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Cornbread Dressing with Crispy Bacon

IMG_2601 Well I’m sure the title of this recipe pulled you in. It’s just as good as it sounds. Every year I make my husbands great granny’s dressing, it’s tradition. This year I thought I’d make it, but spruce it up a smidge and cross my fingers that no one is disappointed. We took an already amazing dressing recipe, and added crispy bacon, tart green apples, and used a combination of squaw, sourdough and cornbread. Normally my husband notices if I change any of his family favorites, and this time he just totally enjoyed it and didn’t ask questions. Success! IMG_2600 IMG_2606

Cornbread Dressing with Crispy Bacon
This recipe makes a huge batch!
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Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
1 hr
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
1 hr
Ingredients
  1. 1 pan cornbread (we baked ours in an iron skillet using directions on the Albers Yellow Cornmeal box)
  2. 10 slices sourdough bread
  3. 10 slices squaw bread
  4. 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
  5. 1 1/4 cups onion, finely chopped
  6. 2 cups celery, chopped
  7. 1 carrot, grated
  8. 1 potato, grated
  9. 2 green apples, chopped small
  10. 1 pack bacon, cooked to crispy and chopped
  11. 3-4 cans chicken broth (or about 5-7 cups of reserved turkey juices)
  12. 2 - 3 Tbsp dried sage
  13. salt & pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 225°. Cut sliced bread into bite sized pieces and arrange in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake in oven until dry crunchy, almost like a crouton. (When done, increase oven temp to 350°.)
  2. Break up cornbread into small pieces and add it along with the dry bread and bacon into a large bowl. Set aside.
  3. In a large saute pan, melt butter. Add celery, onion, carrot and potato and saute until tender, about 6-8 minutes, adding apples in last 3 minutes.
  4. Pour sauteed mixture over bread. Add salt and pepper and sage. Mix all together, gently, using your hands to avoid breaking cornbread into crumbs.
  5. Pour into a large casserole dish (you may need 2) and pour in broth or turkey drippings starting with 2 cups, adding more until bread is moist but not sitting in liquid. You can toss bread around in pan to moisten.
  6. Bake in oven at 350° for 20-30 minutes or until hot.
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