Old Fashioned Gluten Free Cornbread | the original best recipe

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Old Fashioned Gluten Free Cornbread | the original best recipe

This easy gluten free cornbread recipe can be made naturally gluten free with all cornmeal and no other flours. Use it to make muffins, too!

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Quick bread

Cuisine: American

Keyword: gluten free cornbread

Servings: slices

Author: Nicole Hunn

Ingredients

2 cups coarsely ground yellow cornmeal (See Recipe Notes)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 ½ cups plain yogurt at room temperature (can substitute an equal amount of buttermilk or half sour cream/half whole milk)
4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted and cooled
1 egg at room temperature, beaten
4 tablespoons honey

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Instructions

Preheat your oven to 375°F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan or 9-inch cast iron skillet with unsalted butter and set it aside.
In a large bowl, place the cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and whisk to combine.
Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and add the yogurt, butter, egg and honey, and mix to combine well.
Pour the mixture into the prepared baking pan or cast-iron pan. Place the pan in the center of the preheated oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cornbread is firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
If you're baking in a cast iron pan, the cornbread will likely be done in about 20 minutes.
Slice and serve warm.

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Notes

Alternative flours:
Half of the cornmeal, by weight, can be replaced with an equal amount, by weight of corn flour, and the recipe is otherwise unchaged.

You can also replace half the cornmeal, by weight, with all purpose gluten free flour. I like Better Batter as an all purpose gluten free flour here.

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