Cracker Dressing Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly coat a baking dish with cooking spray.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and 1 teaspoon salt in melted butter until onion begins to turn translucent, about 5 minutes. season with black pepper, sage, thyme, rosemary, and cayenne pepper; cook and stir about 1 minute.
• Remove skillet from heat and stir in chicken broth.
• Combine crushed crackers and onion mixture in a large bowl. Add egg and cream; mix until combined. Season with salt and black pepper.
• Spread cracker mixture evenly in a large baking dish and smooth the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in top third. Pulse saltines in a food processor until coarsely ground. Add butter and pulse just to combine. Spread a thin layer of crumbs in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Top with half the oysters.
• Stir together reserved oyster liquor and cream. Drizzle half the cream mixture over oysters. Sprinkle with half the remaining crumbs and all the thyme. Repeat layering with remaining oysters and cream mixture.
• Stir parsley into remaining crumbs and sprinkle evenly over top. Bake dressing until bubbling and top is golden brown, about 45 minutes. Serve hot, with lemon wedges for squeezing.

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
• 2. Mix onion, celery, corn bread, biscuits, parsley, poultry seasoning, sage and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Add melted butter and blend well.
• 3. Add chicken broth to dry ingredients and mix well. The dressing should have a wet, but not soupy, consistency. (like a quick bread batter). Adjust liquid to suit.
• 4. Spread mixture evenly into an 8 inch pan or casserole dish sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake un-covered for 1 hour or until lightly brown on the top. Makes: 8 servings. Source: Cracker Barrel Restaurant

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Mix onion, celery, corn bread, biscuits, parsley, poultry seasoning, sage and pepper in a large mixing bowl.
• Add melted butter and blend well.
• Add chicken broth to dry ingredients and mix well.
• The dressing should have a wet but not soupy consistency like a quick bread batter.
• Divide mixture evenly into two 8-inch pans sprayed with nonstick spray.
• Bake uncovered for 1 hour or until lightly brown on the top.

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium heat, saute celery and onion in butter until tender. In a bowl, combine the egg, milk, parsley, sage, thyme, salt and pepper. Add the crackers and celery mixture; toss lightly. , Place in a greased 1-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until browned.

Steps:

• With crackers still in their sleeves, crush up with your hands (easier to crush this way, and it keeps your hands cleaner). Place crushed crackers in large bowl.
• In a frying pan, saute the butter and onion until the onion are tender, about 5 minutes. Chop celery into small pieces and add to the crackers. Add cooked onions and butter to the crackers; mix well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well. Add milk a little at a time (you might not use all of the milk), until the cracker mix is moistened.
• Cracker mix should form a ball which you can hold in your hand. Use to stuff a 12-pound turkey. When stuffing a turkey this does not expand, so you want to pack it in tight. When the turkey is ready, you pull out the stuffing in one big chunk and slice it. Great on a turkey sandwich the next day!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Mix onion, celery, grated cornbread and biscuits, parsley, poultry seasoning, sage and pepper in a large mixing bowl.
• Add melted margarine to mixture.
• Stir until well blended.
• Add Chicken broth to dry ingredients and mix well. The dressing should have a wet but not soupy consistency like a quick bread batter (banana bread/corn bread).
• Divide mixture evenly into two (8 x 8 inch) pans sprayed with non-stick spray.
• Bake uncovered for 1 hour at 400 degrees Fahrenheit or until lightly brown on the top.
• Remove from oven and enjoy!
• Tips for great Dressing:.
• Grate biscuits and corn muffins in a food processor until coarsely ground or using the largest holes on your hand grater.

Steps:

• Brown onions in oil or chicken fat until very brown; drain off grease.
• Add onions and celery to the cracker bits in a large bowl; tossing to mix.
• Add eggs to mixture and stir.
• Put the stuffing into a souffle dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.
• Baste often with turkey drippings if you are making a turkey or use chicken stock.