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Two stacked squares of Sweet Potato Cornbread on parchment with honey dripping onto a pat of butter.
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Sweet Potato Cornbread

This Sweet Potato Cornbread is soft, golden, and lightly sweet, made with mashed sweet potato, yellow cornmeal, and evaporated milk. It mixes up in two bowls and bakes in one 8x8 pan in about 35 minutes. Serve it warm with butter and honey or next to a bowl of chili.
Course Bread
Cuisine American
Keyword cornbread with sweet potato, easy cornbread, sweet potato corn bread, sweet potato cornbread, sweet potato cornbread recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Bake Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 9
Calories 283kcal
Author Maike Corbett

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

Prep

  • Preheat the oven to 375º Fahrenheit. Grease an 8x8-inch baking pan.
  • Whisk the cornmeal, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.

Mix the batter

  • Whisk the mashed sweet potato in a second bowl until smooth. Add the eggs, evaporated milk, and melted butter and whisk until combined.
  • Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Fold with a spatula just until no dry pockets remain. The batter will be thick.

Bake

  • Spread the batter in the pan and smooth the top.
  • Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until golden and a toothpick in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
  • Cool in the pan for 10 to 15 minutes. Cut into 9 squares.

Notes

SWEET POTATO

Prep time does not include cooking and mashing the sweet potato. Bake them as in Mashed Sweet Potatoes, or microwave one large sweet potato for 6 to 8 minutes. A 15-ounce can of sweet potato puree works; measure out 1 cup.

REST TIME

10 to 15 minutes in the pan, not included in Total Time.
SWAP - No evaporated milk? Whole milk or half-and-half, same amount, works.

Nutrition

Calories: 283kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 447mg | Potassium: 347mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 2516IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 127mg | Iron: 2mg