Cheddar Honey Glazed Cornbread Recipe - Talking Meals (2024)

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This Cheddar Honey Glazed Cornbread Recipe is moist, delicious, and easy to make! It’s a great side dish or snack and it’s also gluten free.

There is no better combination than salty and sweet. This Cheddar Honey Gluten Free Cornbread brings that combo to life spectacularly – particularly when the aromas from the honey, corn, and cheddar fill your house. This Gluten Free version is moist, slight salty from the cheese, slightly sweet from the honey and cornmeal. It’s the perfect holiday meal side, whether it’s breakfast, brunch, or dinner. It’s a warm, comforting, scrumptious must-make recipe this Fall and Winter!

What to Serve this Cornbread with!

A fork! Just kidding. Not really, I definitely will sit down with this as my meal or snack by itself. But…here are the ways that you can serve this delicious Cheddar Honey Gluten Free Cornbread.

Breakfast – Split this with a knife and use as you would biscuits. You can make a breakfast sandwich with egg and ham or a slice of . Or how about adding honey butter and bacon?! A strawberry or raspberry jam would be divine. Or serve alongside a healthyVegetable Frittata with Lemon Crema.

Lunch – Again, you can make a delicious sandwich with this! How about Lemon Basil Chicken Salad or Curry Chicken Salad stuffed between this delicious cornbread? Of course, you can simply serve a slice with a salad! Try thisKale Caesar Salad with Crispy Lemon Chicken or how about myVeggie Quinoa Salad with Creamy Lemon Dressing. Soup for lunch is also a great way to serve this cornbread, such as with thisGolden Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe with Smoked Ham.

Dinner – Instead of making rice or pasta or potatoes, how about this Cornbread as your starchy side? Here are a few of my favorite SUPER EASY Skillet Dinners that this cornbread would be delicious alongside! First, my is a delicious one-pan dinner where everything cooks in a large frying pan or skillet. Next up is this Quick Cooking Creamy Chicken Paprika which is peppery and bright and screaming for this cornbread on the side. Finally, I recommend a hearty, meaty soup such as my5-Ingredient Chunky Chicken Vegetable Soup or thisCreamy Ground Chicken Tomato Soup.

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Simple Ingredients

• Cornmeal – I used gluten free Cornmeal in a medium grind, as I like the texture. You can also use finely ground cornmeal. You could also add in ¼ cup of cooked and chopped corn kernels for even more texture.
• Gluten Free All Purpose Flour – You do not have to use gluten free flour in this recipe, you can use regular unbleached all purpose flour. If you do use gluten free all purpose flour, check the package instructions to see if it requires adding any xanthan gum to act as the binding agent (in the absence of gluten). If needed, add ½ teaspoon Xanthan Gum.
• Baking Powder – For this recipe you ideally want to use baking powder. If you do not have it, you can substitute with ¼ teaspoon baking soda PLUS ½ teaspoon white vinegar.
• Granulated Sugar -Regular white granulated sugar is best for this recipe. You can use a sugar substitute (I have not tried it in this recipe), just make sure to follow the instructions for quantity equivalents.
• Ground Nutmeg – Just a touch goes a long way in this recipe! If you don’t have nutmeg, it’s not the end of the world, but it really does add something to the flavor.
• Milk – I used 1% milk, but you could certainly use skim milk, 2 % or whole milk. Non-dairy, unsweetened milks will work as well.
• Softened Salted Butter – You can use margarine if needed, but I recommend butter. Unsalted butter works fine too.
• Eggs, large – White or brown eggs are equally fine in this recipe. You can use bulk egg product; just read the instructions on the packaging for the quantity to use per egg.
• Honey – Honey will go into both the batter and drizzled on top. I used 100% Pure honey. You can use your favorite variety.
• Shredded Cheddar – I love the sweet and savory combination that adding cheddar brings. You can use a variety of shredded cheeses, such as gouda, monterey jack, pepper jack, mozzarella, or manchego.

Make Your Cheddar Honey Glazed Cornbread

For this recipe, I used a 9×9 Pan. You could certainly use a round pan as well or even a muffin pan. I also recommend using parchment paper to line the pan, as it makes it so easy to remove the cornbread when it’s cooked.

Making this cornbread follows the typical dry-ingredient bowl and wet ingredient bowl instructions.

This recipe uses both cornmeal and gluten free flour. Many gluten free flours will require xanthan gum to be added, so read the label to see if yours already had it included. If not, see the recipe below for how much to add. You can find gluten free all purpose flour and xanthan gum in most grocery stores these days right in the baking aisle. Combine them and then fold in the shredded cheese.

Some recipes cook the cornbread in a cast iron skillet. If you want to go that route, you need to make sure that you have enough butter in the pan to prevent sticking. My recipe is even easier as it just goes directly into the oven in a 9×9 pan, lined with parchment paper to make it easy to pull out to cut when it’s done.

Pour the cornbread mixture into the parchment paper lined pan. It will be very thick, so it may be more of a scoop vs pour. Spread it evenly with the spatula, but don’t worry that it isn’t smooth on the top as you will love those peaks and valleys when it cooks and as you spread butter or drizzle honey on to eat it.

Then, it’s a quick 20 minute bake in a 400 F degree oven. Remove and let cool for 15-20 minutes, then ull the cornbread out of the pan using the parchment paper.

I love to break the cornbread apart with my hands as opposed to clean cuts with a knife as I love the rustic look, but of course, cutting allows you to get the exact number of pieces you need, so do what works best!

Honey Glaze Variation

For the glaze, well, I eliminated the butter, but if you want this to be more of a decadent glaze, simply mix ¼ cup of honey with 2 tablespoons of melted butter and then drizzle over top! Butter honey glaze…yum!

ENJOY! 😍Carrie

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