How to Make Cornbread Mix — Ad-Free Recipe, Ingredients First

The cornmeal-to-flour ratio decides which cornbread you're making. Southern is mostly or entirely cornmeal, barely sweet, and baked in a screaming-hot skillet. Northern runs closer to half flour with real sugar and comes out cakey. This mix sits at 2:1 cornmeal to flour, which lands Southern-leaning, and the sugar is on the label so you can move it.

The ratio4 cups cornmeal : 2 cups flour (2:1, Southern-leaning) + 2 tbsp baking powder. 1½ cups mix per pan.

The Ingredients — and where to get them

Cook for 4 batches

Stone-ground cornmeal

Four cups. Stone-ground has more flavour and a coarser bite than degerminated.

4 cups

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Plain flour

Two cups. Drop it entirely for a fully Southern cornbread.

2 cups

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Baking powder and soda

Two tablespoons of powder, a teaspoon of soda for the buttermilk to react with.

2 tbsp / 1 tsp

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Sugar

A quarter cup for the whole jar, which is barely sweet. Double it for Northern-style.

¼ cup

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Salt

Two teaspoons.

2 tsp

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The Rundown

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No notes. Pure, unrepentant comfort.

EffortSome doing

Cook it with

No-cook

The Method

Whisk thoroughly and jarA full minute so the leavening distributes. Label with the ratio. Keeps four months.
To bakeOne and a half cups of mix, one egg, a cup of buttermilk, a quarter cup of melted butter or bacon fat.
Preheat the skillet with the fat in itCast iron in a 425°F oven with the fat until it's shimmering. Batter poured into a hot greased skillet is what gives the crust its edge — this is the step that matters most.
Bake 20–25 minutesUntil deep gold and pulling from the sides.
Make it yoursJalapeño and cheddar. Creamed corn for a wetter crumb. Bacon fat instead of butter. Hot honey butter over the top, and the compound butter recipe on this site covers that.

The Toolkit

Cast iron skillet · Airtight jar · Whisk

Straight Answers

Can you make How to Make Cornbread Mix in an air fryer? — Not needed

No cooking needed here — this one comes together without heat, so the air fryer sits it out.

Can you freeze How to Make Cornbread Mix? — Yes

Yes — cool it, portion into airtight containers, and freeze; thaw in the fridge and reheat.

Can you make How to Make Cornbread Mix ahead of time? — Partly

The components hold — prep the parts ahead and finish it close to serving for the best texture.

Is How to Make Cornbread Mix gluten-free? — Not as written

Not as written — it contains gluten. Make it gluten-free: swap in a gluten-free flour blend (check the other labels too).

Is How to Make Cornbread Mix vegan? — Yes

Yes — no meat, seafood, dairy, egg, or honey in it as written.

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