Subject: Best Turkey Dressing so Far

My best dressing ever.

1 loaf (1 1/2 lb) fresh French or Italian style bread
2 boxes Jiffy cornbread mix
Stuff to make the cornbread as directed - 2 eggs and milk
1 lb roll Owens or Jimmy Dean.s breakfast sausage.
1 stalk celery
3 onions
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp dried sage
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp poultry seasoning
Turkey broth
1/ 2 cup butter (or more)
canned chicken broth
1 tsp chicken base

Start by making the cornbread. Make it according to the package
directions in a large Pyrex pan. Spresad it out in the pan so it bakes 1/2
inch thick.
Let it cool. Using a sharp knife cut it into cubes. Toss the cubes
lightly and let them sit a few hours to dry. or if you live in a humid
environment, place it in an oven at 200 F to let it fry. Once it is
dried, bake it in a 350 oven a
few minutes until it starts to toast on the edges. Cut the bread into
slices and let it dry until it is firm but not crisp. Cut it into
cubes. Let it dry. Cut the bottom of the stalk off the celery and the tops
of the ribs and put them into a pot with the turkey neck and parts. Add
an onion and simmer a few hours. Add some canned broth and a spoonful of
chicken base to the turkey broth
Dice the remaining celery. Dice the onions. Saute the onion and celery in
about 1/2 cup butter. Add more butter if needed until the onion and celery
are well covered in butter while they cook.
Add the sausage to the celery and onion mixture and cook it through.
Break it up as it cooks. Let it cool until it is cool enough to touch
comfortably. Break up any big lumps of sausage. Toss the cornbread
with the white bread and add the sausage mixture tossing it with to
combine.
Strain broth and pour some warm broth over the dressing. Sprinkle the
garlic, poultry
seasoning and dried sage over the top. Begin with about a teaspoon of
each seasoning. Mix all together and taste before correcting the
seasonings. Toss well and pat down into a pyrex pan. I add broth until it
is as damp as you like. Make sure it is well mixed. Cover with aluminum
foil and bake at 350 for and hour or so. Remove the foil from the top for
the last 15 minutes to crisp the top.

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