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Moist and Sweet Cornbread

This is the best and easiest sweet cornbread recipe! It will crumble in your hand and melt in your mouth. Sweet cornbread is soft, moist, flavorful, and sweet. You can adjust the sweetness level by adding more or less sugar or honey.

Sweet Cornbread Recipe

I like cornbread recipes because of their versatility. You can easily add the toppings you like (jalapenos, bacon crumbs, jelly, honey, or butter). Usually, I prepare this homemade cornbread recipe for breakfast or a bbq (as a side dish).

You should try this recipe if you usually make sweet cornbread using pre-made cornbread mixes. You don’t know how to make sweet cornbread from scratch? It is quick and super easy. No need to use an electric mixer! Just combine all of the ingredients and bake it. You will enjoy it and forget about pre-made mixes.

How Do You Make Homemade Cornbread?

This sweet cornbread recipe is super easy to make. Preheat the oven to 350F and grease an 8-inch square pan with non-stick cooking spray.

Stir together the dry ingredients.

Whisk together the wet ingredients. Add to the dry ingredients. Stir until combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 30-35 minutes or until it begins to brown and is ready.

Remove from the oven. Let the cornbread cool for 10 minutes. Then, slice and serve warm with butter or a drizzle of honey!

Sweet Cornbread Recipe

Topping Ideas For Cornbread

For me, the simplest and the most basic toppings for cornbread are butter, honey, or syrup. But there are a lot of topping ideas depending on your taste:

  • Jalapeno pepper. If you are a fan of spicy food, you can top it off with a slice of cornbread with freshly chopped or roasted jalapenos. Cornbread also goes well with chili or spicy soup.
  • Cheese. I prefer to top sweet cornbread with crumbly cheese like feta, goat cheese, or cheddar.
  • Bacon. Crispy and delicious crumbles of bacon are a perfect topping for cornbread.

Please, share your favorite topping ideas for cornbread in the comments below. We would be happy to try them!

Sweet Cornbread Recipe

Can You Freeze Cornbread?

Yes, you can store this cornbread for 2-3 months in the freezer. To freeze, double-wrap it tightly with plastic wrap.

Of course, thawed cornbread doesn’t taste the same as fresh (it may become more crumbly). I rarely freeze leftover cornbread. I prefer to serve it fresh.

Sweet Cornbread Recipe

Sweet Cornbread Recipe

Yield: Servings: 9
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • - 1 cup cornmeal;
  • - 1 cup all-purpose flour;
  • - ½ cup granulated sugar;
  • - 3 tsp baking powder;
  • - ½ tsp salt;
  • - 1 ¼ cups milk;
  • - 2 large eggs;
  • - ⅓ cup vegetable oil;
  • - 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted;
  • - 2 tbsp honey.

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease the bottom and the sides of an 8-inch square pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. In a bowl, stir together the dry ingredients (cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt).
  3. In another bowl whisk together the wet ingredients (milk, eggs, vegetable oil, melted butter, and honey). Add to the dry ingredients. Stir until combined.
  4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Spread evenly.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes or until it begins to brown and is ready. Check the readiness of the sweet cornbread using a toothpick inserted in the center, if it comes out clean - the cornbread is ready.
  6. Remove from the oven. Let the cornbread cool for 10 minutes. Then, slice and serve warm with butter or a drizzle of honey!

RB

Saturday 11th of February 2023

This is the best cornbread I’ve ever had! So easy and amazing!

Jessica

Saturday 11th of February 2023

Excellent!! So glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate you taking the time to write me a review!

Blake

Saturday 26th of November 2022

Normally I make plain cornbread, but my wife likes sweet cornbread. The night before Thanksgiving I was planning a seafood gumbo, so the search for a sweet cornbread began. I landed on this recipe thinking "this is probably as good as any other recipe I will find." What a happy accident landing on this recipe. This recipe was the perfect amount of sweet and moist. The bread was not meal-y at all. Plan on making this sweet cornbread for many meals to come!

Cathy

Thursday 3rd of November 2022

Fantastic recipe! The cornbread was perfectly sweet and moist! This is now my go to recipe for cornbread!

Wanda myers

Saturday 29th of October 2022

Best cornbread recipe I’ve ever tried! Love it! Thanks for the recipe!

Ada

Thursday 20th of October 2022

Thank you that I stumbled on your site and I see this corn bread recipe and it’ look yummy so I did made this today it is so delicious 😋😋😋😋thank you 🙏

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