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Best Cornbread Recipe
5 from 45 votes

Best Cornbread Recipe

This Best Cornbread Recipe blends cornmeal, all-purpose flour, and buttermilk with eggs, applesauce, and honey to create moist, tender cornbread with subtle sweetness. The resting of the cornmeal and buttermilk mixture allows textures to meld before baking. The cornbread features a golden crust and soft crumb, suitable for serving alongside savory dishes or with honey butter.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 16
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American

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 applesauce at room temperature, unsweetened
  • 1/4 cup - 1/2 cup (50-100g) granulated sugar depending on how sweet you like it
  • 3 Tbsp (45ml) honey
  • 3 egg large

Instructions

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  1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together cornmeal and buttermilk until well blended, allow to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 13 by 9-inch baking dish, set aside.
  3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside.
  4. Add melted butter, applesauce, sugar, honey and eggs to cornmeal mixture and whisk until well combine.
  5. Stir in dry ingredients and whisk just until combined (small lumps like pancake batter are fine).
  6. 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.
  7. 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

  • Whipped honey butter is made by whipping softened salted butter, honey, and powdered sugar until fluffy, adding a sweet topping.
  • Salted butter may be used in place of unsalted by reducing the salt in the recipe to 1/2 teaspoon.
  • Use 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons applesauce if measuring from a bottled source to match the recipe's intended quantity.
  • Sugar quantity can be adjusted from 1/4 cup for milder sweetness up to 1/2 cup for sweeter cornbread.