Thursday, July 17, 2025

French Dressing

 


If you spend time with old Louisiana and Texas cookbooks (like I have), or those wonderful Junior League collections, you start to notice how often French dressing appears. It was a true staple of the Southern table for generations. After trying many vintage versions over the years, this one is the best — a classic, old-fashioned French dressing worth keeping in regular rotation.

Ingredients: 

 1/2 cup sugar

2/3 cup of ketchup

1/2 cup light live oil

1/2 cup white vinegar

1/2 teaspoon celery seed

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

1/2 teaspoon dried mustard

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

1/8 teaspoon paprika

1 or 2 teaspoons of salt

Directions:

Blend all ingredients in a blender or food processor or even a mason jar.

Process until smooth and sugar dissolves, store in glass container in the fridge.  

 

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