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Homemade Cornbread Recipe

livewellbakeoften.com · 2020 · 12 slices or muffins

Against 250 cornbread recipes

More sugar than 83% of recipes and less salt than 85%.

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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 83% of recipes: 48% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 21%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • Less salt than 85% of recipes: 0.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about half as much.
  • Less leavening than 82% of recipes: 2.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.1%.
  • Fat in the middle half of recipes: 21% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 29%.
Cornmeal share: 55%, 66th percentileButtermilk: 87%, 31st percentileFat: 21%, 26th percentileSugar: 48%, 83rd percentileEgg: 36%, 55th percentileLeavening: 2.7%, 17th percentileSalt: 0.5%, 14th percentileCornmealshareButtermilkFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 1 cup (155 grams) yellow cornmeal155 g
  • 1 cup (125 grams) all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled )125 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
  • ¼ cup (60 grams) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled60 g
  • ¼ cup (50 grams) granulated sugar50 g
  • ¼ cup (85 grams) honey85 g
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 100 g
  • 1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk (room temperature)≈ 244 g

flour 280 gbatter 828 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 share55% · 66th percentile
  • Buttermilk87% · 31st percentile
  • Fat21% · 26th percentile
  • Sugar48% · 83rd percentile
  • Egg36% · 55th percentile
  • Leavening2.7% · 17th percentile
  • Salt0.5% · 14th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 400°F
Time
18 to 22 minutes
median 25 minutes

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