Our Best Southern Cornbread

Name: Our Best Southern Cornbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 1 cup cornmeal; 3 tablespoons sugar (up to a ¼ cup for sweet cornbread); 1 tablespoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 ½ cups buttermilk; 2 eggs; 2 tablespoons melted butter, cooled to room temp; 1 tablespoons bacon fat (veggie substitute: Peanut Oil)

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:25min

Cast iron skillet cornbread, from scratch. Our Best Southern Cornbread recipe hails from South Carolina. It's light and moist, you can bend it sweet or savoury by adjusting your sugar level, and it's always a HUGE HIT!

Updated at: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:19:22 GMT