Homemade Cornbread

Who's ready for a homemade cornbread that pairs well with your favorite chili, rack of ribs or favorite soup?! Homemade Cornbread is easy and oh so delicious. This southern style cornbread recipe has a moist cake-like texture and is a sweet bread. It's an instant family favorite and you can make it so fast!

What is Southern Cornbread?

So what is southern style cornbread? Southern style cornbread is a sweet cake-like cornbread. It is made with yellow or white cornmeal. This style of cornbread calls for more eggs than other styles of cornbread which gives it a buttery taste and that cake-like texture I love. When we lived in the south, we were served sweet cornbread often at bbq joints. It paired so well and we knew we had to recreate that sweet taste.

Quick and Easy Homemade Cornbread Recipe

This moist cornbread recipe is so quick and easy to make. Within minutes you can have that delicious homemade taste ready for your next meal. Without any extra steps, simply mix together all the ingredients, and pour into a lightly greased pan and bake.

I love how simple the cornbread ingredients are. It's simple ingredients that most have on hand, and you come out with an amazing product!!

How to make Homemade Cornbread

Let's get baking!

What are the ingredients of cornbread? Your dry ingredients are, yellow cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. The Wet ingredients include, eggs, melted butter and milk.

First start by mixing together all the dry ingredients together in a medium sized mixing bowl. Why do you mix together your dry ingredients before adding the wet ingredients? This makes sure that all the dry ingredients mix thoroughly and incorporate throughout the entire mix.

Next, add in all the wet ingredients to your well mixed dry ingredients. Mix together until the batter is smooth.

Pour the cornbread mixture into a lightly greased 9x9 pan.

Cook cornbread for 20 minutes at 425 degrees.

You can check for doneness by sticking a toothpick in the center and if it comes out clean it's done.

Cut and serve immediately with butter and honey.

Tips and Tricks

Another fun way to make this cornbread recipe is making it into cornbread muffins instead. Put about ¼ cup of batter in a lined cupcake pan. Bake the muffins for 10 minutes at 425. Depending on which type of cupcake liners you use, you may need to decrease or increase the cook time. I love using silicone cupcake liners and often find I need to increase the cook time to compensate for the difference from paper liners.

What to eat with Homemade Cornbread?

Cornbread is one of my favorite sides with a red or white chili, bbq, or a fall day soup. I love topping this sweet bread with butter or honey. Both honey and butter pair perfectly with the moist cake-like texture of the homemade cornbread.

Other Delicious Sides and Fall Treats

Easy Homemade Apple Muffins--these muffins are great for a fall day snack, or pair perfectly with a soup dinner.

Pumpkin Chocolate Swirl Bread - Another great side or fall treat perfect for entertaining or staying at home.

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles - Whether you are having friends over, going to a party, or eating these yourself, you won't be able to keep these soft and chewy cookies around. A new fall favorite that are simply scrumptious!

Maple Blondies - A delicious fall dessert that will capture all the flavors your love in a delicious blondie style bar.

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