CHOCOLATE GRAVY PAULA DEEN RECIPES

Steps:

• Ingredients
• Cornbread, recipe follows
• 7 slices oven-dried white bread
• 1 sleeve saltine crackers
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups celery, chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 7 cups chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon sage (optional)
• 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning (optional)
• 5 eggs, beaten
• Directions
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine crumbled cornbread, dried white bread slices, and saltines; set aside.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the celery and onion and cook until transparent, approximately 5 to 10 minutes. Pour the vegetable mixture over cornbread mixture. Add the stock, mix well, taste, and add salt, pepper to taste, sage, and poultry seasoning. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Reserve 2 heaping tablespoons of this mixture for the giblet gravy. Pour mixture into a greased pan and bake until dressing is cooked through, about 45 minutes. Serve with turkey as a side dish.
• Cornbread:
• 1 cup self-rising cornmeal
• 1/2 cup self-rising flour
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour batter into a greased shallow baking dish. Bake for approximately 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
• To serve, cut into desired squares and serve with butter.
• Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Steps:

• Line the bottom of a 13x9 baking dish with cookies then add a layer of bananas over cookies (see note).
• Combine cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk in a large mixing bowl then beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Combine milk and pudding mix in a separate bowl then whisk for one minute or until smooth. Stir pudding mixture into cream cheese mixture then mix until completely incorporated.
• Add whipped topping to the mixture then fold together until incorporated.
• Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas then cover with remaining cookies. Cover and refrigerate before serving.