The Best Vegan Cornbread
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Just the best vegan cornbread, perfect for serving with chili. It’s wonderfully moist, perfectly sweet and only requires one bowl!
Every time we have chili, I have to make some cornbread to go along with it. The whole family loves it, and it makes a pot of chili go a lot further! My kids have recently decided that they love chili, and demand it often. I’ve tried several vegan cornbread recipes out there, and haven’t been perfectly happy until this one!
Now, I know people like to get all picky about their cornbread. So let me tell you what this one is all about.
It’s quite sweet, but not overly so. If you don’t like sweet cornbread, you may want to look elsewhere, or just lower the amount of sugar called for. It’s not a savory cornbread though, that’s not what I’m used to, and it’s not my preference!
It’s very moist, with the perfect amount of cornbread texture. I’ve made some cornbreads that have too much “grit” in them. I don’t like that. This one is just perfect in texture, in my opinion. Not totally cake like, but not super gritty either.
It’s made with just one bowl! This is a super easy recipe: dump, mix & bake! Perfect every time.
Serve cornbread with this Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili , Instant Pot Baked Beans, or Ultimate Vegan Chili for optimal results! 🙂
The Best Vegan Cornbread
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup yellow corn meal
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/3 cup canola oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and lightly grease a 8 x 8 pan, or a 9 inch round cake pan.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder and stir.
- Now pour in the almond milk and canola oil. Stir until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
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Notes
- You may use white whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour in place of all purpose flour if you wish. I haven't tested it with a gluten-free blend but it may work.
- For oil-free, replace the canola oil with applesauce.
- Adapted from allrecipes.
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843 Comments on “The Best Vegan Cornbread”
I used it with Bob’s Red Mill gluten free flour. It is delicious.
I make this almost once a week. It’s so good and my very picky toddler loves it!
I did these as muffins with a gluten-free flour and oat milk (didn’t have any almond milk handy) and tossed in 1/3 cup salsa for the Tex-Mex vibe. Very fluffy and got good reviews from the recipients!
Oh, that sounds so good! Thanks for sharing your fabulous review and for sharing your ideas!
Great recipe! I’ve made it several times including a version made with a gluten free flour blend. Friends raved!
Hi! Any chance the oil can be replaced with something else, maybe apple sauce? What do you think?
Hi Andrea. You can sub applesauce for the oil, it’s a 1:1 sub. Hope you enjoy it!
This recipe is delicious. I made muffins instead of a loaf and I will use this recipe from now on. I followed the recipe exactly, plus added a drained can of corn and 1 minced fresh jalapeño. They were a big hit in my home.
I love your additions! Thanks for sharing your wonderful review and comments! I’m thrilled this will be your go to recipe for cornbread!
So good!!! I used about 1/2 cup of sugar, and it was sweet enough for me. I had it with your black bean and sweet potato chili. Huge hit! Even my non-vegan partner enjoyed it, and he’s a tough sell. 🙂
Your meal sounds delicious! I’m so glad you love the cornbread! Thank you for sharing your wonderful review and comments!
Can this be made with oat flour instead of all purpose flour?
I’ve never tried using oat flour here, so I’m not sure. I think it will likely work okay though.