Moist Cornbread Recipe Made From Scratch (2024)

This moist cornbread recipe is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks/Walmart. All opinions are my own.

My favorite moist cornbread recipe is made from scratch and oh-so-easy! You’ll love the lightly sweet flavor and the soft, moist texture.

Moist Cornbread Recipe

Cornbread is a comfort food par excellence. I’ve been enjoying it in various forms since I was a child. There’s iron skillet cornbread, corn muffins, cornbread with corn, sweet cornbread, and not-sweet cornbread.

In a future article, I’ll be coming back to iron skillet cornbread, but for today, I’m going to focus on the type that’s soft and moist. It’s a little closer to the sweet side of the cornbread spectrum, but it’s not so sweet that you would mistake it for dessert.

This moist cornbread recipeincorporates the taste ofsweet and of salt, with the perfect edge of buttermilk flavor to keep things really interesting. Since it has equal amounts of cornmeal and flour, it’s got a nice solidity and crunch from the cornmeal, too.

It’s been a feature at our table many a time. Made in a square pan and plentiful enough for company, this moist cornbread recipe is perfect for pairing with Southern food, chili, stew, and more.

For me, it works just as well right out of the pan with a pat of soft butter. Pure heaven!

If you’ve been following my kitchen adventures, you may have noticed that I’m prone to winging it in the kitchen. I find thata pinch of this and a pinch of that makes for the best recipes. This approach, however, has its occasional drawbacks.

For one thing, “winging it” sometimes means that I forget to pick up necessary things at the store, like paper towels or dishsoap. Then I make a big mess in the kitchen, reach for the paper towels, and… oops! There’s none left.

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I may be messy when I’m cooking, but I’m a stickler for wiping up the counters afterward. And since this moist cornbread recipe involves lots of splashy ingredients like melted butter, beaten eggs, and buttermilk, I was quick to wipe it all up with my paper towels before it dried.

Tips for Making Moist Cornbread

• Measure carefully. Too much flour or cornmeal will cause your cornbread to be drier.
• Don’t overbake. Ovens vary, so always check your cornbread about 5 minutes early to make sure it hasn’t already finished cooking.
• If you can, let the cornbread cool a bit before you slice it. That will give some of the moisture time to condense back into the cornbread rather than waft away as steam when the cornbread is sliced.
• Once the cornbread is completely cool, store it airtight to keep it moist.
• If you don’t have buttermilk, you can make a buttermilk substitute by adding a tablespoon of vinegar to a 1 cup measure, then filling to the 1 cup mark with milk and letting it sit for a minute or two. However, if you can manage to get your hands on some real buttermilk, it’s totally worth it!

Have you had an “oops” moment? Share it with me in the comments!

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