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Sweet Cornbread

jessicagavin.com · 2023 · 16 servings

Against 250 cornbread recipes

More sugar than 98% of recipes and less salt than 76%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 98% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 21%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • Fat in the middle half of recipes: 43% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 29%.
Cornmeal share: 53%, 49th percentileButtermilk: 93%, 47th percentileFat: 43%, 75th percentileSugar: 70%, 99th percentileEgg: 38%, 68th percentileLeavening: 5.2%, 75th percentileSalt: 0.8%, 21st percentileCornmealshareButtermilkFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal≈ 138 g
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour≈ 125 g
  • ½ cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
  • 1 cup whole milk (room temperature)≈ 244 g
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 100 g
  • ½ cup unsalted butter (melted, slightly cooled)≈ 114 g
  • ¼ cup honey≈ 85 g

flour 263 gbatter 921 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
  • Fat43% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar70% · 99th percentile
  • Egg38% · 68th percentile
  • Leavening5.2% · 75th percentile
  • Salt0.8% · 21st percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 400°F
Time
30 to 35 minutes
median 25 minutes

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