Cornbread Stuffing and Pie Dough?

Question

Hi All,
I am making Cornbread stuffing and thought I would make the cornbread on monday and make the stuffing wednesday to serve on thursday....does anyone know if that is okay to do and if so, what is the best way to store the cornbread for the two days?
I am also making a Salted Caramel Apple Pie and making an all butter crust for it - can I make the pie dough on monday, refrigerate it and turn it out and make the pie on wednesday?
Thanks so much!!!

Answer

What I do is make the cornbread, cube it and dry it in the oven on Wednesday. I also sauté the onions, celery and other veg that is going in the dressing. I store the cornbread at room temp covered and the cooked veg goes in the fridge. I also precook any meats and store those separately. I combine it all on Thursday and cook. 

As far as the pie pastry, it's fine to mix it up and store in the fridge and the roll it out and fill and bake the pie Wednesday.

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The pie dough should be fine. It will be a little difficult to work straight from the fridge, let it sit a couple of minutes and give it a good whack with the rolling pin. 

For the stuffing -- if you cook the stuffing (and cool / store in the fridge) it should be fine to reheat, at some risk that it might be a little dry. I would vote to have all the components prepped on Wed, then mix and bake just prior to serving.

Answer

You can make the bread and add the onions and celery,or what ever you add to it. Just don't add any liquid untill you are ready to bake it. I do that all the time.

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