67 Cornmeal Recipes, Including the Best Cornbreads, Corn Cakes, and Corn Puddings
Perhaps you’re staring at your cupboard, wondering what to make with all that cornmeal. Is cornbread too obvious? How about cornbread made with bacon fat and brown sugar? Corn muffins studded with fresh raspberries or blueberries? Or a cornmeal quick loaf made moist and flavorful with zucchini? Below you’ll find all these recipes using cornmeal and more.
You can use cornmeal beyond baked goods too. Our favorite recipes include cornmeal-crusted scallops for dinner, cornmeal-masa pancakes for breakfast, and a crunchy cornmeal pie crust filled with juicy nectarines for dessert.
Maybe you’re looking for cornmeal dumpling recipes? Or a fluffy corn cake? We have those too. Plus, the best cornbread dressing (a.k.a. stuffing) for Thanksgiving, citrusy cornmeal cookies, crispy cornmeal waffles, creamy corn puddings—basically, all the cornmeal recipes you could ever want.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich2/67Barley-Cornmeal Crust
The star of this cornmeal recipe is, of course, cornmeal—but the secret ingredient is grapefruit juice, which gives the crust sweetness, balances the richness, and adds a bit of tang. Try it with a juicy blueberry-nectarine filling.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Nathaniel James, Food Styling by Laura Rege3/67Skillet Dressing With Cornbread and Biscuits
This southern-style dressing (not stuffing) is made with torn cornbread and biscuits and hit hard with an earthy, fragrant combination of dried sage and black pepper.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Erika Joyce4/67Azafrán Soup With Spinach Greens and Yellow Cornmeal Dumplings
This fragrant soup is part of Enrique Salmón's lineup of weeknight American Indian recipes. It's flavored with azafrán (also called Native American saffron or safflower tea). You can use blue, white, or yellow cornmeal to make the puffy dumplings.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton5/67Masa Pancakes
These fluffy pancakes can be made with fresh masa or dried (masa harina). A touch of fine-grind cornmeal in the batter fortifies the sweet flavor of the masa.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Laura Rege6/67Crispy Scallop Salad
These crispy-but-tender scallops are double dredged in cornmeal that's been seasoned with Old Bay. After that, they're pan-fried and then set atop a salad of endive, oranges, and avocados.
Photo by Alex Lau7/67Skillet Cornbread With Chives
Have a cast-iron pan? Now's the time to use it. This buttermilk classic relies on all cornmeal, no flour, for its crumbly, sweet-and-savory body.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Bill Clark8/67Cheesy Corn Casserole With Crunchy Cracker Topping
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson10/67Gluten-Free Crab Cakes With Snap Pea Salad
Photo by Eva Kolenko13/67Blue Cornmeal Pancakes With Blueberry Butter
Turns out coriander and blueberries are a match made in heaven—or at least in science. You know what else goes great with coriander? Cornmeal.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell14/67Cheesy Corn Spoon Bread
