Grammy's Kitchen · Cornbread · The Best Homemade Cornbread
One of 53 cornbread recipes we measured
from www.blessthismessplease.com
865 cooks on www.blessthismessplease.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 53.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 152% | 102% |
| total sugar | 35% | 47% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 4167% | 0% |
| egg | 10% | 83% |
| leavener | 5% | 7% |
| salt | 1% | 2% |
| liquid | 0% | 203% |
| fruit | 1% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 120 g | 1 cup all-purpose flour (not self rising flour) |
| 1 cup yellow cornmeal (fine ground, not cornmeal mix) | |
| 133 g | 2/3 cup granulated sugar |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder (see notes for recent changes) |
| 76 g | 1/3 cup neutral oil or melted butter |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 244 g | 1 cup milk (or milk substitute like almond milk) |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.blessthismessplease.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I mixed my dry ingredients very well. The texture was great and I was raised on southern cornbread, sweet, unsweet, packaged and homemade. If you want southern cornbread you will need to reduced the sugar. 2/3 cup is by far too much. 1/3 is sufficient and if i” — a cook, 4.0★
“I was craving cornbread, and so many recipes called for things I didnât have on hand â like buttermilk. This recipe was so easy to make with everyday pantry ingredients, and the consistency was perfect â crisp crust and soft on the inside. I canât stop” — a cook, 5.0★