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Easy Homemade Cornbread with Honey Butter

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cornmeal
  • 3 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup oil
  • 1/3 cup melted butter
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 3 eggs + 2 yolks
  • 2 1/2 cups whole milk

Instructions

  • Prepare a 13x9 baking pan by liberally greasing it with shortening (Crisco)
  • In a large bowl whisk cornmeal, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  • Add in oil, melted butter, honey, eggs, and yolks, and mix until it's all just combined and all dry ingredients are moistened, don't overmix.
  • Allow batter to rest for 5 minutes, this will allow the cornmeal to absorb moisture and help produce a moister cornbread.
  • Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. If your oven runs on the hot side test at 40 minutes.
  • Allow cornbread to cool for a few minutes before serving.