Maw Maws Thanksgiving Dressing Recipes

MEEMAW'S 5-STAR COLESLAW DRESSING

Steps:

• Whisk sugar with cider vinegar in a large bowl until sugar has dissolved. Mix in mayonnaise, yellow mustard, celery seed, and salt until thoroughly combined.

MAW MAW'S THANKSGIVING DRESSING

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350F.
• In a very large mixing bowl, combine bread crumbs, crumbled cornbread, crumbled biscuits, yellow onions, celery, green onions, fresh parsley, sage, salt and pepper.
• Toss well.
• Add melted butter and eggs; mix.
• Add chicken broth, a little at a time, mixing lightly, but well.
• Add enough broth to make mixture extra moist.
• Place mixture into a well-greased baking dish.
• Bake about 45 minutes or until top is golden brown.
• ~NOTE~This can be made ahead of time by mixing everything together, placing it in the well-greased baking dish, covering with foil, and refrigerating.
• To bake, remove from refrigerator and let sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes.
• Then, remove foil and bake for about 45 minutes.

MAW-MAW'S SLAW

Steps:

• Place the white cabbage, red cabbage, greens, red onions, green onions, and parsley in a large salad bowl. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, mustard, salt, black pepper, cayenne, and sugar. Mix well. Add the mixture to the greens and toss to mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve chilled. The slaw can be made three hours ahead.

MAW MAW'S OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Pour boiling water over quick oats and let stand for about 15-20 minutes, while you begin mixing up the cake.
• In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, shortening, and eggs, mixing well.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; add to sugar mixture.
• Add oatmeal and mix well.
• Pour batter into a 9X13-inch greased cake pan.
• Bake for about 30 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• For topping, combine all topping ingredients.
• Prick holes in the top of the cake with a toothpick or ice pick.
• Spread icing over the top of warm cake.
• Place cake under the broiler for just a minute or two until topping starts to brown.
• (My oven browns quickly and only takes 1-2 minutes, so watch closely!).

MAW MAW'S EGGPLANT DRESSING

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and add onion and bell pepper as you brown it. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Boil whole eggplants until tender.
• When eggplants are tender, peel and cut into bite size chunks. ( I like to remove the seeds but this is optional)
• Add eggplant to meat mixture and add rice. Simmer another 10 minutes. Add salt, pepper and red pepper to taste.
• *Hint - If you prefer using bread to rice, use 3 slices stale or toasted white bread. Wet bread and squeeze out water. Add bread to meat mixture and cook 10 minutes.