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Super moist and flavorful buttermilk cornbread to get your taste buds rolling. This recipe is excellent for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and can go with any meal of your choice.
Whether you’re Southern or not, you no doubt have an appreciation for cornbread. There are various styles of cornbread, but this buttermilk cornbread recipe adds a twist to the Southern-style cornbread, with the creamed corn acting as a natural sweetener to give it more corn flavor and make it extra moist and weighty. This recipe is sure to please anyone who loves good bread and will definitely appeal to your entire family.
The best part about this recipe is that it’s cheap and easy to make. You can serve it alongside any dish of your choosing, such as; spicy chili, taco soup, roasted chicken, or barbecued meat.
Recipe Details
Prep time: 10 mins; Cook time: 24 mins; Total: 45 mins
Yield: 9- inch cornbread; Serving size; 8 servings
Ingredients
2 cups yellow or white cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar (this is optional. cream-style corn will add desired sweetening)
1 cup buttermilk
3 large eggs
15 ounces cream-style corn
4 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
Cooking spray (to grease baking pan)
The Process
Step 1: Make sure to have all ingredients ready and within reach. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 425°F
Step 2: Mix the dry ingredients, including cornmeal, flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and sugar, in a large bowl. Ensure they mix properly.
Whisk the buttermilk and eggs together in a different bowl. Add the cream-style corn and melted butter, and then stir properly.
Step 3: Mix the wet and dry ingredients together and stir appropriately until it just blends. Then, carefully transfer the mix to the greased baking pan.
Step 4: Transfer pan and contents to preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes. When done, cornbread will turn golden brown and spring back when lightly touched.
Step 5: Take out bread from the oven, serve warm or cool for everyone to enjoy
Tips:
If you lack buttermilk, you can substitute it with a homemade version. To prepare this, you measure 15 tablespoons of milk into a measuring cup and then add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar to it. Allow the mixture to stand for 10 minutes before using it for baking.
Variations:
Green onions, cheddar cheese, and chipotle powder can be added to get variations in flavor.
You can make a bacon and cheese cornbread variation of this. This will require that you add ¼ cup of crumbled batter, 1 cup of grated cheddar cheese, and ¼ cup of sliced green onion.
