Mom's Sausage and Cornbread Dressing
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Cooking:
1 hour
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Servings per container:
12
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Ingredients for - Mom's Sausage and Cornbread Dressing

1. Package of giblets from a turkey, chopped - 1
2. Water - 2 cups
3. Corn muffin mix (such as Jiffy®) - 1 (8.5 ounce) package
4. Milk - ½ cup
5. Eggs, divided - 5
6. Shortening, melted - 2 tablespoons
7. Hot Italian sausage - 3 pounds
8. Diced celery, or more to taste - 6 cups
9. White onion, diced - 1 large
10. Diced hot peppers (Optional) - ½ cup
11. Turkey broth - 1 (14 ounce) can
12. Dry bread crumbs - 1 cup
13. Dried sage - 3 tablespoons
14. Salt, or to taste - 1 teaspoon
15. Ground black pepper, or to taste - 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Mom's Sausage and Cornbread Dressing

1. Stage

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add giblets and boil for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove and discard giblets, reserving water.

2. Stage

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.

3. Stage

Mix corn muffin mix, milk, egg, and shortening together in a bowl. Pour into the prepared baking pan.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside to cool.

5. Stage

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add celery, onion, and hot peppers and continue cooking 3 to 5 minutes more. Drain and discard grease. Transfer sausage mixture to a large mixing bowl.

6. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch casserole pan.

7. Stage

Add giblet water, turkey broth, bread crumbs, cornbread, remaining eggs, sage, salt, and black pepper to the sausage mixture in the mixing bowl. Mix together well and transfer to the prepared casserole pan.

8. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until slightly brown on top with darker brown edges, about 45 minutes, checking often. Let cool 10 to 15 minutes before serving.