CornbreadSoul Food & SouthernSidesThanksgiving Side DishesJuneteenth RecipesMoist and tender cornbread with lots of corn flavor.ByJ. Kenji López-Alt J. Kenji López-Alt Culinary ConsultantKenji is the former culinary director for Serious Eats and a current culinary consultant for the site. He is also a New York Times food columnist and the author of The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science.Learn about Serious Eats'Editorial ProcessUpdated September 22, 2023(15)WRITE A REVIEWTrending Videos Why It WorksBrown butter gives the cornbread a sweet, nutty flavor.Baking cornbread in the same skillet used to brown the butter creates a crisp crust and a moist interior, and saves a pan. I'm gonna come right out and tell you I'm a fan of Northern-style cornbread. Yankee cornbread. You know, the lightly sweetened, moist, tender, golden stuff that nearly everybody who knows cornbread thinks of when you say "cornbread?" If you're one of those Southern holdouts that thinks cornbread should be...
