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One of 53 cornbread recipes we measured

Southern Buttermilk Cornbread (no sugar recipe)

from www.restlesschipotle.com

105 cooks on www.restlesschipotle.com rate it 4.6β˜….

hands-on15m
waiting30 min
makes12
each$0.14
kcal172
levelintermediate
Needs:Lodge 12in cast ironAs an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base β€” next to the median of all 53.

this recipe typical
fat126%102%
total sugar0%47%
egg83%83%
leavener8%7%
salt5%2%
liquid510%203%
flour strength1.01.0

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

1 1/2 cups cornmeal
60 g1/2 cup all-purpose flour
5 g1 teaspoon baking soda
3 g1/2 teaspoon salt
50 g1 egg (beaten)
306 g1 1/4 cups buttermilk
76 g1/3 cup butter (melted)
14 g1 tablespoon bacon drippings (or omit and use an extra tablespoon of butter)

Method: 13 steps, published by www.restlesschipotle.com β€” open the original β†— or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

β€œI lost my cookbooks in a move and looked online for a cornbread recipe that doesn't call for sugar. I used this one and had very disappointing results. The cornbread is incredible dense and greasy, and had a skin on top that peeled off when I tried to apply ” β€” a cook, 1.0β˜…
β€œOnly one problem, REAL SOUTHERN CORNBREAD never had regular flour when i was growing up in the 40's. My grandm other purchased STONE GROUND WHEAT FLOUR which is what she used. My with however just used regular cornmeal only for her cornbread for over 40 years ” β€” a cook, 3.0β˜…
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