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Bacon Cheddar Cornbread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen

Bacon Cheddar Cornbread

Teresa Ambra
Bacon Cheddar Cornbread is outrageously good! This is one of the most sensational cornbread recipes you'll ever eat. It's filled with bacon and cheddar cheese and sweetened with honey and molasses providing both sweet and savory flavor. It's perfect to serve anytime you're making soup or chili. Gluten free.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins/Breakfast
Cuisine Southern
Servings 16
Calories 170 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 large skillet to fry bacon (or you can put bacon slices between paper towels and microwave
  • 1 8x12" glass baking dish
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Longfellow’s Wayside Inn grist mill cornmeal or other good stone ground cornmeal, if possible
  • 1/2 cup gluten free flour or use regular flour if you're not concerned about gluten
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk or soured milk
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 tbsp. molasses
  • 2 tbsp. unsalted butter melted
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese
  • 6 slices smoked bacon crisp cooked

Instructions
 

  • Fry or microwave bacon.
  • Drain on paper towels.
  • Break into small pieces when cool.
  • Set aside.
  • Mix all ingredients until well blended.
  • Pour into a greased 8x12” baking dish and bake at 425° for 20-25 minutes.

Notes

NOTE: To sour milk, measure milk into a glass measuring cup. Add a tablespoon of white vinegar. Allow to sit on counter approximately 5 minutes until mixture curdles and thickens.
 
NOTE: When I initially published this recipe on April 2015, Pamela's GF baking and pancake mix was about the only kind of GF flour available. I do not recommend this flour because it has an odd taste and does not have a one-to-one equivalence. My personal preference is Cup4Cup GF flour. But there are many wonderful GF flours available now (circa 2019).
 
NOTE: You can also make this with regular flour.
 
NOTE: If you desire a sweeter cornbread you can increase the honey to 1/2 cup.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 170kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 5gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 203mgPotassium: 94mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 194IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 110mgIron: 1mg
Keyword bacon, bread, breakfast, brunch, cheese, corn, cornbread
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