Ingredients (~8-10 servings)
- 1 1/2 cups fine cornmeal
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp sea salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) salted butter, melted, plus more for greasing
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp honey
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup whole milk
Prep Your Pan and Preheat Oven to 400F
Grease and lightly flour a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
The flour helps prevent sticking but don’t go crazy with it – just a light dusting after you butter the pan.
Combine All the Dry Ingredients
In a medium bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Make sure there are no lumps of baking powder – those create weird pockets in the finished cornbread.
Mix Wet Ingredients Then Combine with Dry
In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, honey, eggs, sour cream, and milk until smooth.
The honey might clump up at first but keep whisking and it’ll incorporate.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and whisk until just combined – don’t overmix or you’ll get tough cornbread.
Bake for ~20-25 Minutes Until Golden Brown
Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and spread it evenly.
Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, ~20-25 minutes.
The top should spring back lightly when pressed and the edges will start pulling away from the sides of the pan slightly.
Let cool for ~10 minutes before cutting – it’ll hold together better and won’t crumble as much.
Homemade Cornbread
Ingredients
Ingredients (~8-10 servings)
- 1 1/2 cups fine cornmeal
- 2 cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp sea salt
- 3/4 cup salted butter 1 1/2 sticks, melted, plus more for greasing
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp honey
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F and grease a 9×13-inch baking dish with butter and light flour dusting.
- Whisk cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
- In a large bowl, whisk melted butter, sugar, honey, eggs, sour cream, and milk until smooth.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and whisk until just combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
- Bake 20-25 minutes until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool 10 minutes before cutting.
