Best 8 Brown Sugar Corn Bread Recipes

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Indulge in the sweet and savory delight of Brown Sugar Cornbread, a classic Southern staple that has won hearts for generations. This delectable treat is a perfect accompaniment to hearty meals like chili, stews, and fried chicken. With a crispy golden crust and a moist, fluffy interior infused with the rich flavors of brown sugar and cornmeal, this cornbread promises an explosion of taste in every bite. Additionally, the article offers variations to cater to different dietary preferences, including a gluten-free option for those with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. Whether you prefer a traditional cast iron skillet or the convenience of a muffin tin, this versatile recipe adapts to your preferred baking method. Elevate your culinary skills and embark on a delightful journey with this comprehensive guide to Brown Sugar Cornbread.

Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!

BROWN SUGAR CORNBREAD



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This cornbread highlights the natural sweetness of corn with dark brown sugar.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Breakfast & Brunch Recipes     Bread Recipes

Yield Makes two 9-by-4 1/2-inch loaves

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for pans
2 2/3 cups yellow cornmeal
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon table salt
2/3 cup packed dark-brown sugar
2 cups milk
4 large eggs, beaten

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pans, and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the yellow cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Heat the butter and brown sugar in a small saucepan over medium-low heat just until melted, and whisk until mixture is smooth. Remove from heat; whisk in the milk and then the eggs. Pour into the dry mixture, stirring just until blended, and divide evenly between prepared pans, smoothing the tops.
  • Bake in the middle of the oven until loaves are golden and a cake tester inserted in the centers comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Turn the loaves out onto racks, and let cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CREAMED CORN CORNBREAD



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Bake Alton Brown's perfect Creamed Corn Cornbread recipe from Good Eats on Food Network in a cast-iron skillet using cornmeal, buttermilk and creamed corn.

Provided by Alton Brown

Categories     side-dish

Time 35m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 cups yellow cornmeal
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 cup creamed corn
2 tablespoons canola oil

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Place a 10-inch cast iron skillet into the oven.
  • In a bowl, combine the cornmeal, salt, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda. Whisk together to combine well.
  • In a large bowl, combine the buttermilk, eggs, and creamed corn, whisking together to combine thoroughly. Add the dry ingredients to the buttermilk mixture and stir to combine. If the batter will not pour, add more buttermilk to the batter.
  • Swirl the canola oil in the hot cast iron skillet. Pour the batter into the skillet. Bake until the cornbread is golden brown and springs back upon the touch, about 20 minutes.

BROWN SUGAR CORNBREAD



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This bread is great with chili, but it's amazing with a cup of coffee in the morning. This really is not an overly sweet bread unless you smear on some honey butter. 8)

Provided by Nancy Allen

Categories     Sweet Breads

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 c (2 sticks) unsalted butter
2 2/3 c yellow cornmeal
2 c all purpose flour
2 Tbsp plus 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
2/3 c packed dark brown sugar
2 c milk
4 large eggs, lightly beaten

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray 2 9x4 1/2 inch loaf pans and set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • 2. Heat the butter and brown sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, just until melted, and whisk until smooth. Remove from heat, whisk in milk and then eggs. Pour into cornmeal mixture, stir until blended, and divide evenly in the 2 loaf pans.
  • 3. Bake until loaves are golden brown and test done in center with toothpick until it comes out clean of any batter. About 30 minutes. Turn cornbread out onto racks and let cool. Serve cold or warm.

BROWN SUGAR CORN BREAD



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Yummy moist lightly sweet corn bread that is perfect anytime! Try it toasted with butter for breakfast!

Provided by Susan Din

Categories     Other Side Dishes

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 stick butter
2/3 c dark brown sugar, packed
1-1/3 c yellow cornmeal
1 c flour
4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 c sour cream/plain yogurt
3/4 c milk
2 large eggs, beaten lightly

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a loaf pan.
  • 2. Measure butter and sugar into a small saucepan and heat just until melted. Turn off heat and stir to combine. Allow to cool slightly.
  • 3. In a large bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • 4. Whisk milk and eggs into the sugar-butter mixture.
  • 5. Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir gently just until blended. Pour into prepared loaf pan.
  • 6. Bake 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack to finish cooling.

SKILLET CORNBREAD WITH BACON FAT AND BROWN SUGAR



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Keep the fat rendered from good bacon in a crock in your fridge. It'll make this the tastiest cornbread you've ever had.

