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    Home » Food

    Easy Honey Graham Cornbread Recipe

    Published: Nov 27, 2019 · Modified: Mar 12, 2022 by Sarita Harbour · This post may contain affiliate links and Amazon links

     I love cornbread. Skillet cornbread, johnnycake, sweet cornbread, savory cornbread. Cornbread muffins and cornbread stuffing. Yet not everyone in my family feels the same way. That's why I was thrilled to find a honey graham cornbread recipe that all of the kids like.

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    This easy honey graham cornbread recipe uses vinegar, skim milk powder and water for a lighter-than-usual old-fashioned family favourite! #honeygrahamcornbreadrecipe #grahamcornbread #cornbreadrecipe

    For the past month, we've been taking part in a 60-day freezer and pantry challenge. For about two months, we're not buying groceries.

    Except for dairy and eggs. Instead, we're digging deep into our freezer and scouring our kitchen cupboards and pantry shelves. The idea is to use up the food we have before it expires or gets freezer burned.

    And as luck would have it, I had just enough cornmeal and graham crumbs to make two pans of this honey graham cornbread recipe.

    This easy honey graham cornbread recipe uses vinegar, skim milk powder and water for a lighter-than-usual old-fashioned family favourite! #honeygrahamcornbreadrecipe #grahamcornbread #cornbreadrecipe

    As with most of the food I bake, I started with a basic recipe. This one came from an old cookbook. So old the cover fell off years ago. However, I made so many changes and substitutions it doesn't resemble the original recipe at all.

    Like many honey graham cornbread recipes, this makes a moist cake. Some of the kids like it drizzled with homemade pancake syrup for breakfast. I like it plain with my coffee.

    Okay, sometimes I'll add a dab of homemade raspberry jam. And one of my sons likes it with vanilla ice cream for dessert.

    This easy honey graham cornbread recipe uses vinegar, skim milk powder and water for a lighter-than-usual old-fashioned family favourite! #honeygrahamcornbreadrecipe #grahamcornbread #cornbreadrecipe

    It's simple, it's good, and it's made with honey - NOT refined white sugar. And you know, the honey versus sugar cornbread controversy

    Honey Graham Cornbread Recipe

     

    Easy Honey Graham Cornbread Recipe
     
    Recipe Type: Breakfast Brunch
    Cuisine: American
    Author: Sarita Harbour
    Prep time: 25 mins
    Cook time: 45 mins
    Total time: 1 hour 10 mins
    Serves: 12
    This easy honey graham cornbread recipe uses vinegar and powdered milk instead of buttermilk for a lighter-than-usual old-fashioned family favourite.
    Ingredients
    • 1 tablespoon vinegar
    • 3 tablespoon skim milk powder
    • ¾ cups of warm water (I usually remove a tablespoon of water from it)
    • 1 cup yellow cornmeal
    • ¼ cup melted butter
    • ¼ cup liquid honey
    • 1 egg
    • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
    • ½ cup all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 ½ tbsps vinegar (Yes, I really do use a second amount of vinegar, skim milk and water!!)
    • 4 tablespoon skim milk powder
    • ¾ cups of water
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    2. Butter a 9 x 9 pan.
    3. Mix vinegar, 3 tablespoon of skim milk powder and water in a 1 cup liquid measuring cup. Combine with cornmeal in a small bowl and set aside.
    4. In another small bowl, mix the second amount of vinegar, skim milk powder and ¾ cups of water. Set aside.
    5. In a large mixing bowl combine butter, honey, and egg. Mix well.
    6. Add graham crumbs, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt on top. Stir in the bowl of soured skim milk mixture gradually.
    7. Pour in the cornmeal/soured milk mixture from Step #3.
    8. Pour into the greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 45 minutes. Cool in pan on a baking rack.
    9. Then TAKE A PICTURE BEFORE YOUR KIDS AND HUSBAND EAT IT ALL!!!
     
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    Warm Up Your Cornbread in a Cast Iron Skillet

    Another reason we like cornbread is that it tastes GREAT when we heat it up on our woodstove. We simply cut a piece, put it in the cast iron skillet, and stick it on top of the stove for ten minutes. Delicious.

    Hope you enjoy this easy honey cornbread recipe as much as we do. Give it a try and let us know how it turned out!

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Sarita Harbour

      May 24, 2020 at 9:38 am

      Hi Nancy,
      Yes! Lemon juice and buttermilk would work just fine and probably give it a nice flavor too. Let me know how it turns out!

    2. Nancy

      May 21, 2020 at 11:46 pm

      Hi-Sounds like a fun recipe to try. I do have a question--my family is not big on vienegar--have you tried lemon juice instead of vinegar in your recipe? Or can I make your recipe using buttermilk instead of the water/vinegar/powdered milk combos? Thank you.

    3. Sarita Harbour

      November 26, 2019 at 8:22 am

      Hi Melissa - it's a family favorite and it's great for the holiday season because it can be a breakfast, Thanksgiving side dish or even dessert!

    4. Melissa

      November 24, 2019 at 2:13 pm

      Thank you for sharing at Farm Fresh Tuesdays Blog Hop! This sounds so unique!

      Melissa | Little Frugal Homestead

    5. Shanna

      February 22, 2019 at 9:55 pm

      Can't wait to try it out on my hubby. He doesn't particularly care for cornbread, but this is sweet enough with the honey I think he may just like it. Thank you for the recipe. I am also going to send it to my niece in Illinois for her to try.

      Warm regards,
      Shanna

    6. Linda Carlson

      February 18, 2019 at 4:37 pm

      Looks yummy 🙂

    7. Dawn

      February 12, 2019 at 11:10 pm

      This looks so good! My family loves cornbread, although I've never made it with graham cracker crumbs before. I pinned it to try another time. I'm sure everyone will like it! Thanks for sharing.

    8. Nikki

      February 12, 2019 at 10:26 pm

      Oh I am excited to give this a try, which I find weird to say since I don't like graham crackers! But I do like honey grahams pretty good and I am starting to love cornbread... something I never cared for in my younger years. So anyway.... I want to give this a shot.
      🙂 gwingal

    9. Sarita Harbour

      February 01, 2019 at 6:06 pm

      Hi Chris - 1 cup of yellow cornmeal! I updated the recipe plug-in just now.:)

    10. Chris

      February 01, 2019 at 5:02 pm

      How much cornmeal?

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