Cornbread Recipes

By: Laura Sommers

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Cornbread is a quick bread made with cornmeal, associated with the cuisine of the Southern United States, with origins in Native American cuisine. It is an example of batter bread. Dumplings and pancakes made with finely ground cornmeal are staple foods of the Hopi tribes in Arizona.

Cornbread today is puffy and leavened with egg. Most people in the South, make multiple forms of cornmeal breads. Cornbread is a popular item in Southern cooking and is enjoyed by many people for its texture and aroma. Cornbread can be baked, fried, or steamed. Steamed cornbread is mushy, chewier, and more like cornmeal pudding than what most consider to be traditional cornbread.

Popular recipes for cornbread include cornbread muffins, cornbread stuffing and cornbread loaf. Hushpuppies and hoecakes are other types of cornbread varieties. Other ingredients added to cornbread are jalapenos, nuts or cheese.