This blue skillet cornbread recipe uses blue cornmeal to make a fun colored pan of slightly sweet cornbread. It is the perfect mix of fluffy and crumbly and is perfect as a side to so many meals.
I just love soups during the fall and winter. There are so many options and they warm you to the core.
I could eat just soup for dinner and be fine, but my husband needs a little something more to make it feel like a meal. That is why I whipped up some skillet cornbread to go with our ham and bean soup.
Of course you could make it with yellow cornmeal, but I happened to have blue and thought that would be a fun change. My husband always appreciates when things are a little different than normal.
It makes the meal feel a little more special. Of course Little Dude promptly broke up his piece and put it all in his soup.
He loves stirring things up and the more things he can fit in his soup bowl the better!
My husband liked the cornbread so much that he cut a slice off for a friend who visited later. He wanted to show off our blue cornbread, so he warmed it up and served it with honey and butter. It got rave reviews all the way around!
This cornbread is not super sweet, I wanted it to be able to stir it into my soup like Little Dude without making the soup too sweet. You could easily up the sugar to 1/2 cup if you want a sweeter cornbread.
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Blue Skillet Cornbread
This cornbread recipe uses blue cornmeal to make a fun colored pan of tasty bread. This blue skillet cornbread is perfect with chili, ham and beans, or butter and honey.
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk (use buttermilk if you have it)
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cup blue cornmeal
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- Stir together milk, sugar, melted butter, and eggs until combined.
- Stir in cornmeal, baking powder and salt until uniform.
- Gently stir in flour until just combined (it’s ok if it’s a little lumpy.)
- Pour batter into skillet and bake for 22-28 minutes. You want it to be cooked through and very lightly browned.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 160Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 305mgCarbohydrates: 25gFiber: 1gSugar: 7gProtein: 4g
All nutritional information is estimated and will depend on the exact ingredients you use.
Robby
Monday 5th of December 2022
I use this recipe for the first time in my brand new Lodge cast iron skull cake pan and they came out great. This was the thickest batter out of any cornbread recipe I've ever used. Is it supposed to be so thick? I measured my flour with a scale at 120 g per cup as the King Arthur instructions gave. Do you recommend adding more buttermilk if the batter is not pourable? Thank you!
Carlee
Tuesday 6th of December 2022
It is a relatively thick batter, especially if the butter gets cold again. Was it similar to the batter in the video? If it came out dry when you baked it, I would add a little more buttermilk next time, otherwise I would let it be. I am glad you liked it!
James
Wednesday 27th of April 2022
My wife asked me to print a couple of the recipes but all the ads kept covering the content so I just gave up. The ads are very annoying and they slow the web page to a crawl.
Carlee
Wednesday 27th of April 2022
I'm sorry that happened to you. The ads aren't supposed to cover any content and they won't print. If you use the jump to recipe button and then hit print the ads shouldn't slow you down at all.
Heather Coody
Tuesday 24th of November 2015
I LOVE cornbread in a skillet! And, the blue is SO FUN! I'm heading over to pin it, now... :)
Carlee
Tuesday 24th of November 2015
Thanks Heather, I thought the blue really gave it some pizzazz!
Julie's Lifestyle
Thursday 19th of November 2015
I never heard of blue corn bread before Carlee! I bet it is delicious. Thanks for sharing this at Cooking and Crafting with J&J. Enjoy the rest of the week. Julie
Carlee
Thursday 19th of November 2015
I think it is a pretty twist! Thanks so much for hosting!
Sue from Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond
Wednesday 18th of November 2015
I've only tried cornbread in the US when I visited and haven't seen blue before! Thanks for sharing with us at #WednesdaysWisdom it is always a pleasure to have you join us Carlee.
Carlee
Thursday 19th of November 2015
It tastes exactly like the yellow version, but the blue cornmeal makes it so pretty.