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Homemade Cornbread

momontimeout.com · 2020 · 12

Against 250 cornbread recipes

Less salt than 82% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • Less salt than 82% of recipes: 0.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about half 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: 116%, 70th percentileFat: 43%, 75th percentileSugar: 25%, 54th percentileEgg: 38%, 68th percentileLeavening: 5.2%, 75th percentileSalt: 0.6%, 16th percentileCornmealshareButtermilkFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 1 cup all purpose flour (make sure to spoon and level, don't scoop)≈ 125 g
  • 1 cup cornmeal≈ 138 g
  • 1/3 cup sugar (can use brown sugar if you prefer)≈ 67 g
  • 1 tbsp baking powder≈ 14 g
  • 1/4 tsp salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 1 1/4 cups buttermilk≈ 305 g
  • 8 tbsp unsalted butter (melted and cooled)≈ 114 g
  • 2 eggs (room temperature)≈ 100 g

flour 263 gbatter 864 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
  • Buttermilk116% · 70th percentile
  • Fat43% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar25% · 54th percentile
  • Egg38% · 68th percentile
  • Leavening5.2% · 75th percentile
  • Salt0.6% · 16th percentile

Oven

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

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