Name: Cornbread Stuffing
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 90 min
Yield: 12 people
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups yellow corn meal; 1 cup flour; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 1/4 cup buttermilk; 1/4 cup butter (melted); 1 egg (lightly beaten); 1/2 pound bacon; 1/2 pound italian sausage; 2 onions (medium); 1 1/2 tablespoon sage; 6 stalks celery (chopped into 1/4 inch pieces); 2 eggs (lightly beaten); 1 1/2 cups chicken stock

Cornbread Stuffing

Stuffing is one of the dishes we have experimented with the most. This cornbread stuffing recipe is our favorite. It is based on the Smoke Daddy Restaurant recipe. You can’t go wrong with sausage, bacon, onions, and sage.

Course

Side Dish

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

90 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

Corn Bread

1 1/4 cups yellow corn meal
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup butter melted
1 egg lightly beaten

Stuffing

1/2 pound bacon
1/2 pound italian sausage
2 onions medium
1 1/2 tablespoon sage
6 stalks celery chopped into 1/4 inch pieces
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups chicken stock

Course

Side Dish

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

90 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

Corn Bread

1 1/4 cups yellow corn meal
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup butter melted
1 egg lightly beaten

Stuffing

1/2 pound bacon
1/2 pound italian sausage
2 onions medium
1 1/2 tablespoon sage
6 stalks celery chopped into 1/4 inch pieces
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups chicken stock

Instructions

Make the Corn Bread

Preheating an oven to 400 F with a 10 inch cast iron skillet in the oven as it heats.
Mix up the dry ingredients including corn meal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
In a separate bowl whisk the milk, butter, and egg.
Stir wet and dry together until just combined and still a bit lumpy. Let set for 10 minutes as oven and skillet heat up.
Carefully remove blazing hot skillet and pour batter into skillet. Return to oven for 20-25 minutes until the cornbread is nicely browned.
Move cornbread to a cutting board. I set the board on the skillet and turn both over. Then cut cornbread into 1 inch pieces.
Dry the cornbread by spreading the pieces on baking sheet in a 200 F oven for 20 minutes.

Cook Some Bacon

Cook and drain bacon. The simplest way we have found is to arrange bacon on a baking sheet and cook in a 350 F oven for 15 minutes.
Cut the bacon into 1/2 inch pieces.

Assemble the Stuffing

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Cook sausage with 2 T butter until sausage is browned, about 15 minutes. Remove sausage using a slotted spoon.
Add onion, sage and celery and cook an additional 15 minutes. Celery should still have some crunch.
In a large bowl, combine bacon, sausage, onions, and celery. Add torn pieces of corn bread, about 1 inch each. Toss with eggs. Pour into a 13×9 baking dish. Pour chicken stock over the mixture. The dish can be refrigerated at this point if you are making it for a big dinner like Thanksgiving.
Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.

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November 15, 2022

Sugar Cookies

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

8 minutes

Passive Time

120 minutes

Servings

cookies

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg lightly beaten
2 tablespoons milk
3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
powdered sugar for rolling

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

8 minutes

Passive Time

120 minutes

Servings

cookies

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg lightly beaten
2 tablespoons milk
3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
powdered sugar for rolling

Instructions

Add butter and sugar to a bowl, and mix until thoroughly combined. A stand mixer is the easiest, but a potato masher works too.
Lightly beat the egg and milk. Then add to the bowl and mix until combined.
In a second bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Slowly combine flour mixture with the butter mixture
Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for two hours.
Preheat Oven to 400 F.
Add a dusting of powdered sugar to your counter and roll dough until it is 1/4 inch thick.
Cut your favorite shapes from the dough.
Place shapes 1 inch apart on a lightly greased or silpat lined baking sheet.
Bake for 8-10 minutes. The edges will just start to brown. Then rest on a cooling rack, and then decorate with your favorite icing or frosting.

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December 7, 2021

Cyclops Cookies

This cyclops cookie recipe is one of my favorites. It has a peanut butter cookie with a Hershey kiss in the center. With this recipe you get a puffy peanut butter cookie. I prefer that version to others that are crunchier.

We made these every Christmas when I was a kid, and now we are making them with my son. The original recipe came out of a Better Homes Cookies with Kids Book that we had. Unwrapping the kisses takes a bit of work, but the batter comes together really easily.

Cyclops Cookies

Servings

cookies

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg slightly beaten
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Dry Ingredients

1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Decoration

1/4 cup sugar
24 Hershey Kisses

Servings

cookies

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg slightly beaten
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Dry Ingredients

1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Decoration

1/4 cup sugar
24 Hershey Kisses

Instructions

Combine butter, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl and beat until fluffy.
Add egg, milk and vanilla to the mixture. Mix well.
In a second bowl, combine dry ingredients including flour, baking powder, salt and soda.
Gradually add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
Chill batter for one hour. This makes the dough easier to handle.
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Unwrap the Hershey kisses.
Add the sugar for decoration to a bowl.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar. Place about 2 inches apart on un-greased cookie sheets. We use silpat cookie sheet mats to make clean up easier.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are firm. As you pull the cookies from the oven, carefully press a Hershey kiss into the center of each.
Cookies should cool overnight or for an hour in the refrigerator before stacking them for storage.