This copycat Marie Callender’s Cornbread is the BEST cornbread recipe ever! I’m going to share a little trick for creating the most moist, sweetest cornbread, with the best texture! Slather them in honey butter and you are going to be in high heaven! Serve them with soup, salad, breakfast, or main dishes!
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So there are two kinds of people in the world.
- People that are willing to share recipes.
- People that keep every recipe as a top secret! The sealed lips kind!
Obviously I’m a share my recipes kind of girl! I’ve shared all kinds of recipes from cookies, to soups, to recipes so easy they hardly count as recipes, to bread, and pretty much everything in between with you guys! (By the way, thanks for coming back to my humble little site time and time again for yet one more super quick and easy idea!)
I share recipes because I love it when you pop back and say how much you enjoyed it. It makes my day knowing I helped you make meals a reality for your family!
Do you have any friends that make your recipes and take credit for creating the darn thing in the first place?
There is this “person” in my life that happens to be in the same social circle as I am and she is constantly making my recipes, bringing them to functions, and then she tells other people that she either taught me how to make the recipe, or she taught me the trick for making it.
She sits there and acts all smart and takes all the credit while our friends praise her for awesome recipe creation. The best is when she tells them she taught me how to make it too! She’s generous like that!
So the bottom line here is that you should probably always give credit to whomever created the recipe! It’s the nice thing to do!
Okay, off my rant!
I have the best little trick for making the softest, sweetest, most tasty cornbread muffins EVER!
Just in case my “friend” hasn’t passed the trick along to you yet, let me fill you in!
How to make your own cornmeal!
- Grind your own cornmeal in a wheat grinder! It’s so easy!
- Grind unpopped, unseasoned, unflavored, popcorn kernels into cornmeal flour. I’m not talking about the microwave kind of popcorn but the regular old fashioned kind of popcorn!
- Store extra in an airtight container!
- Use it exactly as you would commercially prepared cornmeal.
It makes the sweetest, softest cornmeal you can imagine! In fact I don’t ever buy cornmeal anymore. This is one of those simple little “extras” that take a little more time but are completely worth the effort!
There you go! The secret for making killer copycat Marie Callender’s Cornbread is out! I have a feeling this will be your new go to cornbread recipe!
What to serve Marie Callender’s Cornbread with!
Whip up a batch of Marie Callender’s Cornbread, some Whipped Cinnamon Butter and you will have a houseful of happy family! Oh, and don’t forget to share the recipe with your friends! Wink wink!
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Marie Callender's Cornbread
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 c. buttermilk
- 2 c. flour
- 1 c. cornmeal
- 1 tsp. Salt
- 2 tsp. Soda
- 1 c. oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix eggs, sugar, and buttermilk together. Add oil and mix.
- Mix flour, cornmeal, salt, and soda in a separate bowl.
- Add dry ingredients to egg mixture. Stir until combined.
- Bake in 25 well greased muffin tins for 10-12 minutes. Or bake in a greased 9” x 13” pan for 15-18 minutes.
Such great tips! I need to get a grinder.
I use mine all the time! It makes the best cornmeal and I love grinding my own whole wheat flower!
Could I use my Vitamix or do I need a special grinder what would the brand name be ??
I’m trying to remember if I have ever used my Vitamix to grind popcorn. If I remember right I did use it once and it did work although I don’t think I let it mix long enough to get a super fine meal. I usually use my electric wheat grinder. It’s worth trying in the Vitamix though! Let me know how it goes!
You totally had me at cornbread.
Cornbread with chili and soup is one of my favorites! It’s so much quicker to make than yeast bread!
I love the texture of these mini cornbreads!
The texture is so perfect! No dry cornbread with this one!
These look perfect! Love that you added how to make your own cornmeal!
There’s nothing like the using fresh, soft, warm cornmeal! It’s makes such a huge difference!
My family is going to eat these up! So perfect for dinner!
My family loves them! And they are so easy!
These cornbread muffins look scrumptious! Perfect with a big bowl of chili!
Chili always needs cornbread on the side!
Popcorn kernels?? Wow! What a fun fact for these lovely-looking cornbread muffins! Thanks for sharing — That “friend” of yours sounds like a doozy!
It seriously makes the best cornmeal! I’m never buying store bought again! And yes, everyone has at least one friend like that right? Gotta love them!
I have been wanting to make cornbread for forever. This looks so good!!
I can’t wait for you to try this recipe! It’s so moist, and tender, and just so delicious!
This recipe turned out great! Definitely a repeat! Thank you for sharing it.
Yay! I’m so glad you loved it! We had Japapeno Popper Chicken Chili the other day and I served this cornbread with it! It’s always a hit!
Loved this cornbread! Turned out perfect!!!
Yay! We love it with about any meal! Glad you enjoyed it!
Good Morning,
I want to try this recipe, but wanted to clarify if the ingredients for “soda” is baking soda and not like soda pop.
Thank you so much!
Hi Valerie! Yes, it’s baking soda! My kids would have loved it if it had soda pop in it though! Enjoy!
Should be called “corn cake” not cornbread. Super rich and delicious, but if you’re not careful, you’ll eat half of a cake’s worth of sugar and oil!
My mom used to make cornbread by adding cornmeal to a yellow cake mix. Now that was really sweet cornbread! This recipe is still scrumptious without being quite that much like dessert! I think most quickbreads closely resemble dessert!
I love this cornbread! It is so easy and everyone eats it as if it were cake. Every time I make it and take it somewhere, I am asked for the recipe!!!
Yay! I’m glad you love this cornbread as much as we do! Anything that tastes like cake is going to be a hit! Right?
Loved this cornbread recipe. I grilled an ear of corn and cut it off the Cobb and added it to the batter. It was a great addition. I won first place at our community chili and cornbread cook off so it was a hit. Might cut back slightly on the oil next time.
Adding an ear of grilled corn sounds delish! Thanks for sharing! And I’m so excited you won the cook-off! How fun!