Cornmeal Recipes

Easy crusty French-style bread with just five ingredients: flour, yeast, water, sugar, and salt. Baked with steam for a crackly golden crust and chewy interior.

Corn muffins made with yellow cornmeal, dry milk powder, and a splash of lemon juice served with whipped honey butter. A big-batch recipe that makes two dozen tender muffins.

Tex-Mex skillet cornbread with a spiced black bean, pepper, and tomato filling topped with homemade cornbread batter baked golden in a cast iron skillet. A one-pan vegetarian dinner.

Stuffed polenta with meat sauce: two layers of Parmesan polenta sandwiching a meaty tomato-basil sauce and mozzarella, baked hot until bubbly. A lighter Italian alternative to lasagna.

Green tomato omelet with cornmeal-dredged fried tomatoes, fresh basil, and scallions. A flat Italian-style frittata that turns end-of-season tomatoes into a satisfying meal.

Hot tamale pie with pinto beans, corn, and bell peppers in spiced tomato sauce topped with a cornmeal crust. A hearty vegetarian Southwestern casserole baked until golden.

Drop biscuits with cornmeal crunch and pepper jack cheese baked in. Spicy, cheesy, and ready in 20 minutes with no rolling or cutting needed.

Cornmeal crepes with a slight gritty sweetness, spread with apricot jam, folded into quarters, and served with sugared strawberries and vanilla yogurt. A light, fruity breakfast or dessert.

Whole wheat pizza dough with cornmeal for a nutty, crisp, rustic crust. A double-risen homemade yeast dough that bakes up sturdy and golden, a heartier base for any pizza topping you like.

Indian meal muffins, a Pennsylvania Dutch cornmeal muffin made with just 6 ingredients. Quick, tender, and lightly golden. Ready in 30 minutes, yields one dozen.

Maryetta's Italian sausage bread wraps sweet Italian sausages in a saffron-and-fennel-scented yeasted dough, then bakes them in a clay pot until the loaf thumps hollow. Rustic regional Italian with an unforgettable golden crumb.

Jalapeño yeast corn muffins are vegan corn muffins made with silken tofu, nutritional yeast, and chopped fresh jalapeño. Egg-free, dairy-free, ready in 45 minutes. Twelve muffins per batch.

Lemon cornmeal cake with a hot lemon glaze and crushed blueberry sauce. A rustic single-layer buttermilk cake with a tender crumb and gritty cornmeal bite, finished with bright citrus shine.

Southern spoonbread with fresh corn kernels, buttermilk, and cornmeal, leavened with beaten egg whites. Puffed, golden, and custardy, served straight from the oven.

Egg-free and dairy-free corn muffins made with cornmeal, flour, shortening, and vinegar. A simple vegan-friendly cornbread muffin that bakes golden in 20 minutes.

Double corn pancakes blend buttermilk-soaked cornmeal with whole corn kernels, red bell pepper, and scallions, with whipped egg whites folded in for lift. Savory breakfast.