I loved when my mom made stew or chili growing up because then she was sure to make homemade biscuits or sweet cornbread to go along with it. And let me tell you, she had a moist cornbread recipe that was always a hit. She’d make a big 9″x 13″ pan of it and we were always happy to have some leftovers. My mom’s cornbread was special, especially with some butter and syrup on top. Yum, right? If you haven’t tried it that way you must. It sinfully good.
For dinner yesterday my husband begged me to make some chili (it was chilly here) and cornbread. Short on time, instead of calling my mother for her recipe I quickly looked at allrecipes to find one similar.
I think this sweet cornbread recipe tastes just like the cornbread I grew up on! Sweet and perfect right out of the oven, we were all in heaven.
How to Make Sweet Cornbread
This sweet cornbread recipe has a full cup of sugar in it. If sweet is not what you are looking for in a cornbread recipe, you can cut this amount down. Loaded with milk, this recipe creates a very moist cornbread!
- ⅔ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1⅔ cups milk
- 2⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 4½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Cream butter and and sugar with mixer.
- In a separate bowl whisk eggs and milk. I
- In another bowl blend flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt. Alternately add egg/milk mixture and flour mixture to creamed butter, mixing after each addition.
- Spread batter into greased 13"x19" pan and bake at 400 degrees until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 22 to 27 minutes.
- Serve warm.
Tastes great with butter and honey or syrup so give it a try!
Looking for some delicious recipes to serve with your cornbread?
Try this 3 bean chicken chili recipe or this slow cooker black bean soup. Don’t eat meat? This slow cooker vegetarian taco soup recipe might be just the thing. Spicy mexican beans is also a flavorful side to serve with cornbread.
However you eat it, you are sure to love this sweet cornbread recipe!
This recipe was originally found at allrecipes.com.
Rhonda says
June 19, 2011 at 6:44 amI’m a big cornbread fan with chili too. Thanks for sharing the recipe, I’ll try it.
Lori A. says
June 19, 2011 at 10:32 amYum! I will try this recipe. I always buy the mixes at the store but want to try my own. Is it weird to put butter and syrup on cornbread? I grew up eating it that way and when I got older I never saw or heard of anyone else doing it. LOL
courtney says
June 19, 2011 at 11:22 amLOVE cornbread!:) looks delicious!
Shari Wildschutte says
June 19, 2011 at 2:50 pmReally moist and nice tasting except it’s awfully sweet. Next time I’ll use , at most, 1/2 the sugar. I never had sweet ( or moist) corn bread until after I was grown. I like it like that but not so sweet.’
Thank you for the recipe.
Shari
Donna B. says
June 19, 2011 at 4:19 pmI love cornbread with butter and syrup on it too! I like to split it and fry it first though, so it gets a toasty buttery crust *yum*
Thanks for the recipe. I always grab a Jiffy mix *hangs head in shame* but I’ll have to try making it from scratch 🙂
Kalani says
June 19, 2011 at 11:03 pmThis recipe sounds good to try. I’d like to know your mom’s famous recipe too!
Aleks says
June 20, 2011 at 9:13 amYUM! We love cornbread. This sounds like a good recipe! Happy Monday!
Jan Messali says
June 20, 2011 at 9:26 amThanks for the recipe. We’re BBQing ribs this weekend and this will be perfect with them! 🙂
Stefanie H. says
June 20, 2011 at 12:35 pmI’m definitely trying the syrup on my corn bread thing! Never heard of that, but it does intrigue me!
won says
June 22, 2011 at 7:33 pmThat looks very good, and a bit different that what I usually make.
Chili sounds good too!
Robin G says
June 27, 2011 at 12:26 pmDelicious recipe, i will have to give it a try. I agree…I always loved when my mom made biscuits :]
Jan Messali says
June 30, 2011 at 1:21 amI made your cornbread recipe last week… everyone loved it! Thanks 🙂
Emilie says
June 30, 2011 at 1:25 amSo glad to hear that! Thanks for letting me know! 🙂
Janice says
June 30, 2011 at 12:41 pmWe love cornbread and this recipe sounds delicious. It looks so moist. I like it moist instead of dry. I will have to give this recipe a try. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Jennifer Marie says
June 30, 2011 at 6:40 pmMy hubby loves corn bread-looking forward to using this! 🙂
Sherry Lebow says
July 27, 2011 at 4:40 pmThis sounds delicious, thank you for the recipe
Tamara B. says
July 29, 2011 at 11:40 amWonderful recipe! This one I am gonna have to steal from you because when I make cornbread it is kinda dry (lol)
luckylifepath22 says
August 8, 2011 at 2:07 pmone of the first dishes i ever made by myself growing up was chili and cornbread! dipping the cornbread was always my favorite part…
Tiffany u says
September 30, 2011 at 1:24 pmI am a huge fan of corn bread and so are my hubby and kids. I love trying new recipes and since we have been trying to make everything from scratch these days so I am all over this recipe thanks!. Plus any excuse to have chili is fine by me!
Cheryl Abdelnour says
June 28, 2012 at 1:42 pmI love cornbread. I like it sweet so this recipe looks like one I would enjoy. Pinning it now. Thanks!
Sandy VanHoey says
September 7, 2012 at 4:09 amThanks for the recipe. I can make something besides boxed cornbread and sounds rather easy to do
Rachel J says
January 5, 2013 at 9:46 amMy husband love chili and cornbread too. I gotta make some!
Devon F says
January 12, 2013 at 10:50 amThis sounds so yummy & easy to make!
Tammy S says
April 9, 2013 at 7:13 amI like how easy this recipe is. My son loves corn bread but I hate making it. I have my mom’s recipe and it seems to take forever to make it. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
joanna garcia says
April 18, 2013 at 6:53 ammy hubby loves cornbread and has been dying for me to make it! this recipe looks easy and delicious to make!
Teresa Herrera-Honores says
April 18, 2013 at 7:39 amoh yummy!!! i hate the taste of boxed ones, thanks for the recipe!
Rosie says
July 29, 2013 at 12:44 pmI just bought some cornmeal from Whole Foods. This sounds so delish, the perfect recipe to use! I’m so excited!
Lily Kwan says
July 10, 2014 at 1:48 amThis recipe looks very tasty. Thanks for sharing!
SILOFA ORR says
November 21, 2016 at 3:28 pmSounds super good, I’ve always made Jiffy box corn bread but I’m stepping out of my comfort zone to try making it from scratch. Ill update ya’ll with how it turned out, super excited to see and taste the results 🙂
Nancy says
February 23, 2017 at 7:19 pmCornbread is great with chili or any kind of country, home style food.
Donna says
February 12, 2018 at 10:49 pmWe LOVE cornbread around here! I weirdly haven’t made it in forever though, which is weird as it usually finds it was onto our winter menu a lot. The weather must not be cold enough 🙂 This version sounds fantastic, so comforting!
Christine says
February 13, 2018 at 2:19 amI’ve never made cornbread but I love how easy this recipe is – And I’m loving that melted butter on top!
Kate | Veggie Desserts says
February 13, 2018 at 4:24 amWhat a lovely cornbread. I must try it with butter and syrup as you suggest!
Michelle says
January 12, 2019 at 6:14 pmThis was very good, and family approved!
Elsa Santiago says
December 31, 2019 at 6:11 pmmade this twice and its just delicious! everyone that doesn’t like cornbread loved this on thanksgiving. thank you!!