# Honey Butter Cornbread

A delicious and easy-to-make honey butter cornbread recipe perfect for Thanksgiving.

- Total time: 25 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.5 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1.5 cup All purpose flour
- 1.5 cup sugar
- 2 sticks salted butter
- 1.25 cup whole milk
- 3 large eggs
- Honey
- Vanilla bean gel or extract
- 1 tablespoon baking powder

## Instructions

1. Clean the counter thoroughly.
2. Measure 1 and a half cups of yellow cornmeal into a large mixing bowl.
3. Add 1 and a half cups of all-purpose flour to the cornmeal.
4. Add 1 tablespoon of baking powder.
5. Add 1 to 1 and a half cups of sugar to the dry ingredients.
6. Mix the dry ingredients together.
7. Measure 1 and a quarter cups of whole milk.
8. Crack 3 large eggs into the milk.
9. Add honey to the milk and egg mixture, measuring with your heart based on desired sweetness.
10. Add a small amount of vanilla bean gel or extract to the wet ingredients.
11. Mix the wet ingredients well.
12. Grease a baking pan with melted butter.
13. Pour the cornbread batter into the greased baking pan.
14. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
15. Remove the baked cornbread from the oven.
16. Brush some of the honey butter mixture on top of the warm cornbread.
17. Slice the cornbread into desired pieces.

## Equipment

- bowl
- measuring cups
- whisk
- baking pan
- oven
- brush

## Tips

- If you do not have self-rising cornmeal, add 1 tablespoon of baking powder.
- Measure sugar to your preferred level of sweetness. It gotta taste sweet like me for meeee!
- Do not add additional salt as the salted butter provides enough seasoning.
- You can slice the cornbread with a butter knife because it's so soft.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kLr8eX/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/06864d22-83cc-4a3e-879e-62c573a16fbb
- Extracted: 2025-07-26

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