Best Honey Butter Cornbread Recipes

CHEESY CORNBREAD MUFFINS WITH HOT HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Prepare the hot honey butter: In a small bowl, stir 1/2 cup/1 stick softened butter with the honey and chipotle en adobo sauce. Refrigerate while muffins bake.
• Heat the oven to 400 degrees, and generously grease the cups of a 12-cup muffin tin.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, pepper and salt.
• In a small saucepan, melt the remaining 1/2 cup/1 stick softened butter over low heat. In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, sour cream, eggs, melted butter and the minced chipotle chiles, if using.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir using a rubber spatula until almost combined but still a little lumpy. Fold in the Cheddar and scallions, and stir until just combined.
• Transfer the muffin batter in 1/4-cup portions to the prepared muffin tin. Top each muffin with a jalapeño slice, if desired, and bake until the tops are golden and the muffins are cooked through, about 18 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes in the muffin tins before carefully transferring to a wire rack, running a knife around the rims to release the muffins, if necessary. Serve warm or at room temperature, with honey butter.

SOUTHWESTERN CORNBREAD WITH CHILI HONEY-LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk the buttermilk, oil and eggs. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the red peppers, corn and chives., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake at 400° for 23-28 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack., In a small bowl, combine the butter, lime juice, honey, chili powder and lime zest. Serve with warm cornbread.

SWEET POTATO CORNBREAD WITH CINNAMON HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Sift together all dry ingredients and set them aside.
• 2. Combine eggs, milk, and oil in a large bowl until smooth.
• 3. Beat in sweet potatoes until well blended.
• 4. Stir in dry ingredients just until moistened.
• 5. Pour into a greased 8" square baking pan.
• 6. Bake 25 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 7. For the butter: Beat butter with powdered sugar and cinnamon until creamy. Add honey and beat until well blended.
• 8. Serve warm with cinnamon honey butter.

PECAN-TOPPED CORNBREAD WITH HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 9- or 8-inch round cake pan with baking spray with flour. In medium bowl, stir all cornbread ingredients except pecans until well blended. Pour into pan. Sprinkle pecans evenly over top.
• Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter with spoon until creamy. Slowly beat in honey and salt until well blended.
• Serve warm cornbread with honey butter.

HONEY BUTTER CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 9 by 13 pan.
• To sour the milk: Bring milk to room temperature (I put it the microwave for a few seconds). Add 2 Tbls vinegar.
• Once the milk starts to curdle, add the baking soda.
• In a large skillet, melt butter. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Add eggs and beat until well blended. Stir in the sour milk and baking soda mixture. Add the cornmeal, flour and salt and stir to combine making sure a few lumps are left. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 35 - 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• For the topping: Add honey to softened butter and combine well. Spread evenly over the top of the hot cornbread.

PECAN-TOPPED CORNBREAD WITH HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 9- or 8-inch round cake pan with baking spray with flour. In medium bowl, stir all cornbread ingredients except pecans until well blended. Pour into pan. Sprinkle pecans evenly over top.
• Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter with spoon until creamy. Slowly beat in honey and salt until well blended.
• Serve warm cornbread with honey butter.

BROWN BUTTER AND HONEY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
• Place the butter in a small saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until deep golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Immediately pour into a medium heatproof bowl and let cool.
• Meanwhile, place the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl. Whisk to combine and set aside.
• When the brown butter is cool, add the sour cream, honey, water, vegetable oil and eggs. Whisk together to combine.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients with a spoon or rubber spatula, then pour in the liquid ingredients. Stir just until combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake until the crust is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 28 to 30 minutes.

GREEN CHILE CORNBREAD SKILLET WITH CRISPY PORK AND SPICY HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• For the cornbread: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Preheat a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F.
• Coat a 9-inch cast-iron skillet with oil.
• Whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together the buttermilk, Greek yogurt, honey, butter and egg in a medium bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk to combine. Fold in the green chiles and 3/4 cup Cheddar.
• Pour the batter into the prepared skillet and bake for 25 minutes. Use a toothpick to test if the inside is wet. If so, return to the oven and bake until just dry, another 5 minutes. Top with the remaining 1/2 cup Cheddar and let cool for 10 minutes.
• For the pork: Sprinkle the pork pieces with salt and place in a stovetop pressure cooker. Add the garlic, orange juice and orange peels. Close the lid and bring to pressure over high heat. Cook on high for 45 minutes.
• Cool and release the pressure according to the manufacturer's directions. Very carefully open the lid and transfer the pork to a plate using a slotted spoon. Let cool until cool enough to handle. Cut the pork into large chunks, then deep-fry, in batches, until crispy, about 5 minutes. Reserve in a bowl or baking dish until all are fried.
• For the spicy butter: Whisk the butter, honey, cayenne, chili powder and salt in a medium bowl until fully incorporated.
• Top the cornbread skillet with more roasted Hatch green chile. Break up the fried pork pieces with forks or a knife. Top the cornbread with the pork and large dollops of the spicy honey butter. Cut into large wedges and serve.

BROWN BUTTER HONEY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1.Preheat Oven to 400 degrees.
• 2.In a saute' pan, melt butter over medium heat and wait until butter begins to brown. Be careful not to burn. Remove from heat and cool.
• 3.In a large bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, corn meal, baking powder and sugar until well mixed. In a separate medium sized bowl, whisk together buttermilk, honey, cooled browned butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and oil.
• 4.Slowly add wet mixture to dry mixture and mix together until well combined.
• 5.Coat cast iron skillet with shortening until fully covered. Place cast iron skillet in preheated oven for 4-5 minutes.
• 6.Remove cast iron skillet from oven and add cornbread mixture to skillet. Place back in oven for 22-25 minutes until cornbread is done. Remove from oven and serve.

