Cornbread Lab250 recipes
← All cornbread recipes

Upside Down French Onion Cornbread

Lena Abraham · delish.com · 2019 · 8 serving(s)

Against 250 cornbread recipes

No sugar, unlike 92% of recipes and more cornmeal share than 85%.

See how all 250 cornbread recipes compare →

Get the method at delish.com →This page has the ingredients and the numbers. The instructions and photos are on the original recipe, which Recipe Lab does not republish.

How it compares

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

  • No sugar at all, where 92% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 44% of the flour weight).
  • More cornmeal share than 85% of recipes: 69% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 53%.
  • More buttermilk than 76% of recipes: 122% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 93%.
Cornmeal share: 69%, 88th percentileButtermilk: 122%, 77th percentileFat: 23%, 35th percentileSugar: 0%, 4th percentileEgg: 33%, 45th percentileLeavening: 4.1%, 49th percentileSalt: 1.3%, 53rd percentileCornmealshareButtermilkFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (13)

  • 4 tbsp. butter divided≈ 57 g
  • 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil≈ 14 g
  • 1 yellow onion, cut into 1/4” ringsn/a
  • 1 1/2 c. yellow cornmeal≈ 207 g
  • 3/4 c. all-purpose flour≈ 94 g
  • 2 tsp. baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt≈ 4 g
  • 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper≈ 2.5 g
  • 1 1/2 c. whole milk≈ 366 g
  • 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 c. shredded gruyere≈ 237 g
  • 1 tbsp. fresh thyme leaves≈ 15 g

flour 301 gbatter 1108 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 share69% · 88th percentile
  • Buttermilk122% · 77th percentile
  • Fat23% · 35th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 4th percentile
  • Egg33% · 45th percentile
  • Leavening4.1% · 49th percentile
  • Salt1.3% · 53rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 400°F
Time
20 to 25 minutes
median 25 minutes

Keep exploring

Recipes most like this one

Nearest by baker's percentages: cornmeal share, buttermilk, fat, sugar, egg, leavening, salt.

Do something with it

Or browse all 250 cornbread recipes.