cook sausage and mince up into small pieces.
..cook small chopped celery and onion in same pan...add to big bowl and add torn up bread..
.S/P and lots of rosemary,thyme, poultry seasoning to your taste...I like my dressing to be very flavorable so I am heavy on the herbs and spices..
....add a couple of eggs...and 2 cans of chicken/turkey broth at least...I make a very wet dressing but it is all absorbed...
then spray your cake pan...put dressing in...oil down a plain piece of paper bag to cover...and bake..
the paper bag thing is what my mother did....and her dressing always turned up fantastic...
Your recipe is exactly like the one I used for decades.
However, my Southern mother-in-law loved to make ‘oyster dressing’ (pronounced ‘erster’;) so my daughters decided to compromise and one year they added a can of smoked oysters to my recipe.
It is superb - I now add a can of smoked oysters every Thanksgiving and Christmas to my turkey stuffing.
Enjoy!