Jalapeño Cornbread with Bacon & Cheddar

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2022 · 10 servings

Against 250 cornbread recipes

Less fat than 94% of recipes and more buttermilk than 80%.

How it compares

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

Less fat than 94% of recipes: 12% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 29%, about half as much.
More buttermilk than 80% of recipes: 130% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 93%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

3 large eggs, (at room temperature)≈ 150 g
1 cup (237 ml) buttermilk, (at room temperature)≈ 244 g
1 cup (237 ml) milk, (at room temperature)≈ 244 g
½ cup (114 grams) sour cream, (at room temperature)114 g
2 tablespoons (42 grams) honey42 g
1 1/2 cups (274 grams) yellow cornmeal, (preferably stone-ground)274 g
1 1/2 cups (191 grams) all-purpose flour191 g
1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
3/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 4.5 g
2 tablespoons (25 grams) granulated sugar25 g
3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 4.5 g
4 tablespoons (57 grams) unsalted butter, (melted)57 g
8 ounces (227 grams) fresh or canned sweet corn, (drained and rinsed)227 g
12-13 pieces (1 pack) bacon, (cooked, cooled and diced)n/a
2 cups (8 ounces / 226 grams) sharp cheddar cheese, (grated, separated)226 g
4 jalapeños, (diced (remove membrane and seeds for less spice), plus extra for slicing into rings to top the cornbread, optional)n/a

flour 465 gbatter 1817 g

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

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

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