The Best Homemade Cornbread Recipe

Name: The Best Homemade Cornbread Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour (not self rising flour); 1 cup yellow cornmeal (fine ground, not cornmeal mix); 2/3 cup granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder (see notes for recent changes); 1/3 cup neutral oil or melted butter; 1 large egg; 1 cup milk (or milk substitute like almond milk)

Instructions

Prep:5minCook:25min

This recipe for homemade cornbread is tried and true and perfect EVERY time! My family has been making this easy cornbread recipe for decades and THOUSANDS of people on the internet LOVE it too! Read the reviews!

Updated at: Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:07:09 GMT