Cornbread Recipe For One or Two

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Craving homemade cornbread, but don’t need a whole pan? This small-batch cornbread recipe is just right for one or two people. It’s buttery, tender, and full of that classic Southern flavor – ready in about 25 minutes with simple ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. Perfect for pairing with chili, soup, or a cozy weeknight meal!

This cornbread recipe comes from The Ultimate Cooking For One Cookbook: 175 Super Easy Recipes Made Just For You by Joanie Zisk of OneDishKitchen.com.

It’s an easy recipe to follow and make, and you probably have the ingredients in your pantry and fridge right now. It’s the perfect size for baking in a toaster oven if you have one, but you can also bake it in a regular-sized oven.

Cornbread freezes well, so if you find that the generous portion is too much for one, wrap half well in plastic wrap and freeze. It should last for a few months.

Ingredients

For this easy recipe, you need the following ingredients:

• 2 ½ Tablespoons butter, melted
• ¼ cup 1% milk
• 1 large egg
• ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon yellow cornmeal
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

How To Make Cornbread

1. Preheat oven to 400°Fahrenheit.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together melted butter, milk, and egg.
3. In a separate medium bowl, mix together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
4. Add the cornmeal mixture to the milk mixture and stir just until the flour is moistened.
5. Pour the batter into a 6.5” cast-iron skillet greased with oil or butter and spread evenly.
6. Bake 22 minutes until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

If you love cornbread in all its forms, be sure to try my other delicious variations. You’ll enjoy my crispy Homemade Hushpuppies, fragrant Sweet Cornbread with Rosemary, perfectly portioned Small Batch Sweet Cornbread, and spicy Jalapeño Cornbread. Each one adds a different flavor twist to this classic favorite.

Lynda – Southern Kissed

Corn Bread For One or Two

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This single-serving recipe delivers a slightly crumbly, perfectly sweet and buttery Corn Bread. It can be baked in a 6.5" cast-iron skillet or similar-sized baking dish. It is the perfect side for soups and stews and is so tasty you'll want to eat it all in one sitting.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 22 minutes mins

Total Time 27 minutes mins

Servings: 1 serving

Course: Breads

Cuisine: American

Calories: 591

Ingredients Method Nutrition Video Notes

Ingredients

  

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• 2 ½ Tablespoons butter melted
• ¼ cup 1% milk
• 1 large egg
• ¼ cup plus 1 Tablespoon yellow cornmeal
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together melted butter, milk, and egg.
3. In a separate medium bowl, mix together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
4. Add cornmeal mixture to milk mixture and stir just until flour is moistened.
5. Pour batter into a 6.5” cast-iron skillet greased with oil or butter and spread evenly.
6. Bake 22 minutes until top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Enjoy warm.
   

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 591kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 12gFat: 35gSaturated Fat: 20gPolyunsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 265mgSodium: 980mgFiber: 1gSugar: 29g

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Notes

Excerpted from The Ultimate Cooking For One Cookbook Cookbook by Joanie Zisk. Copyright © 2019 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Used by permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.

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Last Bite

Cooking for one or two? This easy cornbread recipe is made just for you! Save it to Pinterest for later, share it with a friend who loves small-batch baking, or leave a comment below to let me know how it turned out. Fresh, warm cornbread in minutes—no leftovers required!