This Easy Homemade Cornbread recipe is the best cornbread recipe since you will only need a handful of simple pantry ingredients to get the perfect side dish with the perfect balance of sweet and savory.
This is very similar to a classic cornbread recipe so you won’t need to worry about extraneous ingredients to get the delicious buttery cornbread we all love.
As long as you have fine cornmeal in your pantry you’re set to make the perfect side dish to add to any dinner recipe.
With our easy cornbread recipe, you can use regular milk and still get a tender crumb in this simple recipe.
Soon enough you will be ditching your more over complicated favorite cornbread recipe and replacing it with this quick cornbread recipe.
Recipe Ingredients:
- Flour: you will need to use all-purpose flour that you will probably already have on hand
- Cornmeal: yellow cornmeal is preferred for this cornbread mixture
- Sugar: regular granulated sugar is all you’ll need for this sweet cornbread recipe
- Salt: kosher salt will do perfectly
- Leaving agent: use baking powder to get the best texture of the cornbread
- Egg: use eggs at room temperature for the best results
- Milk: you can use whatever milk you have on hand, but we enjoy this with whole milk
- Oil: using vegetable oil makes for a perfectly tender cornbread recipe
How To Make Homemade Cornbread:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spray a 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder.
- Stir in egg, milk, and vegetable oil into the cornmeal mixture until well combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Recommended Equipment:
- Cake Pan (9″ Round) or a cast iron skillet
- Non-stick Cooking Spray
- Mixing Bowl (Large)
Flavor Variations
- Top the cornbread side dish with cheddar cheese
- Mix in bacon bits or use bacon grease for a bit of the vegetable oil
- Drizzle honey or spread honey butter on top
Expert Tips
- Make sure to combine the dry ingredients separately from the wet ingredients. By doing this you make sure the sugar, flour, salt, cornmeal, and baking powder are going to be evenly distributed through the whole loaf of cornbread.
- Using the correct temperature and cooking time is key! If your oven is too hot it will dry out the cornbread. If you cook it too long it will also dry out the cornbread.
- Vegetable oil is a must! If we’re being honest, vegetable oil is where a lot of the moisture comes from for this recipe. If you cannot use it, try substituting it with melted butter for the best results.
Frequently Asked Questions for Making the best homemade cornbread recipe:
In this simple cornbread recipe, we enjoy using yellow cornmeal. It is more common and you may already have it in your pantry.
Yes, you can! If you choose to use a skillet, you may get crispy edges to this cornbread recipe.
Making this into cornbread muffins is simple. Use a muffin tin and pour the batter into the prepared muffin cups and then bake the muffins for 10-15 minutes.
A lot of chemistry goes into baking, so this cornbread recipe is no different. You need to use baking powder instead of using baking soda.
If you want to know why you need to use baking powder, take a look at Scientific American as to how baking powder makes cornbread fluffy!
Storage Instructions:
Fridge: Place the leftover cornbread into an airtight container for up to 5 days in the fridge or the counter for 3 days.
Dinner recipes to serve cornbread with:
- Instant Pot Ground Turkey and Pumpkin Chili recipe
- Instant Pot White Chicken Chili
- Instant Pot Ground Turkey Taco Chili Recipe.
- Instant Pot BBQ Chicken Chili Recipe
Easy Homemade Cornbread Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup cornmeal
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉.
- Spray a 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder.
- Stir in egg, milk and vegetable oil until well combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
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