Jalapeno Cornbread Recipe with Honey

Square image of Jalapeno Cornbread with butter and honey drizzle.

When it comes to a piece of bread as a side dish you cannot go wrong with this easy and delicious Jalapeno Cornbread. Sweet and spicy all rolled into one and you can’t resist.

Course Breads, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword Jalapeno Cornbread, Jalapeno Cornbread Recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Total Time 40

Servings servings

Calories 436kcal

Author Dana DeVolk

Ingredients

⅔ cup unsalted butter softened
⅓ cup granulated sugar
1 ¾ cups cornmeal
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
4 ½ tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 ⅔ cups buttermilk
⅓ cup honey
3 large eggs
1 cup pickled Jalapenos chopped, more or less to taste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400° and grease a 9 x 9" baking dish. Line the bottom of the dish with parchment paper with 3" extensions on end for lift.
Beat butter and granulated sugar together in a large bowl until smooth with an electric hand mixer.
⅔ cup unsalted butter, ⅓ cup granulated sugar
In a separate bowl, combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt.
1 ¾ cups cornmeal, 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 4 ½ tsp baking powder, 3/4 tsp salt
In a third bowl stir together buttermilk, honey, and eggs.
1 ⅔ cups buttermilk, ⅓ cup honey, 3 large eggs
Add ½ of the milk mixture, then ½ of the dry mixture into the sugar/butter mixture, whisking after each addition. Repeat with the rest of the ingredients.
Stir in the jalapenos. Spread mixture evenly into the prepared baking dish.
1 cup pickled Jalapenos
Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Let cool on a wire rack for about 20 minutes before slicing into squares. Serve with softened butter and honey.

Notes

Make sure that you use yellow cornmeal.
Buttermilk is best in this recipe for the texture, but you can use regular milk if you do not have any on hand.
Candied jalapenos can be swapped out for regular chopped jalapenos.
This can be frozen, see my tips above.
You can add some cheese to this recipe, it really gives it a great flavor.
Instead of a baking pan this can be made in a cast iron skillet.
Easily double this recipe and bake in a 9×13-inch baking pan.

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