Southern Pride Sweet Cornbread

Submitted by Dawn399

"Long before Boston Market cornered the market on cornbread, the women in my family were making up a darn good corn bread themselves. Every BBQ or potluck this cornbread was in demand. I finally handed one of my aunties a measuring cup (you know they never measure anything) and learned how to make it. It really does resemble the taste of Boston Market, almost could be a dessert with that sweet taste of honey and some butter on top..."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup butter (softened)
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups white cornmeal (for less gritty) or 2 cups yellow cornmeal (I use white)
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan with shortening.
2. Preheat oven to 375°F.
3. Mix sugar, butter, eggs, milk, honey and water together in a large bowl.
4. Mix dry ingredients together in a separate bowl: cornmeal, flour,baking powder, and salt.
5. While stirring, add dry ingredients to sugar, egg, and milk mixture and mix thoroughly.
6. Mixture will be slightly lumpy.
7. Pour into greased rectangular pan.
8. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown on top.
9. Serve with butter.

Reviews

[Cool Bean]

We have tried many cornbread recipes and always seem disappointed. This recipe is a KEEPER! YUM YUM! I was leary about the large amount of salt and baking powder and about the lumps in the batter after mixing. BUT, everything worked out beautifully! I made 22 muffins, cooked for 13 minutes at 375. We used a course ground yellow cornmeal. This is fantastic! Thank you!

 

[TasteTester]

Wow! These are so delicious -- and they came out nice and moist, not dry like a lot of other cornbread recipes I've tried. They cut into squares nicely too, not a lot of crumbs all over. The whole family loved this cornbread. I'll definitely be making it again!

 

[HeidiSue]

Great! Used 3/4 cup of sugar and they were perfect! Also, used half white corn meal and half yellow. Thanks!

 

[Lynni]

Dinner for 9... Everyone loved them!!!! End of story! (The only changes I made was: I used 1cup sugar instead of 1 1/4cups and put them in muffin tins and baked for 15 minutes.)

 

[Chipfo]

I am giving 5 stars because it is the perfect texture and moistness for me, I prefer my cornbread a little sweet but I thought this my be too sweet for me so I cut the sugar to 1 cup and no honey and I used buttermilk in place of the milk and water and I love it, everything else I followed exactly. I will continue to make this from now on, thanks!