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Perfectly Moist and Sweet Cornbread

Alexandra Stafford · alexandracooks.com · 2026 · 16 pieces

Against 250 cornbread recipes

More fat than 86% of recipes and more cornmeal share than 82%.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 250 cornbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More fat than 86% of recipes: 48% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 29%.
  • More cornmeal share than 82% of recipes: 65% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 53%.
  • More leavening than 81% of recipes: 5.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.1%.
Cornmeal share: 65%, 82nd percentileButtermilk: 98%, 59th percentileFat: 48%, 87th percentileSugar: 27%, 57th percentileEgg: 27%, 30th percentileLeavening: 5.4%, 83rd percentileSalt: 1.8%, 73rd percentileCornmealshareButtermilkFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 8 tablespoons (113 grams) butter, salted or unsalted, plus more for greasing the pan and serving, see notes above113 g
  • 2 cups (240 grams) coarse or stone-ground cornmeal240 g
  • 1 cup (128 grams) all-purpose flour128 g
  • ½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar100 g
  • 4 teaspoons (18 g) baking powder18 g
  • ¼ teaspoon (1.7 grams) baking soda1.7 g
  • 1.5 teaspoons (6.5 grams) Diamond Crystal kosher salt, see notes above7 g
  • 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 cup (240 grams) sour cream240 g
  • ½ cup (120 grams) milk, 2% or whole120 g
  • ¼ cup (65 grams) olive oil or neutral oil such as grapeseed65 g

flour 368 gbatter 1132 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 250 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Cornmeal share65% · 82nd percentile
  • Buttermilk98% · 59th percentile
  • Fat48% · 87th percentile
  • Sugar27% · 57th percentile
  • Egg27% · 30th percentile
  • Leavening5.4% · 83rd percentile
  • Salt1.8% · 73rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 400°F
Time
20 to 22 minutes
median 25 minutes

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