Southern Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread

A family favorite Southern cornbread recipe! This made from scratch, savory cornbread is undeniably satisfying especially when served warm from the oven. Even it's browned, buttery, appetizing aroma will have everyone anticipating its goodness and asking how soon it will be ready.

It's likely to become the highlight of any meal! Plus it's a no fuss recipe that is so easy to make (much faster and easier to prepare than dinner rolls).

It begins with the humble, simple ingredients but it's consistently reliably delicious. Often it's those old fashioned classics like grandma made that are the best.

This cornbread recipe is fitting to pair with just about any meal any day of the year, and yes it's most definitely company worthy.

Many people serve it with a chicken dinner of sorts, but you'll find doubles as a delicious breakfast as well. Slather it with homemade jam or a simple honey butter, then serve it with eggs and sausage or bacon and it will become a new frequently requested weekend breakfast!

Love a good stuffing recipe? Also try my classic stuffing recipe, crockpot stuffing, and apple rosemary stuffing.

Our Favorite Cornbread Stuffing!

Once you try this recipe you'll likely want to make it over and over again. It's so good in fact it may take the place of your favorite bread-based stuffing.

There's just something about that extra corn flavor here that really makes it shine. And no drying out bread cubes is necessary in this recipe.

Of course, it's perfect for a holiday meal (Cornbread Stuffing is ideal for Thanksgiving!) but it's actually simple enough that it fits well into a weekend meal, paired with a roast chicken and mashed potatoes of course.

It has browned and crisp edges, a soft buttery interior and there's layer after layer of flavor throughout. In other words, it's destined to become the highlight and talk of any dinner meal!

What are Johnny Cakes?

Johnny cakes (hoecakes) are soft and tender cornmeal flatbread or hot cake made from a quick batter that's cooked in a skillet on the stovetop.

They are made with finely ground cornmeal and often flour, then mixed with a liquid such as buttermilk, milk or water. A fat such as oil, bacon drippings, lard or butter are also included to keep them rich and moist. And eggs are included to bind ingredients.

They were an early American, inexpensive staple food and they are popular in regions from Canada, the Unites States and down to Jamaica and other islands coming in many different variations.

To give you comparisons to foods you may likely be familiar with, they are like a cross between pancakes and cornbread. In other words they are the perfect homestyle comfort food and are absolutely delicious!

Easy Corn Casserole Recipe

Also known as creamed corn casserole or spoon bread casserole. It's a comforting, corn side dish that is very moist, perfectly sweet, slightly creamy, deliciously buttery and oh so tasty when served warm from the oven.

It's incredibly easy to make whether you opt to go with the corn muffin mix or make it from scratch. Both variations are perfectly delicious - it must be all the butter!

The nice thing about making it from scratch though is that is the option to control amount of sweetener used, you can adjust according to personal preference. Whereas the box mix version may be a little sweet to some.

This is the perfect thing to serve at your Thanksgiving meal, or pair it with a pot roast dinner this weekend!

What is Chess Pie?

Chess pie is a popular dessert in the American South that originated from England. It is a custard style pie with a crisp browned topping.

It is generally made up of a traditional pie crust while the filling consists of eggs, milk or buttermilk, flour, sugar and often vinegar or lemon.

You'll love this pie not only for it's irresistible sweet flavor but also because it's one of the easier pies to make.

No peeling and chopping loads of fruit or making a tricky curd or meringue. Rather here you just blend some standard baking ingredients and pour into a pie crust and bake.

Why is it called chess pie?

There are actually several beliefs as to where the name originally came from. You can read about three of them here.

What makes this the best chess pie?

I like this version best because of the browned butter. This secret ingredient is the ultimate upgrade to chess pie.

It adds a slightly caramel-like, even nutty flavor to the pie.

And once you try it this way I have the feeling it's the only way you'll make it from here on out!

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Want to add an autumn flavor? Also try my Pumpkin Cornbread recipe too this fall!

Tried and True Best Cornbread Recipe

This dreamy cornbread is an old tried and true recipe. I shared this way back in 2012 and decided it was time to revisit a favorite in case you've missed it.

It's nothing like that dry mealy, lifeless cornbread we often get. It's fluffy, moist, tender, flavorful and deliciously sweetened with both honey and sugar (with an adjustable option depending on how sweet you like it).

Of course it's the perfect accompaniment to soups, chilis, roasts, bbq's and so forth but it is so good that it will even pass as a tempting dessert (just go for the sweeter option).

I can't count how many times I've made this easy cornbread recipe and on holidays people are always fighting for the last piece. Try it and you'll see why!

Oh and did I mention it's unbelievable easy to make? No electric mixer required, just a few bowls, a whisk and some seriously easy prep. Can't beat that!

The perfect fall side to soup, roast chicken or turkey, apple pork chops and more!

Love a good cornbread? Also try my easy, super moist classic cornbread recipe.

