Easy Golden Fluffy Cornbread Recipe
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This easy cornbread recipe makes delicious fluffy cornbread that is worthy of a holiday table. The texture of this sunny golden cornbread is amazing – light, fluffy and full of corn flavor!
This recipe makes a true golden cornbread that doesn’t pretend to be anything other than a bread with deep corn flavor. Some people make a cake with a little bitty sprinkling of corn meal and a pound of sugar and call it a cornbread. Not me! This cornbread has the whole cup of yellow corn meal, so the corn flavor really comes through. It is not a cake, it is not a muffin, it is not dessert – it is a BREAD that will elevate your meal to the whole new level!
Any beginner can make this cornbread easily, even if you never bake and don’t even own a mixer! No mixer or special tools are needed – just put all the ingredients in a bowl, mix (a fork will work for the mixing!), pour in a baking pan and bake. In comes the mixture, out comes the cornbread – golden-yellow, light and fluffy!
The best feature of the cornbread is the CRUMB! What other kind of bread has such large, soft, yellow, mouthwatering crumb full of sweet corn flavor? Only cornbread can produce a crumb that just stands on its own and actually gets noticed. It will just crumble inside your mouth, melting away in deliciousness.
My favorite way of eating this cornbread is with a hearty bowl of chili. Chili and cornbread are just made for each other! In fact, cornbread is great with any kind of soup – it turns a bowl of soup into a complete meal! If you are looking for a perfect chili recipe to go with this delicious cornbread, look no further – I’ve got an amazingly easy crockpot chili recipe for you!
This hearty warm chili with a side of delicious golden cornbread – mmmmmm! Doesn’t get any better than that!
Got an Instant Pot? I have an Instant Pot version of this corn bread for you, check out my Instant Pot cornbread recipe.
Easy Golden Fluffy Cornbread Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- Spray a 9-inch round baking pan with a non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk the egg with a fork. Add milk and oil and mix until combined.
- Add flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix until combined.
- Pour the batter in a baking pan.
- Put in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.
Thanks so much for sharing this. It sounds so easy and that moist crumb looks sensational! Great job!
Thanks Monica! The best feature of the corn bread is the CRUMB! These crumbs are so soft and full of corn taste, and they fall apart and melt in your mouth!
Melanie would it work to substitute one cup of creamed corn for the milk, or would I lose some magic baking secret by not having the milk protein?
I am baking for a bake sale so I want to be careful.
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I’ve never tried substituting creamed corn for the milk, but I know it’s a common substitution for cornbread recipes, so I think it’s worth a try. If you try it, please post back and let us know how it turned out.
I LOVE cornbread! This does look so light and fluffy! Cornbread perfection!
Thanks Jess! It really is as light and fluffy as it looks!
I love cornbread so much! It’s not really a ‘thing’ here in Australlia like it seems to be in the US, which is a shame because it’s just so yum. I’ve tried making it a few times, though, as I was introduced to it via recipes from US food bloggers (definitely one of the perks of reading lots of food blogs – trying new foods!). To be honest, though, I think a lot of Australians wouldn’t know what it is – they’d probably think it was a cake or something, because it kind of looks likes one if you’ve never seen it before! There’s also one brand here (which is actually quite hard to find) that does a baking mix which you just add milk/water and oil to, and it was really yummy, too! I must try your golden, fluffy version next time, Melanie! :D
Definitely give it a try, Lisa! And who needs a hard-to-find baking mix when it’s so easy to make yourself :) Cornbread is awesome with chili or any other kind of hearty soup!
Now I totally feel like I need to make cornbread (and chili!) for dinner. There’s honestly nothing better in the middle of February!
Chili and cornbread are a match made in heaven! You are right, they are so perfect for winter!
Wow you can really see how lovely and light the texture is from the cut photos! Just like how I love my cornbread :D
Yes, the texture is really what sets the cornbread apart from other breads – it’s so unique, you just can’t mistake it for another bread!
What a beautiful cornbread!
Thank you, Peachy! It tastes as good as it looks!
I can almost smell this amazing looking cornbread through the laptop screen! I wanna huge chunk right now! #please
Now this slice of cornbread is going to jump out of the computer screen right on your lap ? Seriously, you need to make this, your house will smell amazing and this cornbread tastes so good!
I absolutely love cornbread, I think I could live off of it. This looks delicious! I definitely agree that the best way to eat it is with chili too, my favorite :)
I can eat sooo much of it at once – with or without chili!
You had me at ‘fluffy’! I’m a huge fan of cornbread and I won’t eat chili without it! Gotta love that golden color :)
I’m always surprised when I see people making cornbread out of white cornmeal. Cornbread just has to be golden yellow ?
Cornbread is the best! This recipe looks similar to my favorite – can’t wait to give this a try!
This cornbread is so yummy! Please let me know how it turned out for you!
I love corn bread but it is not a common food here, a lot of time goes in between my corn bread bites. I should make some. Totally agree corn bread has to have lots of corn meal in it. Great recipe!
You should definitely make it – this cornbread recipe is so easy to make and so yummy!
Love cornbread! This looks so good! Pinned to try it!
Thanks, Mira! Let me know how it turned out!
Your corn bread looks so vibrant Melanie ?
Thanks, Tandy! “Vibrant” describes it perfectly, I love this word! It’s true – this cornbread is so cheerfully yellow, has a personality and is full of life ?
Oh my gosh – FLUFFY CORNBREAD?? You just made my husband’s day and he doesn’t even know it yet!
Hope your husband enjoys this cornbread as much as my husband did! We devoured it, there wasn’t a crumb left!
I love the colour of this bread so much ♥
Me too! Cornbread just has to be golden yellow! I say No to the white cornmeal ?
I absolutely love love love cornbread! This one looks perfect too!
Thanks Laura! I feel the same way about cornbread- love love love!!!!!
Wonderful color! I’ve been wanting to make cornbread for years but didn’t manage yet. I’ve no idea how this tastes but I am sure I would love it.
Thank you for the recipe! I followed it to make my first cornbread ever and it is delicious! Me and my husband will have it during the week and can’t wait to try it with chili! :D
Your cornbread look so good, cornbread is not common in New Brunswick, I think I am going to try it tonight with bbq ribs, I think I will have a happy husband. Thank you for the recipe. ?
Everyone loved it!
Its fluffy texture and golden color made it look as good as it tasted. I’ve been making it regularly ever since! 😊