I make dressing like that except I start with cornbread Stovetop. If I did it your way the cornbread would disappear for sure.
I do not like “stuffing.” Grandma used to make stuffing with giblets. No thanks. Husband does not care either way.
The first time I made it I made two pans of cornbread. One for dinner and one for the stuffing. When my husband found the second pan in the pantry he went to cornbread heaven.
Since then three pans of cornbread.