Our Best Cornbread Recipes

Skillet Cornbread
Photo: © Abby Hocking

Whether you're looking for a comfort food take on classic pot pie or need a perfect fall side dish, cornbread is a savory solution. Here, some of Food & Wine's very best cornbread recipes.

01 of 08

Skillet Cornbread

Skillet Cornbread
© Abby Hocking

Chef Carla Hall uses creamed corn in her skillet cornbread to give the finished result an extra bit of corn-y texture.

02 of 08

Chicken Pot Pie Cornbread Muffins

Chicken Pot Pie Cornbread Muffins
© Scott Hocker

These muffins are great for any meal of the day and make for an especially high-protein breakfast muffin.

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Mini Deviled Crab Cornbread Muffins

Deviled Crab Stuffed mini Cornbread muffins
Kelly Marshall

At his dinner parties in Harlem, chef and cookbook author Alexander Smalls pairs creamy, slightly spicy, fresh deviled crab with tender corn muffins, barely sweetened with brown sugar and studded with corn kernels, for a quick one-bite appetizer.

04 of 08

Corn Bread with Scallions

Corn Bread with Scallions
© Quentin Bacon

After cooking in Europe and writing and editing in New York, Paula Disbrowe packed her high heels and moved to Texas, where she spent three years as chef at Hart & Hind, a fitness retreat and cattle ranch. One result: Cowgirl Cuisine, with updated chuckwagon recipes like this tender, lightly sweet cornbread.

05 of 08

Cornbread Chicken Pot Pie

Cornbread Chicken Pot Pie

Scott Hocker's Southern take on the classic chicken pot pie is the ultimate comfort food.

06 of 08

Virtue Cornbread

Virtue Cornbread
Photo by Antonis Achilleos / Prop Styling by Christina Daley / Food Styling by Emily Nabors Hall

Slightly sweet and buttery, this classic Southern cornbread is a must-order at Virtue, Erick Williams' flagship restaurant in Chicago, where he celebrates the food of the Great Migration. 

07 of 08

Iron Skillet Cornbread

Iron Skillet Cornbread with Grapefruit, Beluga Lentils, Jalapeno Spread and Spiced Cane
Photo by Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Margret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen

This show-stopping skillet cornbread from Indianola in Houston, Texas, features three homemade toppings: richly flavored Spiced Cane Syrup, crispy Fried Beluga Lentils, and Jalapeño-Onion Spread for heat — as well as Ruby Red grapefruit segments, fresh dill, and flaky sea salt. Piled on top of the cornbread, they make for a festive, colorful presentation. 

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Blueberry Cornbread French Toast

Blueberry Cornbread French Toast
Photo by Antonis Achilleos / Prop Styling by Christina Daley / Food Styling by Emily Nabors Hall

Cornbread and blueberries are natural partners, especially in this French toast recipe by chef Erick Williams of Virtue restaurant in Chicago. Dipping cornbread into the blueberry-infused batter gives the bread a beautiful blue marbled pattern while retaining its texture. Be sure to just dip it in the batter and not soak the bread; otherwise, it will fall apart. 

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