Real Cornbread

I made mine with corn flour instead of meal because that’s all I could find and you could frost that sucker and serve it as a gluten free birthday cake. With cornmeal, which is far more traditional you get that crumbly texture you’re probably used to. Wether you make it with corn meal, flour, or a mixture this recipe is a hit and something I make weekly, at least.

The people who rated this cornbread recipe low, probably was raised eating sweet cornbread. I grew up eating this kind of cornbread.

Great recipe. Turns out beautiful every time. If you're used to sweet cornbread this recipe isn't for you. I do add 1/2 tsp. of baking soda, and I upped the salt to 1 tsp. I have used a cast iron skillet, but we have a big family so I like to bake it in muffin tins. Two reasons: I can make enough to freeze a batch, and it's good portion control.

Beat my expectations, for sure! I didn't have buttermilk, so I just whipped up a sour milk substitute. I also used a whole teaspoon of salt and added a teaspoon of baking powder for some extra lift. I used stone ground white corn meal, which according to my research is the only corn meal you should use when making a corn bread without flour and sugar. absolutely do not use cheap yellow corn meal! I don't even really like "typical" corn bread much and so I went looking for a new corn bread recipe trying to eat a little healthier and googled "corn bread no sugar or flour." This was the first recipe I tried and I may just whip up a batch of this every day. Smear a little butter on there, or drizzle with some honey. Even plain is still so good. The only thing I would say is watch it closely. I pulled mine out after 13 minutes and it was golden brown and moist, done all the way through and not overly dry at all. It is more crumbly than a corn bread made with flour would be, but that's just the nature of corn meal.

I didn't like it as much as other reviewers, but grew up on sweet corn bread, so this recipe was an opportunity to try out "real" corn bread. I had some cornbread and dried buttermilk in the house, so figured I'd give this recipe a try. I don't think I'll make it again, although I suggest that EW adds some variations to this bread (see EW's salsa cornbread) to make it more of a side dish at a meal. I guess I'd use this cornbread for a chili cornbread supper.

I'm flabbergasted this recipe has a 3+ star rating. It was as dense as a rock, and tasted like absolutely nothing. Seriously makes me question whether to follow other recipes on this website. Total waste of time and ingredients.

Used half and half, increased salt to 1.5 tsp, added 1 TB unbleached sugar, added at least 1/2 tsp of fresh cracked black pepper, greased pan with butter, also used butter instead of canola and upped to 4 TB but 3 would probably be good. Was very moist. The black pepper made it. Next time I'll add red pepper flakes too.

This is the way cornbread should be made! My grandmother made cornbread just like this every day of her life. If we didn't have cornbread with our meals, we had yeast rolls or biscuits, all homemade. I had never heard of putting flour in cornbread until recently and would even consider never doing it. It changes the texture completely. And although I'm from the South, we never had sweetened cornbread. My grandmother cooked her cornbread on a griddle on the stove like pancakes. Crispy outside, golden and buttery inside. Not low cal, low fat stuff, but she lived to a ripe old age, so I'm not worried. Take some of this cornbread and crumble it in a glass of sweet milk or buttermilk. Delicious!

Yummy yummy gluten free! This wasn't *quite* as sweet as other cornbreads I've had, but I will absolutely use this recipe again. Hooray for delicious gluten free breads! Pros: gluten free, delicious, easy

Thumbs down I didn't enjoy this at all. I like my cornbread soft and sweet. Pros: easy to make Cons: bland,dry

This cornbread is GREAT! The texture is spot on what cornbread should be. Not cake-y; more dense & crumbly. I will say that it would be great to experiment w/ different flavors (like adding in some onion, peppers, etc). I am going to make this again & again & I plan on serving this at Thanksgiving. Very quick to make as well!

Thanks for the tasty gluten-free cornbread recipe! Good recipes are hard to find!

Thanks for the tasty gluten-free cornbread recipe! Good recipes are hard to find!