SOUR CREAM CORNBREAD WITH HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Cornbread:.
• (3 cups sour cream is 1 1/2 containers of the 16 ounce containers).
• (2 2/3 cups is about 2 cans of the 14 ounce cans).
• Combine first 6 ingredients in order listed, mix well.
• Pour into greased 9 x 13 inch pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes. May take up to 50 to 55 minutes - so you will need to watch it.
• Make 24 squares of cornbread.
• For honey butter: Mix soften butter and honey together. Serve with warm cornbread.

BACON CORNBREAD CUPCAKES WITH HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Put the bacon in a cold pan over medium-high heat, flipping three-quarters of the way through cooking, until crisp, about 10 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate and reserve the fat.
• Grease a 12-cup muffin tin with some of the reserved fat and set aside. In a big bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and some salt.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, buttermilk and 2 tablespoons of the reserved bacon fat to a uniform color.
• Chop 10 slices of the bacon coarsely into roughly 1/4-inch pieces. Finely chop the remaining 2 slices and set aside.
• Quickly but gently fold the liquid mixture into the dry mixture. (It should be a loose batter, not a dough. If not, add just a tad more buttermilk or even some cream.) Then, fold in the coarsely chopped bacon.
• Divide the batter among the muffin cups in the prepared tin and bake until the tops are golden and a toothpick comes out somewhat clean, 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool for 7 minutes, then turn them out upside-down so they develop a nice thin crust on the baked edge. Cool to just warm or room temperature before frosting, another 7 to 10 minutes.
• Beat the honey, butter and a pinch of salt together with a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer until light and fluffy. Transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a large closed-star tip and pipe a generous tablespoon on the tops of each of the cupcakes. Serve.

CORNBREAD AND WHIPPED HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Cornbread: Combine all dry ingredients. Make a well in the middle; then add butter, oil, milk and beaten eggs. Stir until just mixed (Don't over mix.).
• Heat a greased 8"x8" square cake pan in a preheated (350 degree) oven. Pour batter into the hot cake pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes (When a cake tester or toothpick is inserted in the center and comes out clean -the cornbread is done. Don't over-bake, or it will be dry. If possible, serve warm -yummy with the Whipped Honey Butter slathered on a warm piece.
• Whipped Honey Butter: Whip together the softened butter, honey and marshmallow fluff. Serve at room temperature with the cornbread. This is also delicious on the Whipped Cream Biscuits (I have posted on this site.). You can refrigerate left-overs of the honey butter. Let it come to room temperature before serving.

PECAN-TOPPED CORNBREAD WITH HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 9- or 8-inch round cake pan with baking spray with flour. In medium bowl, stir all cornbread ingredients except pecans until well blended. Pour into pan. Sprinkle pecans evenly over top.
• Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter with spoon until creamy. Slowly beat in honey and salt until well blended.
• Serve warm cornbread with honey butter.

HEALTHIFIED PECAN-TOPPED CORNBREAD WITH HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 9- or 8-inch round cake pan with baking spray with flour.
• In medium bowl, stir all cornbread ingredients except pecans until well blended. Pour into pan. Sprinkle pecans evenly over batter.
• Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• In small bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter with spoon until creamy. Slowly beat in honey and salt until well blended. Serve with warm cornbread.

BROWNED BUTTER & HONEY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1. Using a medium bowl, prepare corn bread mix according to directions on package. Set aside. In a small saute pan over low-medium heat, melt your butter and brown it. How do you brown butter? Once you melt the butter continue cooking it for about 1 minute. You will see first see the bubbles increasing, stir a couple of time, the bubbles should decrease, and you will begin to smell a hint of nuttiness. Pull it off the heat "immediately" and transfer into a small bowl. Butter browns easily but can burn even faster. Let it cool for a half a minute. Using same skillet, pour the butter back in but reserve 2 tbsp for later basting.
• 2. Add in the corn, cook for about 1 minute till starting to soften, then pour in your honey.
• 3. Add corn honey mixture to you prepared cornbread batter and incorporate thoroughly.
• 4. Preheat oven according to package directions. Grease a 9 x 9 pan and pour cornbread mixture in.
• 5. Bake according to instructions on package and add 1-2 minutes. There are ingredients in the mix so it will take just a bit longer to become nice and golden crisp ontop. Check for doneness. When you pull out of oven, immediately baste with reserved butter.
• 6. The hard part, waiting a couple of minutes before cutting into it. Make sure you have a billy stick with you to fight off the throng of would be corn bread snatchers prior to cooling!! :-) Cut into, and take your first bite... you will be smiling from ear to ear. Sweet, nutty heaven!!

CORNBREAD WITH HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Combine the dry ingredients (cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt and sugar) in a bowl and stir to distribute the baking powder.
• Stir the mayonnaise, eggs, and milk into the dry ingredients and mix.
• Prepare the yellow cake mix into batter form (adding eggs and milk, etc according to the packages instructions). Add the yellow cake mix batter to the corn bread batter up to a 1:1 ratio (or you can use less cake batter).
• Grease/butter a baking pan. Bake for about 30 minutes or so until done.
• Whip honey and margarine together.