Best Cornbread Recipe
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My go-to cornbread recipe! It's fluffy, soft and tender, moist, flavorful and the perfect comforting side dish - especially when served warm and finished with whipped honey butter.
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups (245g) cornmeal
- 1 1/2 cups (355ml) buttermilk
- 1 1/2 cups (212g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 8 Tbsp (113g) unsalted butter*, melted
- 2 (4 oz) containers unsweetened applesauce** (at room temperature)
- 1/4 cup - 1/2 cup (50-100g) granulated sugar***, depending on how sweet you like it
- 3 Tbsp (45ml) honey
- 3 large eggs
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Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together cornmeal and buttermilk until well blended, allow to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 13 by 9-inch baking dish, set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside.
- Add melted butter, applesauce, sugar, honey and eggs to cornmeal mixture and whisk until well combine.
- Stir in dry ingredients and whisk just until combined (small lumps like pancake batter are fine).
- Pour mixture into prepared baking dish, spread into an even layer and bake 23 - 30 minutes (some said their's takes longer) until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack 5 - 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with honey or whipped honey butter (recipe in notes below). Store in an airtight container.
Notes
- OPTIONAL HONEY BUTTER
- In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, whip together 1/2 cup softened salted butter, 1/3 cup honey, and 1/4 cup powdered sugar until mixture becomes light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- *Salted butter will work great too, just reduce salt in recipe to 1/2 tsp.
- **If measuring from a bottle of applesauce use 3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp applesauce.
- ***I like it with a lighter sweetness so I use 1/4 cup sugar but if you like it sweeter use 1/2 cup.
- Nutrition estimate based on using 1/4 cup sugar and does not include honey butter.
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