The Best Homemade Cornbread Recipe
This recipe for homemade cornbread is tried and true and perfect EVERY time! My family has been making this easy cornbread recipe for decades and THOUSANDS of people on the internet LOVE it too! Read the reviews!
Ingredients
- 1 cupall-purpose flour (not self rising flour)
- 1 cupyellow cornmeal (fine ground, not cornmeal mix)
- ⅝ cupgranulated sugar
- 1 teaspoonsalt
- 1 ½ teaspoonsbaking powder (see notes for recent changes)
- ⅓ cupneutral oil or melted butter
- 1 largeegg
- 1 cupmilk (or milk substitute like almond milk)
Directions
- 1
Grease a 9-inch round cake pan or square baking dish or cast iron skillet well and set aside. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. See notes for other pan sizes.
- 2
In a medium mixing bowl, add the flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Whisk to combine well.
- 3
Make a well in the center of your dry ingredients and add your oil or butter, milk, and egg. Stir just until the mixture comes together and there are only a few lumps remaining.
- 4
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- 5
Serve hot.