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Homemade Cornbread

jamiegeller.com · 2016

Against 250 cornbread recipes

Less egg than 88% of recipes and less sugar than 85%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less egg than 88% of recipes: 19% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 34%.
  • Less sugar than 85% of recipes: 4.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 21%, under a third as much.
  • Less salt than 86% of recipes: 0.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about half as much.
Cornmeal share: 53%, 49th percentileButtermilk: 93%, 47th percentileFat: 22%, 29th percentileSugar: 4.8%, 14th percentileEgg: 19%, 9th percentileLeavening: 4.6%, 60th percentileSalt: 0.4%, 12th percentileCornmealshareButtermilkFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal≈ 138 g
  • 1 cup flour≈ 125 g
  • 1 tablespoon sugar≈ 13 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 1 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g
  • 1 cup buttermilk≈ 244 g
  • 1 11-ounce can corn, drained312 g
  • 4 tablespoons butter or margarine (melted)≈ 57 g

flour 263 gbatter 951 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 share53% · 49th percentile
  • Buttermilk93% · 47th percentile
  • Fat22% · 29th percentile
  • Sugar4.8% · 14th percentile
  • Egg19% · 9th percentile
  • Leavening4.6% · 60th percentile
  • Salt0.4% · 12th percentile

Oven

Temperature
375°F / 190°C
median 400°F
Time
20 to 25 minutes
median 25 minutes

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