Pumpkin Cornbread

This cornbread is so soft and moist, I hate dry cornbread so of course I made this to be completely the opposite. I love that this has plenty of pumpkin flavor - you don't have to guess what flavor of cornbread it is, and the whipped cinnamon honey butter just takes it over the top!

This would most definitely be worthy of making it to your holiday menu, but be sure to try it before the holidays because you just can't wait that long to try this Pumpkin Cornbread!

I absolutely loved it, as did everyone else who tried it both young and old alike - from a 3 year old up to an 81 year old and everyone in between.

Peach Upside Down Cake Made into Individual Portions

I know my 4th of July desserts could be more festive but this year I'm not really color coordinating with the holiday and just going with something fun and different, and of course something with amazing flavor! I made these Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes a few months ago and I know they wouldn't end there.

I love cupcakes and I love when you can convert a traditional cake into an individual cupcake, like these German Chocolate Cupcakes or these Cheesecake Cupcakes. People always just love them that much more and serving them up is cleaner and easier.

I wanted to stick some sparklers in these for pictures but my husband thought I'd burn the house down, but for company, I plan on making them again and sticking some sparklers in them and lighting them up outside. I'm totally festive you guys. Always :). I do love all the fresh fruit flag pizzas too so maybe I'll have to make one of those, and maybe next year I'll actually share a recipe for one of those on time. I just never seemed to get around to it this year.

These are equally as good though and you'll have people swooning over them! Peach Upside Down Cakes need to find a place on your menu ASAP! They are simply heavenly! Think peach cobbler, meets sweet cornbread, meets upside-down cake all made into one decadent cupcake. Pretty epic right? They are.

I might try these with some plums or nectarines next—fresh and seasonal produce make the best desserts!

I'm a huge fan of anything that is able to be lightened up that can actually outdo its less healthy, original opponent. This muffin is just that! It is my favorite cornbread, EVER! I adapted it from my Lightened Up Cornbread Recipe. I made these because I needed a shorter cooking time than that of the 8x8 pan version since dinner was close to being done, so I thought muffins would be perfect. Any version of this, muffin or cornbread will disappear in a flash.

Healthy Cornbread Muffins

I say these are lightened up because your average cornbread uses a whole stick of butter, with this recipe I use some applesauce as a source of moisture therefore requiring less butter. These are my idea of the most moist and tasty cornbread muffins ever!

Then when they are topped off with freshly whipped honey butter, awww my mouth is watering. If you are lucky enough to have any leftover after dinner they make an excellent breakfast the next morning. That's one thing I love about these muffins, they are a perfect side dish to dinner, a great breakfast and even an amazing dessert. They have just the right amount of sweetness. They are making me crave a good Southern Ham meal with some of my Mom's perfect mashed potatoes with ham gravy, mmmm. Good luck stopping at just one muffin, I never can.

Other Cornbread Recipes

I am a huge fan of cornbread. It's just such an incredible baked good, because it's a little more hearty and textured than standard flour muffins or bread. Cornbread can be done in a sweet or savory way, as a breakfast, side dish, or dessert. It's definitely worth enjoying with most meals, in my opinion! So here are a few other cornbread recipes you might like to try:

• Southern Skillet Cornbread
• Cornbread Stuffing
• Cornbread Pancakes
• Cornbread Sugar Cookie Squares with Honey Butter Frosting
• Pumpkin Cornbread

Cornbread meets sugar cookies!  Some of you may be thinking hmm, that sounds strange.  Let me just tell you these are some of the best sugar cookies you will ever eat, yes I'm going to brag a little =).  They are such an exciting twist on the classic bakery-style sugar cookies.  These still hold true to all the wonderful characteristics you find in a perfect sugar cookie.

Cornbread Sugar Cookies

They are fluffy, tender, sweet, and undeniably delicious.  These are some of my family's favorite desserts.  I have to give some away or I will just devour them all on my own. Plain sugar cookies can be a little too sweet if you want to eat more than one, but these? The cornbread cuts some of that sweetness but leaves all of the perfect flavor!

You could also make Cornbread Sugar Cookie Squares with Honey Butter Frosting which are nearly the same but in bar form.  I adapted both that recipe and this one from my Sugar Cookie Squares and Sugar Cookies recipes, I decided to experiment one day and came up with these.

They are everything you love about honey-buttered cornbread and soft, frosted sugar cookies combined into one.  If you ask me I think they are good enough and exciting enough to be the next new cookie craze!

More Recipes if You Love Cornbread

If you, like me, crave cornbread every day... you may want to try some of these other cornbread favorites:

• Cornbread Sugar Cookie Squares with Honey Butter Frosting
• Lightened Up Cornbread Muffins
• Cornbread Pancakes with Honey Butter Syrup
• Pumpkin Cornbread with Cinnamon Honey Butter
• Southern Skillet Cornbread
• Lightened Up Cornbread with Whipped Honey Butter