Recipes and Cooking Bread Recipes Our 13 Best Cornbread Recipes By Wini Moranville Wini Moranville Facebook Instagram Website Food, wine, and travel writer Wini Moranville is the author of "Everyday French Cooking: Modern French Cuisine Made Simple." Over the past 25 years, she has written hundreds of articles, covering everything from Christmas Cookies to Cognac for Better Homes and Gardens, Bonjour Paris, Relish Magazine, and other national publications. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on September 18, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Here's how to make cornbread any way you like it! This collection includes our best cornbread recipes ever. We start with our classic sweet cornbread recipe, then show you all kinds of variations, including a traditional Southern cornbread recipe, four takes on cast-iron cornbread, and a number of ways to whip up a great buttermilk cornbread recipe. You'll also find plenty of spot-on recipes for cornbread muffins, too. 01 of 13 Spiced Nuts and Zucchini Cornbread View Recipe Here we've added quite a few easy stir-ins to the usual cornbread ingredients for one of our best cornbread recipes ever. Zucchini and applesauce help make this a super-moist cornbread recipe, while the spicy nuts and creamed corn add extra flavor and texture. 02 of 13 Cornbread Muffins View Recipe This recipe for cornbread muffins is actually four recipes in one! Check out the variations to make Orange-Cranberry Cornbread Muffins, Honey-Poppy Seed Cornbread Muffins, or Maple-Bacon Cornbread Muffins. Or stick with the basic ingredients for a classic, go-with-anything sweet cornbread recipe. 03 of 13 Corn and Poblano Spoon Bread View Recipe Here's another moist cornbread recipe. In fact, it's so moist you need to scoop it with a spoon! Try it as side dish to barbecue meats. Or serve it in the bowl alongside your thickest chili. 04 of 13 Peach-Prosciutto Cornbread Muffins View Recipe We designed these cornbread muffins as a breakfast treat, but we can't see any reason why they wouldn't go swimmingly with a steaming bowl of soup in winter or a patio-perfect salad in summer. Note that while the list of cornbread ingredients usually includes milk, we've swapped in half-and-half or light cream for extra richness. 05 of 13 Bacon Cornbread View Recipe This pleasantly moist cornbread recipe shows you how to make cornbread in the slow cooker. And with bacon and whole kernel corn added to the list of cornbread ingredients, how can you go wrong? 06 of 13 Savory Zucchini Cornbread Muffins View Recipe Look closer! These are no ordinary cornbread muffins. We've baked a hard-cooked egg inside each one. Indeed, this recipe shows you how to make cornbread into a main dish. Serve with bacon or sausage, and you're set for a great weekend breakfast! 07 of 13 Cornmeal Blueberry Scones View Recipe Looking for a sweet cornbread recipe? Maybe what you really want is a cornbread scone! This quick bread has blueberries and two kinds of sugar for extra layers of sweetness. Serve it as a teatime treat or with soup or salad for lunch. 08 of 13 Pull-Apart Cornmeal Dinner Rolls View Recipe What's a dinner roll doing in our list of best cornbread recipes? We couldn't resist! When you have a little extra time, this tender yeast bread is a great alternative, especially when you're serving a crowd—the recipe makes 32 rolls. Our Best Bread Recipes 09 of 13 Crusty Cornbread View Recipe Andy Lyons You found it! The buttermilk cornbread recipe you're looking for. Because it has no flour or sugar, it also boasts the hearty texture of a classic Southern cornbread recipe. If you really want to stay true to the South, serve it with molasses instead of honey-butter. 10 of 13 Cornmeal Griddle Cakes View Recipe You might be wondering why we put cornmeal griddle cakes on our list of best cornbread recipes, but we think it makes perfect sense! These satisfying disks are a super-crispy, pan-fried cousin to the usual buttermilk cornbread recipe. Serve them with anything you'd eat with cornbread: chili, red beans and rice, navy bean soup, and more! 11 of 13 Lemon-Blueberry Corn Cake View Recipe If you're looking for a sweet cornbread recipe, this might be the sweetest option in our files! With blueberries and an extra touch of sugar, it tastes like a cross between blueberry muffins and cornbread muffins, making it a great choice to serve with breakfast or brunch. 12 of 13 Chicken Stew with Cornmeal Dumplings View Recipe Andy Lyons Here's how to make cornbread without turning on your stove! Cornmeal dumplings taste a lot like cornmeal muffins—the difference is that you steam the dumplings directly on top of a stew on the stove top rather than baking them in muffin cups in the oven. In our book, that means one less pan to clean! How to Make Dumplings 13 of 13 Pumpkin Cornbread View Recipe Here's a textbook case on how to make cornbread moist: Add pumpkin to the cornbread ingredients! PS: Check out the recipe variation if you prefer to make cornbread muffins. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit