carefully pour oil into cornmeal mixture; mix. Pour into heated pan. 3.Bake at 450 20 to 25 minutes, until golden. Let stand 10 minutes then crumble. 4. Dressing: Reduce oven to 350. In large skillet, saute onion and celery in 12 tbs. butter and the olive oil until vegetables are softened, about 7 minutes. 5. In bowl, mix onion mixture, sage, salt, pepper, bread. Spoon in 13 x 9 x 2-in. glass baking dish. Melt remaining butter; drizzle over top, with stock. Cover with foil. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Remove foil; bake 10 minutes, until browned. 1 1/2 TBS. SAGE AND POULTRY SEASONING + 3/4 TSP. SAGE. 2 1/2 CUBES BUTTER, 2/12 CANS MILK, 1 CAN MUSHROOM AND CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP.

Steps:

• To make the cornbread, heat oven to 450 degrees. Heat oil in 9-by-13-inch metal baking pan in oven until very hot. Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in bowl. Stir in beaten eggs and milk; then pour hot oil into batter, and mix. Pour into pan, and bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden.
• To make the dressing, reduce oven temperature to 350. Crumble cornbread. Sauté onion and celery in 12 tablespoons butter and the olive oil until soft. In a bowl, mix with cornbread, sage, salt and pepper, and place in a 9-by-12-inch glass baking dish.
• Melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter, and drizzle over cornbread. Spoon turkey stock over cornbread. (Dish can be prepared a day or two in advance up to this point. Refrigerate, then bring to room temperature before baking.) Cover with foil, and bake 20 minutes; remove foil, and bake another 10 minutes, until brown. If dressing seems too dry, drizzle with more stock and butter.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees, and butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Melt remaining butter. In a large bowl, combine cornbread, white bread, onion, celery, sage, salt and pepper to taste. Toss until well mixed. Add melted butter, eggs, cream and 1 1/2 cups broth. Toss in oysters, if using. Mix lightly but well; mixture should be very moist.
• Turn mixture into prepared dish. If mixture seems dry around edges, drizzle on remaining broth. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour, until firm and browned on top.