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Old Fashioned Cornbread

This from scratch Old Fashioned Cornbread is soft, moist, tender, and slightly sweet, just like grandma use to make! It’s the BEST bread that goes great with chili, soups, stews, with jam and even in your holiday dressing.
Prep Time8 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Old Fashioned Cornbread
Servings: 8 servings
Author: Jen Lunsford

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cup Cornmeal
  • ¾ cup Flour
  • 1 tbsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 8 tbsp Butter
  • 1 ¼ cup Buttermilk
  • 2 Eggs

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
  • Put butter in skillet and place in oven until butter melts.
  • Add buttermilk and eggs to dry ingredients and whisk just until blended.
  • Swirl butter up and around sides of skillet to coat.
  • Pour melted butter into batter and just whisk until incorporated.
  • Pour batter back into skillet and bake for 35 minutes until golden brown.

Notes

For the BEST Old Fashioned Cornbread, use a high quality butter if possible, cook in a cast iron skillet and do not OVER bake.

Nutrition

Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 596mg | Potassium: 178mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 471IU | Calcium: 145mg | Iron: 2mg