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Southern Cornbread

bakedbyanintrovert.com · 2019 · 16

Against 250 cornbread recipes

Less fat than 82% of recipes and more leavening than 84%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less fat than 82% of recipes: 17% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 29%.
  • More leavening than 84% of recipes: 5.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.1%.
  • More cornmeal share than 76% of recipes: 62% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 53%.
Cornmeal share: 62%, 77th percentileButtermilk: 110%, 67th percentileFat: 17%, 16th percentileSugar: 15%, 36th percentileEgg: 30%, 36th percentileLeavening: 5.5%, 85th percentileSalt: 1.8%, 73rd percentileCornmealshareButtermilkFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1 ½ cup fine-ground cornmeal≈ 207 g
  • 1 cups all-purpose flour≈ 125 g
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar≈ 50 g
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda≈ 4.5 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 ½ cup buttermilk (room temperature)≈ 366 g
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 100 g
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter (melted and cooled)≈ 57 g

flour 332 gbatter 929 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 share62% · 77th percentile
  • Buttermilk110% · 67th percentile
  • Fat17% · 16th percentile
  • Sugar15% · 36th percentile
  • Egg30% · 36th percentile
  • Leavening5.5% · 85th percentile
  • Salt1.8% · 73rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 400°F
Time
20 to 25 minutes
median 25 minutes

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