I don't bake very much. I asked my daughter to make cornbread the other day. She followed the recipe from the bag of corn meal. The cornbread tastes really good, but it is very crumbly and falls apart when you pick it up to eat. This is the second time recently that she has made it and this has happened.
Any suggestions on what may be going wrong? Cooking too long? Not enough liquid?
Need a new recipe?
I actually think that is how it is supposed to be. Whenever I make it, it is also crumbly! If you make it as muffins, it is better because it is formed. But if you make it like a bread, I think that is when it falls apart more easily!
Make sure you are beating the batter as long as the recipe requires. There is far less protein in corn meal to bind together to give the finished product cohesion. What little there is needs to be worked hard to form the network that holds things together.
Another thing you can do is add a few tablespoons of all-purpose or bread flour to the recipe. This will add some gluten and help hold things together.
Corn bread is supposed to be very crumby. You could add a little more oil or egg for binding.
When you pour it in the tin/pan, it should be the consistency of brownies.
Check out a few different recipes and see what the changes in it are.
Good luck.
Dear L.,
How old is your cornmeal? If you have had it for awhile,
the bread will be dry and crumbly. Make sure all of your ingredients are fresh. Check the temp. in your oven, make sure it is right on. If to hot, it drys out the batter to quick.
Hope this helps. Good luck. L. G.
Delicious, easy, and low in fat! Enjoy!!!!
Orange Corn Bread
Makes 9 x 5 inch loaf
Preheat oven to 350F.
1 1/2 cups milk
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 cup yellow corn meal
1 cup unbleached white flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar (or less, to taste)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup canola oil
Zest from one orange
In a medium bowl stir together the soy milk and vinegar (mixture will slightly curdle); set aside. In a large bowl sift the dry ingredients and whisk them together to blend well. Set aside. Whisk the canola oil and fresh orange zest into the soy milk mixture. Add the wet ingredients to the dry with the wire whisk, blending just until ingredients are incorporated. Pour batter into a loaf pan sprayed lightly with cooking oil. Bake for 40-50 minutes, until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack before slicing.
I buy the corn meal that Quaker sells and use the reciepe on the back of the box. It's always a bit more "crumbly" than other types of bread, I think that's the nature of the beast so to speak. I do know that there will be a difference if you use the wrong sized eggs however. Good luck.
get some jiffy cornbread mix. do not torture yourself. their cornbread is very reasonable and is in a box in the baking section of most grocery stores.
Hey L., Corn bread is a tough one for me to so i am anxious to find out myself..But there is a walmart corn bread that i love and is quite simple. Hope this helps, S.
I use Jiffy brand cornbread, which is also great for making corn muffins. It is super yummy and crazy cheap! I do find that it is a little more crumbly than I like. I add in an extra egg and that seems to help. Like others said, cornbread is by nature crumbly, but you can make it a little better.
Try this recipe, on the container of Quaker yellow corn meal. It is moist. 1 1/4 c. flour
3/4 c. corn meal
1/4 c. sugar
2 t. baking powder
1 c. skim milk
1/4 c. oil
1 egg
Heat oven to 400. Grease 8 or 9 inch pan. Combine dry ingredients then the rest. Stir till all are moistened. Pour into pan. Bake 20-25 minutes till wooden pick comes out clean or almost clean. C.
Try this recipe: Cornbread
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup flour
5 Tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/4 cup canola oil
mix it all together, put into greased 8" square pan and bake at 425* for approximately 20 minutes. Always very moist and delicious! ~~~Andrea
My favortie corn bread is Jiffy. You buy it in a box add milk and eggs and mix it and bake it. Cornbread is can be crumbly but she might be overmixing it. You should just mix cornbread until all of it is incorporated. I don;t know if you are doing it on a mixer but maybe try it by hand. Good luck!
I recommend using the Tastefully simple recipe. Use the beer bread mix...but instead of adding beer - you are adding creamed corn. I don't have the recipe memorized - but it is on the side of the tastefully simple box. Check out www.tastefullysimple.com
Hope it helps!
K.
