This is a "choose your own adventure" type of recipe, with options for a grainy, crumbly cornbread or a lighter, cakier version, and three different ways to bake it.
Prep Time8 minutesmins
Cook Time22 minutesmins
Optional resting time19 minutesmins
Total Time49 minutesmins
Servings: 9
Ingredients
1cupyellow cornmeal-white cornmeal is not recommended
1cupwhole wheat flour
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonbaking powder-leave out for a denser cornbread
½teaspoonsalt
½cupGreek yogurt
½cupwater
⅓cupno sugar added applesauce
¼cuphoney
2eggs -room temperature
¼cupavocado oil -melted butter or canola oil are acceptable substitutes
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and grease a 9X9 baking dish or muffin tin. OR place an 8 or 9-inch cast iron pan in the oven while it preheats.
In a medium bowl, sift together cornmeal, whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
1 cup yellow cornmeal, 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
In a small bowl, combine the Greek yogurt and the water and whisk until combined. Stir in the applesauce.
½ cup Greek yogurt, ½ cup water, ⅓ cup no sugar added applesauce
Add the yogurt mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
For a lighter, fluffier, cornbread, allow this mixture to sit for 20 minutes to hydrate the grains. For a grainier, denser cornbread, proceed directly to the next step.
In the bowl you used to mix the yogurt, beat the eggs, honey, and avocado oil together with a fork, then add it to the batter. Stir just until combined (you don’t want to overwork the batter).
¼ cup honey, 2 eggs , ¼ cup avocado oil
Transfer the batter to your baking dish and use the back of your spoon to spread it out to the corners. Too cook in a preheated cast iron pan, add 1-2 tablespoons of avocado oil to the hot pan first. To bake muffins, fill the muffin cups ¾ full.
Bake in the preheated oven for 22-25 minutes. If baking in the cast iron pan, check for doneness at 20 minutes.
Notes
Optional add-ins: 1 small can of diced green chilis, ¾ cup diced apples, ¾ cup blackberries, ¾ cup fresh or frozen corn kernels, 1 cup wild blueberries.The oil or butter in this recipe can be cut back to 2 tablespoons if desired.