Easy Cornbread
Serves: 4 or more
A quick and easy Cornbread recipe which you can make in 30 minutes! This cornbread is perfect as a side dish or even served as a sweet snack.
Ingredients
- 175 g (1 cup) cornmeal, or yellow polenta
- 125 g (1 cup minus 1 tablespoon) plain flour, (all-purpose flour)
- 45 g (4 tablespoons) caster sugar, (superfine sugar)
- 3 g (½ teaspoon) fine salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 250 ml (1 cup) milk
- 1 egg
- 50 g (½ stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- unsalted butter, or non-stick baking spray, to grease the pan
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/390°F (without fan).
- Grease a cast-iron skillet (26 cm/10.5 inch) with butter or non-stick baking spray. (See Kitchen Notes below for using other pans.)
- In a large bowl, mix together the cornmeal (or polenta), flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
- In a measuring jug, whisk together the milk and egg.
- Pour the milk mixture into the bowl of dry ingredients.
- Lightly mix until everything is just combined.
- Last, mix through the melted butter.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared skillet (or cake pan).
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the top of the cornbread is lightly golden.
- Serve warm, but allow the cornbread to rest for about 5-10 minutes before serving (not crucial, but the cornbread will be very soft if served straight from the oven).
Kitchen Notes
- USING A CAKE PAN
Instead of a cast-iron skillet, you could also use a 23 cm/9 inch round cake pan or 20 cm/8 inch square cake pan. - CORNBREAD MUFFINS
This recipe makes 12 muffins which need 12 to 15 minutes to bake in the oven. - RECIPE CREDIT
This recipe is adapted from Nigella Bites by Nigella Lawson. - OVEN & STOVE TEMPERATURES
All recipes on this website have been tested on an induction stove and/or with a conventional oven (i.e. an oven without fan). All recipes on this website use temperatures for a conventional oven, unless otherwise mentioned. Convection ovens (i.e. fan-forced ovens) are typically 20°C/70°F hotter than conventional ovens, but please check your manufacturer’s handbook. - CONVERSIONS
To convert from cups to grams, and vice-versa, please see this handy Conversion Chart for Basic Ingredients.