Best Vegan Cornbread Recipe with Corn

Best Vegan Cornbread Recipe with Corn creates a delicious, dense cornbread perfect to serve with stews and chili. Egg free cornbread is made with minimal ingredients including corn, and makes a great side dish for soups, chili, and stews. This vegan cornbread works great for stuffing recipes too! Homemade corn bread is the best. And this Cornbread without eggs is the amazing! See instructions for making corn muffins and gluten free cornbread too!

I love nights at home with Shawn…and Coco. Truth be told, I’m kind of a homebody. Of course, I like to get out too, because I’m right on that line between introvert and extrovert. So as long a I get some people time in during the day, then an evening at home feels like perfection.

And I’ve had so much going on lately, between finishing up the edits on my very first novel, and launching courses over at the Chopped Academy, we’ve had a lot on our plates lately.

It all feels like it’s winding down about the same time, and I’m relieved. That means it’s time for some delicious vegan cornbread served with a great big pot of chili!

How to Make Vegan Cornbread

I make this easy vegan cornbread in a cake pan, but you could also make it in a muffin pan. Making cornbread into muffins is sort of critical when I’ve thought of cornbread at the last minute and need to make a batch in a hurry!

Muffins take less time to cook, and when a person’s hungry, they don’t want to wait by the oven door, impatiently clicking on the💡 button.

This recipe calls for minimal ingredients:

• Whole wheat pastry flour
• Cornmeal
• Baking Soda and Powder
• Salt
• Vegan Butter
• Agave Nectar
• Plant-based Milk
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• Corn

A note on sweetness: I feel like there’s something amiss in the the cornbread mix world. Some people seem to look at cornbread as if it were a cake, making it light and airy and super sweet!

Think of this as a Southern cornbread without eggs or milk. It’s more of a dense bread that is minimally sweet. That’s what you’ll get out of this vegan cornbread recipe. We’ll talk more about adjusting this for your personal tastes below.

Making Cornbread Without Eggs

Making cornbread from scratch is really simple. Sure you can buy mixes, but this way is the best. I make this recipe with no egg because eggs are not necessary. The gluten in the wheat flour does the trick of binding the ingredients together.

Gluten Free Cornbread

To make this gluten-free, simply replace the flour with gluten free baking flour. Be sure and add a tablespoon of ground flaxseed, however, to act as a binder.

You might ask, is cornbread vegan? To answer that we should first ask, is cornmeal vegan? The answer is yes. Corn is a plant and Cornmeal is basically dried, ground corn, making it vegan too.

I like adding whole kernel corn to my cornbread, because of the texture and flavor it adds. Also, if I remember correctly, it’s the way my grandma used to make her cornbread.

Although I cannot honestly say that is the case, because some memories drift between dreams and reality. Let’s just say I hope that’s how my grandma made her cornbread!

Also, for an interesting twist, I made a tasty Vegan Corn Casserole that combines some of the same ingredients with vegan cheese on top. It’s pretty tasty!

Do you have to incorporate baking powder in vegan cornbread?

Baking powder is a leavening agent and will help create rise both in cornbread and cornbread muffins.

What do you eat cornbread with?

Cornbread is a perfect savory quick bread for many recipes, such as chili, soups, and stews.

For example, I love to serve cornbread with these recipes:

• Pinto Bean Soup — I like to crumble the cornbread right into the soup!
• Vegan Beef Stew – the lightly sweet cornbread is a perfect compliment to the savory stew recipe.
• Savory Vegan Minestrone.
• Vegan Lentil Stew.

I could even see slicing the tofu in half and serving it for breakfast with some Tofu Scramble with cheese on top!

Expert Tips for Vegan Cornbread

Here are tips for making this vegetarian recipe perfect every time:

• Make these into cornbread muffins to reduce the baking time
• Feel free to add a little more agave to make this recipe sweeter
• Make this dairy free recipe using your choice of plant-based milk, including — soy milk, almond milk, or even coconut milk
• You can make this without adding whole kernel corn
• Optional: add fresh slices of jalapeños on the top before baking (remove the seeds to make it less spicy)
• You could also add some vegan cheddar shreds over the top
• Do not overmix the batter — stir until just combined
• Transform this into an oil free recipe by replacing the vegan butter with unsweetened applesauce

There it is — some ideas for adapting this eggless cornbread recipe. Now, you should think about what you will serve it with. I can totally see this cornbread sitting next to a big bowl of Vegan Chili Mac and Cheese. They would be so perfect together!

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Perfect Vegan Cornbread

This homemade vegan cornbread is so much better than the kinds made with a mix. It’s lightly sweetened and made with only a few ingredients. Serve it with a dollop of vegan butter with soup, chili, and more!

5 from 3 votes

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Course: Bread

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: Perfect Vegan Cornbread

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 178kcal

Author: Marly

Ingredients

• 1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
• 1 cup Cornmeal
• ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• ½ cup Vegan Butter
• ⅓ cup Agave Nectar (or maple syrup or honey)
• 1 cup Plant-based Milk , not vanilla flavored
• 1 tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1 cup Corn kernels , optional

Instructions

• Heat your oven to 375F. Spray a small baking pan (like a 8″ square, or small rectangle pan) with vegetable spray. 
• Combine the flour, cornmeal, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Stir to combine.
• In a separate, microwave-safe bowl, add the vegan butter. Microwave for about 20 seconds, until melted. Add the agave nectar, plant-based milk and apple cider vinegar. Stir to combine.
• Make sure to drain the corn (if using canned). Add corn (if using) to the flour mixture and stir until the corn is coated. Pour in the milk mixture and stir until just combined.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes, until the cornbread is golden on top.
• Serve warm. Place in a sealed container and refrigerate any unused portions. It should last 4 – 5 days in a the fridge; up to a month in the freezer.

Notes

I specify to use plain plant-based milk, but there have been times when all I had was vanilla-flavored milk and this recipe still came out tasting fine.

If you’re using a muffin pan, reduce cooking time to approximately 18 minutes.

Enjoy!