This is the best cornbread recipe you'll ever eat! It's sweet and moist with a beautiful crumb, and has bursts of fresh corn in every bite. Plus this Homemade Cornbread is easy to make in 30 minutes - no mixer required.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees f. Grease a 9x9” square baking dish, set aside. (Note, you can use an 8x8” baking dish, you will need to bake a touch longer).
In a medium bowl, combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together melted butter sugar and honey.
Add, milk, sour cream and eggs and whisk until smooth.
Add dry ingredients and stir/whisk until mixture is smooth.
Fold in corn kernels.
Pour into prepared baking dish.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the top is set, lightly golden-brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
Cool for at least 30 minutes before serving.
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Ingredient Substitutions
Yellow Cornmeal. White cornmeal can be used in place of yellow, the final result will just have a different color.
All-Purpose Flour. To make this cornbread recipe gluten-free, you can substitute an all-purpose gluten-free flour blend for the all-purpose flour. Bread flour and cake flour also work well.
Salted Butter. Unsalted butter can be used in place of salted butter.
Whole Milk. You could use 2% milk, or half and half, but I don't recommend other substitutions (with lower fat content)
Sour Cream. Full-fat is best. Greek yogurt can be used in place of sour cream.
Granulated sugar and honey. I don't recommend making substituions for the granulated sugar or honey. If you don't love sweet cornbread you can reduce the amount of sugar but that is all I would recommend.
Corn. Feel free to use fresh corn (cooked) from the Cobb or frozen and thawed corn.
StoreStore any leftover cornbread in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 5 days. How to Freeze Cornbread: Let the cornbread cool completely. Slice into individual servings and store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 2 months. If you plan on freezing it for a while, I recommend also tightly wrapping each slice of cornbread in plastic wrap before putting it in an airtight container.