From scratch · Quick breads

Cornbread

Cornmeal and flour, lightly sweet, baked in a hot pan in about half an hour.

✋ 10 min hands-on ⏱ 42 min start to finish 🍽 One 8-inch square pan (or 9-inch skillet), 9 pieces.

ContainsWheat, Milk, Eggs.

Ingredients

1 cup yellow cornmeal
125 g all-purpose flour
25 g granulated sugar, up to 50 g for sweeter
12 g baking powder
3 g table salt
1 cup whole milk
1 eggs, large
57 g butter, salted, melted, or vegetable oil

Time

Hands-on time is when you’re busy; the rest is rising, simmering, chilling or cooling, when you can do something else.

Step	Hands-on	Waiting
Mix	10 min	–
Bake at 400°F	–	22 min
Cool	–	10 min
In all	10 min	32 min

How long it keeps

Counter: wrapped, about 3 days (NDSU’s figure for bread).
Freezer: wrapped once cool, 2 to 4 months (University of Missouri’s time for quick breads); thaw in the wrapping, 1 to 2 hours.

Nutrition

Estimated from the ingredients’ USDA FoodData Central numbers.

Steps

You’ll need: bowl, 8-inch square pan or 9-inch cast-iron skillet.

Heat the oven to 400°F. Grease the pan (for a crisp crust, heat a greased skillet in the oven).
Whisk the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Whisk the milk, egg and melted butter separately, then stir them into the dry mix just until combined.
Pour into the pan and bake 20 to 25 minutes, until golden and a toothpick in the middle comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes.

⚖️ ScalingDouble it in a 9 × 13 pan; bake 25 to 30 minutes.

🛡 SafetyDon’t taste raw dough or batter, and wash your hands and the counter after handling flour: raw flour can carry germs that only baking kills (FDA).

Good to knowGarden flint or dent corn ground to meal works here.

🌱 Grow it

You can grow some of what goes into this: flint or dent corn and eggs (backyard hens).

🌱 Plan a garden with it →

Sources

Food Storage Guide (FN579), NDSU Extension, reviewed January 2023. Accessed 2026-10-25.
How to Freeze Home-Prepared Foods (GH1505), University of Missouri Extension. Accessed 2026-10-25.
Handling Flour Safely: What You Need to Know, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accessed 2026-10-25.

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