The Best Homemade Cornbread Recipe
I have been wanting to shout from the rooftops about this cornbread recipe ever since I had it a couple of months ago. Seriously, it’s the best ever cornbread!
I was invited to the 40th anniversary celebration of the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue at Walt Disney World’s Fort Wilderness Resort. I have never been before…I can’t believe I haven’t. It was such a blast. PS I found out that not only do they have campgrounds at Fort Wilderness, they also have cabins. They look like real rustic cabins on the outside but they are really nice and cozy on the inside with all of the amenities of a hotel room. You learn something new every day!
The place setting of the tables makes you feel like you’re in frontier times. With servers and the the Pioneer Hall Players dressed the part.
The food…oh my goodness, the food. I instagrammed the cornbread because seriously…they give you tons (yes!) and it’s amazing. Right then and there, I knew I would be making this recipe at home.
The fried chicken…just lovely. The servers play the part and THROW a bucket of chicken on the table, it’s pretty hilarious.
The dancing and singing is all good clean fun and perfect for the whole family. <3
And our server demanded that I actually “work” and handed me a washboard and a spoon. My friend Christine took this photo…I had no idea one of the singer/dancers photobombed the photo!
Lovely, just lovely strawberry shortcake desserts. I was so stuffed near the end but this cake was so good, I had to take a bite, okay a bunch of bites.
I feel so lucky that the Disney Chefs shares a lot of the recipes they make at the resort, in the parks and their restaurants!
First, I whisk together the dry ingredients.
The way I like to measure oil is to first measure the milk or water and then pour in the vegetable oil. That way you get less oil sticking in your measuring cup!
Beat the egg.
Then, beat in the other wet ingredients.
Add dry ingredients in batches.
Using a rubber spatula, mix the dry ingredients in.
Pour into a loaf pan.
Or make these into muffins!
You NEED to make this cornbread recipe…it’s the perfect moistness and sweetness, it’s literally the best cornbread I have ever made and I made it at least 5 times before I posted it. This will be showing up on our holiday dinner table this year!
Yield: Makes one loaf or 10 muffins
Prep Time: 12 minutes
Cook Time: 28 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Homemade Cornbread Recipe
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons unbleached all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup plus 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons fine cornmeal
- 1/2 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg, beaten
Directions:
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray an 8- or 9-inch loaf pan with baking spray (or add 10 cupcake liners to a muffin tin) and set aside.
- Add flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder and salt to a medium-sized mixing bowl bowl, whisk to combine.
- Add milk, oil and beaten egg to a medium bowl and whisk together.
- Add dry ingredients to to the liquid mixture in batches, mix with a rubber spatula until combined (don’t overmix).
- Pour batter into loaf pan and tilt pan to ensure batter is evenly spread or use a large cookie scoop (3 Tablespoons) to portion out muffins.
- Bake for 27 to 28 minutes, until golden brown, and when a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. (If making muffins, bake for 17 to 18 minutes).
- Cool muffins or loaf on metal rack. Allow cornbread loaf to cool at least 15 minutes before slicing.
Scaled and slightly tweaked from the Cornbread recipe shared by the Disney Chefs
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Disclosure: I was invited as a guest to enjoy the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue by Walt Disney World. My opinions are my own and I only share brands that I love!
I love, love, love cornbread and can not wait to make this! Looks like you had a great time! Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂
You wouldn’t know this, but I have been looking for a good cornbread recipe forever!!!!! FOREVER!!! They’re all OK, but I can’t wait to try yours! Yahoo!
i love love LOVE cornbread and now that chili season is upon us i can make it allllll the time! i can’t wait to try this recipe!
Oh the hoop dee do review is so fun! One of my favorite memories of Disney! Can’t wait to try your recipe for the best cornbread ever!
This looks like the best cornbread ever, love the look of the crumb!
You really can’t beat cornbread! This look way good, can’t wait to try it!
How fun! And the way that made you ‘work’ – totally funny! It reminds me how we did laundry when I was a kid. And cornbread? Yum!
Looks really good. You might want to change the amount of sugar from “1/2 cup plus 2 Tablespoons CUPS granulated sugar” to something different so nobody makes a mistake. 🙂
Thanks, fixed! 🙂
Looks like such a fun trip!
Would it be okay to sub almond milk for the whole milk? And maple syrup, honey or agave for sugar?
I have never made cornbread before. Thanks for the great recipe and inspiration recipe Julie, your cornbread looks super moist and of course delicious.
Thalia, you totally should make it!! <3
What fun a Julie! Disney is an unending source of joy…and great food. Love that you are sharing their recipe and the cute photo of your musical talents.
Did you get the recipe for the strawberry shortcake too, because that looks great too! I love cornbread, can’t wait to try this!
Oooooooo…I want to go there!! I need to remember this for our next Disney World visit. The girls would LOVE it! So when I was young, my parents would always get a lunch reservation for us at the Diamond Horseshoe Revue at Magic Kingdom – we’d be entertained while we ate, so fun!! We took Hatti there 10 years ago, but it wasn’t there when we returned a few years ago. Do you know if this is a similar show at Fort Wilderness?
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Julie! You are KILLING me here! I’m trying to lose weight but can’t stop trying your recipes because they are REALLY GOOD.
“Holding head down in shame.* Going to the pantry to make this recipe.
Thank for you sharing this!
That was such a fun night! And the cornbread was nearly as good as the company 🙂
I will definitely try you re-creation of it. Probably the best I’ve ever had!
It’s seriously the best I have ever had. Thank you for coming along! It was so fun!!! 🙂
Now this is my kind of sweet cornbread…tfs!!
I can’t wait to try this! I love a good corn bread recipe, especially in the fall. I’m going to try it baked in a cast iron skillet – my favorite way to make it. The crust gets extra browned and crisp. Yum!
Hi! I’m thinking I need to try this recipe; however, just a quick question…..I don’t use “whole” milk, only fat free/skim milk. Is that o.k. to use in this recipe or would it not work?
THANKS!
Would like to try this recipe; however, can fat free/skim milk be used in place of whole milk?
THANKS!
Made for dinner, it was not done in time so we had for dessert! Was very good but it did not rise a lot? Any ideas why? Might double the recipe next time for a 9in Loaf pan.
I also would add a little vanilla.
Looks delicious! Have never had or made cornbread before, it’s not really a ‘thing’ in Aus, will have to give this a go! Thanks!
Looks great, but quick question: Is it supposed to be 1/2 TEASPOON of baking powder, not TABLESPOON?
Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Hi Christine,
Thanks! As I said in email, it is actually Tablespoon. Hope you try it and enjoy it!!
Julie 🙂
I’m so glad I found your cornbread recipe! My last few attempts were…unsuccessful. My husband is from New Mexico and is pretty much a cornbread afficionado. I tried your recipe tonight (with a sausage and bean soup that I made). It is so good! But my husband’s ‘review’ is the best. He said, ‘This is the one! This is perfect! It’s sweet and moist and light all at the same time. Don’t ever make any other cornbread!”
Thank you so much!
I’ve made this recipe twice now and it is fantastic! My hubby and I both think it is hands down the best cornbread recipe ever! I was also stumped by the one and a half tablespoon instruction but a quick google search told me it is equivalent to one and a half teaspoons so that’s what I use and it worked perfectly. I did make one minor alteration to the recipe but that was a decision based on my personal preference… that was to add 2 tablespoons of melted butter (salted) to the milk/egg/oil mixture but I’m sure it would have been just as good without it. Fantastic recipe, I highly recommend it!!!
Oops I meant a half tablespoon equals 1 1/2 teaspoons!
Very delicious cornbread. To me was a little too sweet, next time will omit the 2 tablespoons of sugar. Definitely a keeper.
Just tried this and it is very moist and perfectly cooked. I even substituted egg for water and it came out perfect. Thumbs up!
Hi Julie, I made this cornbread recipe for m 16 year old son and he loved it! It came out moist and tasted great! The first time i made it, i followed your recipe exactly and it came out perfect. The second time i subsituted the flour with gluten free flour. It didn’t come out quite right. The issue was it seemed a bit undercooked in the center. My son and i are gluten sensitive (me a lot more so than him). I try to bake gluten free whn i can because for one thing, the flour is more nutritious. Next time i will try gluten free flour again but bake it in a square shallon dish instead of loaf size to see if that helps. If it doesn’t, i will revert back to regular flour as this recipe is excellent! And believe me, i have tried many and they were all lacking one way or the other. This one was perfect! Thanks!
I tried your recipe last night but we are not used to sweet bread for dinner ! It was very good but much too sweet for us, defintely better this morning a bit toasted and with a thin layer of butter 😉 Have a good day!
Do you have any suggestions as to why the sides and bottom of the cornbread gets
brown? Am I baking it in two hot an oven? Thank you.
Thirza L. Burnett
thirzab@omnicityusa.com
Hi Thirza!
My sides and bottoms get pretty brown. What are you using to grease your pan? And is the browning too much that it affects the taste?
I use a nonstick baking spray that has flour in it (Baker’s Joy)…hope that helps!
Just used your recipe to make some muffins (my hubby hates cornbread so this way I can pop a few in the freezer and get my fix whenever I feel a cornbread craving coming on). The muffins have a great texture and flavor, but boy are they sweet! This is coming from someone who still buys the occasional box of kids cereal for nostalgic reasons. The first half muffin I had I put butter and honey on it, big mistake. The second half I put just butter and it was much better! I should have listened to my bakers instinct when I saw it was 2 part sugar to 3 parts flour but I’ll try the recipe again but cut the sugar in half, if not more.
The recipe is in the oven. I did substitute buttermilk and lessened the sugar to 1/3 cup.
Here in Appalachia (Ohio, Kentucky ans West Virginia) it is a crime not to bake corn bread in an iron skillet. I put a little oil in the skillet and heat in on top of the stove before I put in the batter and move it to the oven.
I tend to prefer less sweet cornbread and our family has traditionally used buttermilk if its on hand and I had bought some to make cornbread before I saw your recipe.
The cornbread turned out great. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Don L.
I love this recipe. This is by far our favorite cornbread recipe. Thank you!
I was wondering, if you have any recommendation when it comes to Jalapeno Cornbread? I found few recipes online but thought, I would check with you first. Thanks again.
Hello! I added 1/2 cup of chopped jalepenos.. It is the best ever, not too spicy because of the sweetness in the bread, will definitely make again! Thank you!
I am NOT a baker but need to make corn bread for a Cajun dinner I am attending. I did a test run this morning to make sure I wouldn’t royally mess up and then be embarrassed at the party. I made a recipe with cheese and green onions and jalapenos and an obsene amount of butter and my partner and I hated it, flavour and texture! Then in a slight panic I stumbled upon this recipe, liked the muffin version idea and thought I’d give it a try, as at this point I was more interested in simplicity. Verdict: Wow! Loved it, as does my partner. Thanks for the great share 🙂
I LOVE CORNBREAD!!!!this looks so yummy! I want to try this
I tried a bunch of cornbread recipes before finding this one – By far the best one I’ve tried!
Definitely going to save this and make it a bunch more times. Thanks!