Healthier Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread

Grandmother's traditional sweet and moist cornbread is made healthier by using low-fat diary products, reducing the sugar, and adding whole corn.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 223 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 1 cup white whole wheat flour
• 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoon salt

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Heat a 9-inch iron skillet in the oven for 10 minutes. Melt butter in skillet and brush over sides of skillet. Pour excess butter into a large bowl. Whisk buttermilk and eggs into excess butter.

Step 3

Mix sugar, baking soda, cornmeal, whole-wheat flour, and salt in another bowl. Whisk cornmeal mixture and frozen corn into buttermilk mixture. Scrape cornbread mixture into skillet.

Step 4

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of skillet comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.