Provided by Carla Hall

Categories     Side     Cornmeal     Buttermilk     Bacon     Bread     Bake     Quick & Easy

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 ½ cups fine white stone-ground cornmeal
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons salt
3 large eggs
1 ¾ cups buttermilk
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons rendered bacon fat or lard

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 425°F.
  • Whisk the cornmeal, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk the eggs, buttermilk, and brown sugar in another bowl until smooth.
  • Whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
  • Heat the bacon fat in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet until liquid. Swirl it around to coat the bottom and sides of the skillet, then pour the rest into the batter.
  • Whisk the batter until smooth, then pour into the hot skillet. Immediately transfer to the oven.
  • Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Serve warm.

QUICK BUTTERMILK CORNBREAD



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The tattered recipe card for this cornbread proves it's been a family favorite for years. It's my daughter's top request. -Judy Sellgren, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 30m

Yield 9 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 9

1-1/4 cups cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg, room temperature
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup canola oil

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, combine the cornmeal, flour, sugars, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, buttermilk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Pour into a greased 9-in. round or square baking pan (pan will be full). , Bake at 425° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 390 calories, Fat 19g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 25mg cholesterol, Sodium 314mg sodium, Carbohydrate 50g carbohydrate (25g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 5g protein.

BROWN BUTTER SKILLET CORNBREAD



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This lightly sweet cornbread has a crunchy, buttery crust, which comes from baking it in a hot skillet. If you have a cast-iron pan, this is the time to use it. The heavy, heat-retaining material will give you the darkest color (which equals the most flavor). But any large ovenproof skillet will work. And if you don't have a skillet big enough to hold all the batter, you can either halve the recipe or bake the cornbread in 9-by-13-inch pan. (Brown the butter first in a saucepan.) Your bread won't have the same dark crust, but the moist crumb flavored with brown butter and maple syrup is ample recompense.

Provided by Melissa Clark

Categories     breads, side dish

Time 1h

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks)/170 grams unsalted butter
1/2 cup/120 ml maple syrup
2 1/4 cups/530 ml buttermilk
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups/180 grams yellow cornmeal, fine or medium-coarse grind
1/2 cup/65 grams whole wheat flour
1/2 cup/60 grams all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons/18 grams baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons/9 grams kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon/5 grams baking soda

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 375 degrees. On the stovetop, in a 11- or 12-inch skillet (ovenproof and preferably cast iron), melt the butter over medium heat. Cook, swirling pan to lightly coat sides and bottom, until the foam subsides and the butter turns a deep nut brown. (Watch carefully to see that it does not burn.)
  • Pour brown butter into a large bowl. (Do not wipe out the pan.) Whisk the maple syrup into the butter, then whisk in buttermilk. The mixture should be cool to the touch; if not, let cool before whisking in the eggs. Then whisk in the cornmeal, flours, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
  • If the skillet is no longer hot (cast iron retains heat longer than other metals), reheat it briefly on the stove for a few minutes. Scrape batter back into it. Bake until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into it emerges clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool in the skillet for 10 minutes before slicing.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 265, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 31 grams, Fat 14 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 6 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 341 milligrams, Sugar 11 grams, TransFat 0 grams

GOLDEN SWEET CORNBREAD



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If you like sweet cornbread, this is the recipe for you! My mom made this for me as a child, and now it's my family's favorite.

Provided by bluegirl

Categories     Bread     Quick Bread Recipes     Cornbread Recipes

Time 35m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
⅔ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 egg
1 cup milk
⅓ cup vegetable oil

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray or lightly grease a 9 inch round cake pan.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder. Stir in egg, milk and vegetable oil until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 188.6 calories, Carbohydrate 28.2 g, Cholesterol 17.1 mg, Fat 7.4 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Sodium 353.9 mg, Sugar 12.2 g

Tips:

  • Use fresh corn for the best flavor. Fresh corn is sweeter and has a more tender texture than frozen or canned corn.
  • If you don't have fresh corn, you can use frozen or canned corn. Just be sure to drain the corn well before using it.
  • Use a fine-grained cornmeal for a smooth texture. A coarse-grained cornmeal will give the cornbread a more rustic texture.
  • Be sure to preheat your oven before baking the cornbread. This will help the cornbread rise evenly.
  • Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing will make the cornbread tough.
  • Bake the cornbread until it is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Let the cornbread cool slightly before serving. This will help it to hold its shape.
  • Serve the cornbread with butter, honey, or your favorite side dish.

Conclusion:

Brown sugar cornbread is a delicious and easy-to-make side dish that is perfect for any occasion. It is a great way to use up fresh corn, and it can be made with just a few simple ingredients. With its sweet and slightly crunchy crust, and its moist and fluffy interior, brown sugar cornbread is a surefire hit with everyone who tries it. So next time you're looking for a delicious and easy side dish, give brown sugar cornbread a try. You won't be disappointed!

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