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This is the best gluten free cornbread recipe out there. It’s light and moist and isn’t grainy at all. It’s simple to make and goes great with chili or ribs!

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Watch the video below (right before the recipe) to see how easy it is to make these! Also, check out the video on Facebook!

Today I’m sharing my family’s secret for the best gluten free cornbread. It’s the recipe that my mom always made when I was kid and it’s the recipe that she’s passed down to me (the only difference is that we’ve converted it to being gluten free). Our secret family recipe?

The one that comes on the Quaker cornmeal container. Yup, it’s our tried-and-true, go-to family recipe 😂😂

Do you guys have recipes like that? Ones that are “family recipes” that have been passed down from your parents, grandparents, or even great-grandparents that aren’t really family recipes but have come from brand packaging? My grandmother’s chocolate chip cookies are another one of those that we love and she loves to tell us how it was from a Nestle’s chocolate chip package when she was young.

Hershey’s chocolate cake, Philadelphia cheesecake, and Libby’s pumpkin pie are a couple other “famous” recipes that are also often innocently and deliciously claimed as family recipes. Not that there is anything wrong with that, recipes are meant to be shared and passed on to others. I’d love to know what recipes you and your family love that were originally off of a package!

Key Ingredients for this Gluten Free Cornbread Recipe

Gluten-Free all purpose flour

Xanthan gum (omit if using Bobs Red Mill 1:1)

Cornmeal

Buttermilk

Avocado OR Canola Oil

1 large egg, ROOM TEMPERATURE

Equipment Needed

How to make Gluten Free Cornbread

Step 1. Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl and whisk together.

Step 2. In another large bowl, add the wet ingredients and whisk together.

Step 3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until combined.

Step 4. Pour the batter into a prepared 8×8 square baking pan (parchment paper or non-stick spray) and smooth out with spatula. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-24 minutes.

As far as this “family cornbread recipe” goes, it’s a winner. This recipe originally called for skim milk but I like to add vinegar to make it a homemade buttermilk and if I have buttermilk, I use that. This can also very easily be made into a gluten free dairy free cornbread recipe by using unsweetened coconut milk in place of the milk/buttermilk. Still add some vinegar to make it more like “buttermilk”.

This homemade cornbread is such an EASY recipe. I can’t emphasize easy enough. As a kid, this was one of the first recipes I remember making when I was helping to get dinner on the table. If I could do it at 11, you got this! Cornbread from scratch is a cinch, there’s no need for a mix! And if you’re looking for a sweet cornbread recipe, just add a bit more sugar than this recipe calls for.

I shared my gluten free corn muffin recipe with you a while back and those muffins are a version of this bread. Like those muffins, this gluten free cornbread is great as a side dish for chili or ribs. It would even be great with my friend Sheena’s Instant Pot Chili, you’d have a complete meal in under an hour!

If you have any bread leftover, I love it for breakfast toasted with a little bit of butter and drizzled with some honey! If you have honey butter already made up, even better! Enjoy!

Be sure to watch the video below to see how easy it is to make this gluten free cornbread! You can also watch it on Facebook where you can easily share it.

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Watch the video below to see how easy these are to make. You can also watch this video on Facebook where you can easily share it.

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