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15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu

Recipes good enough to impress grandma.
By Ni’Kesia Pannell · Updated October 27, 2020
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01
Cast Iron Skillet Corn Bread

Whether you’re looking for a great breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner side piece, this quick and easy cast iron skillet corn bread – served hot at tableside – is sure to give you what you’re missing.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
02
Grandmother’s Buttermilk Cornbread

If you’re like me, cornbread just doesn’t taste right unless it comes from the best cook in the family: grandma. This recipe for grandmother’s buttermilk cornbread, might not be your granny’s recipe, but it comes very, very close.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
03
Homemade Sweet Cornbread

With just the right amount of sweetness, this delicious recipe will have you thinking of it as a snack instead of a side dish.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
04
Sweet Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread Biscuits

When I first ran across this recipe, I felt like there was so much going on with its flavor, but who can honestly resist a sweet and spicy mixture jam-packed into one?

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
05
Easy Vegan Blue Cornbread

If you’ve considered going vegan, this easy blue cornbread recipe is a no fail option for you to try. Who said you have to give up everything you love when you decide to change how you eat?

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
06
Gluten-Free Savory Cornbread Waffles

Filled and/or topped with everything to give you the perfect breakfast or brunch meal, these gluten-free waffles are sure to kick your taste buds up a notch.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
07
Blackberry-Lavender Cornbread

If the name or picture alone doesn’t appeal to your palate, perhaps drizzling this sweet dish with a healthy helping of honey will help you see that this is surely what you need in your life.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
08
Cornbread Pancakes

Pancake and cornbread lovers, rejoice! There’s no need to ever have to choose between the two when making breakfast anymore. Just create the tastiest cornbread pancake for everyone in the house to enjoy!

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
09
Strawberry Cornbread Muffins

Nothing is quite better than hearing the words “strawberry” and “cornbread” together. Try out these strawberry cornbread muffins that you are guaranteed to make more often than not after your first try.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
10
Blueberry Cornbread Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream

What do you get when you mix the sweet taste of blueberry cupcakes and the comfort of a moist cornbread? This delicious blueberry cornbread cupcake recipe, of course! Don’t forget to top it off with the lemon buttercream for the extra kick!

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
11
Corn Bread-and-Bacon-Stuffed Pork Chops

The next time you’re looking to upgrade your bland pork chops, stuff them with bacon and cornbread to give you a filling like none other.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
12
Southern Cornbread Stuffing

Though stuffing has never been a favorite of mine, I can’t help but go for the gusto when seeing this recipe. Topped with a little butter, this comprehensive dish is best served with turkey as its accompanier.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
13
Barbecue Shrimp and Cornbread-Stuffed Peppers

Packed tight with shrimp, country ham, Mexican cornbread mix, spices, and more, this recipe of combative flavors will make you the hit of any party this year.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
14
Cornbread Taco Bake

Perfect for a group of unexpected guests, this quick and delicious recipe combines your love for comfort and cultural foods all in one.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu
15
Sausage, Cranberry, and Cornbread Stuffing

Top-rated on Epicurious.com, there’s no denying that this tasty recipe will be one to cure your sweet and savory needs better than any other cornbread stuffing recipe you’ve ever tasted.

15 Delicious Cornbread Recipes To Complete Your Dinner Menu