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January 19, 2015
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Sweet Potato Cornbread
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Gluten Free Living – 2015
Sweet Potato Cornbread is lovely. I love a good cornbread recipe, and I’ve not been shy in trying out new ones frequently. I actually prefer sweet cornbreads to regular, and I love recipes that incorporate good things like pumpkin, sweet potatoes, bacon, jalapenos, green chiles, or other great stuff like that. Yes, I’m a cornbread lover and I’m not ashamed to say it!
But every now and then I get burned and a recipe turns out so awful I have to start completely over. That happened when I made this recipe from Paula Deen’s Test Kitchen. I expected a lot more from this recipe than it delivered. After cooking the recipe for 45 minutes it was still not done in the middle. The shredded sweet potato didn’t cook in that length of time either. The pieces of sweet potato were still hard and chewy! Even my husband said the cornbread wasn’t sweet enough. On top of that, the cornbread just really didn’t have a very good flavor. Yikes.
So I started from scratch. I liked the idea of making a sweet potato cornbread, but I wanted a moist cornbread that was significantly sweeter and not overwhelmed with salt. I also pre-cooked the sweet potato and added mashed sweet potato to the mix. Now, if you don’t fancy sweet potatoes, this cornbread isn’t for you! I love sweet potatoes in ANYTHING so my palate will enjoy this probably more than most people. Sweet Potato Cornbread has a lovely, savory, sweet potato taste and because I used honey instead of sugar those deep flavors are also incorporated. I decided to make this recipe as healthy as I could by substituting gluten free flour for regular flour. I also used a stone-ground cornmeal which is not as finely ground as many commercial cornmeals and the taste is superb.
While I tinkered with a basic cornbread recipe, I was afraid to do too much this first go around because I didn’t want to overwhelm the recipe with lots of stuff. I think it could probably use some spices as well as some savory additions like onions or leeks, but that’s for another time and another place.
If you are like me and enjoy delicious cornbread recipes, let me recommend: Gluten Free Honey Cornbread, Southern-Style Cornbread, Molasses Cornbread, Boston Market Cornbread, Mexican Cornbread, Honey Buttermilk Cornbread, Sweet Cornbread, Broccoli Bread, or Bacon Jalapeno Gruyere Corn Sticks. All are wonderful ways to serve cornbread.
So I present to you, Sweet Potato Cornbread. It’s a tasty alternative to regular cornbread and a cornbread that is decidedly different yet worth trying out. If you are not gluten intolerant you can use regular flour in the recipe. As I state in the recipe card below, honey is not as sweet as sugar. So if you’re trying to keep this recipe healthier you may want to increase the honey and make it slightly sweeter. I don’t think I would increase the amount of sweetener if you use plain sugar. You may also want to include a tablespoon of molasses in the batter or sprinkle a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar on top before baking for a richer, fuller flavor.

Sweet Potato Cornbread combines sweet potatoes and cornbread for a savory and tasty treat.

Sweet Potato Cornbread is great for breakfast or dinner.

I served Sweet Potato Cornbread with King Ranch Chicken and Beef and Barley Soup.
Here’s what I did.

I used these ingredients.

Place cornmeal, gluten free flour, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.

Cut in cold, unsalted butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.

Add eggs, sour cream, honey and buttermilk.

Bake a sweet potato and mash with a fork.

Add sweet potato to other ingredients and stir well to combine.

Spray an 8×12″ glass baking dish with cooking spray. Pour sweet potato mixture into prepared baking dish. If desired sprinkle a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar over top of the cornbread if you want a sweeter cornbread.

Bake at 425 for 15 minutes. Tent cornbread with foil to prevent over browning. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes or until cornbread springs back when touching with finger.

Allow cornbread to cool before cutting and serving.

Sweet Potato Cornbread works really well with soups on cold, winter nights.
Here’s the recipe.
SWEET POTATO CORNBREAD
(My own concoction)
Sweet Potato Cornbread
This tasty cornbread is a clean eating recipe using honey instead of sugar and wholesome dairy ingredients. This recipe uses stone ground cornmeal and gluten free flour instead of regular.
Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins
Cuisine Southern
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
NOTE: Preparation time does not include time required to bake sweet potato.
NOTE: If you like a really sweet cornbread, increase honey to 2/3 cup. (Granulated sugar is sweeter than honey and will probably already be sweet enough without increasing the sugar content).
NOTE: You can also increase the sweetness by adding two tablespoons of brown sugar and sprinkling it on the top of the cornbread batter before baking.
NOTE: If you want a richer, deeper flavor, add a tablespoon of molasses to the batter.
NOTE: I do not recommend using more than 1 1/2 cups of sweet potato - even 1 cup is sufficient enough to add the flavor. Otherwise, it will totally overpower the cornbread.
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While Sweet Potato Cornbread has a different taste than many cornbreads, I really enjoyed the addition of sweet potatoes to cornbread.

Sweet Potato Cornbread is a healthier, clean eating version than many cornbread recipes.
You may also enjoy these delicious recipes!
Sweet Cornbread

Molasses Cornbread


January 19, 2015
Breads, Rolls & Muffins | Breakfast Foods | Gluten Free | Gluten Free Breads, Rolls & Muffins | Gluten Free Breakfast Dishes | Recipes
Sweet Potato Cornbread
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Gluten Free Living – 2015
Sweet Potato Cornbread is lovely. I love a good cornbread recipe, and I’ve not been shy in trying out new ones frequently. I actually prefer sweet cornbreads to regular, and I love recipes that incorporate good things like pumpkin, sweet potatoes, bacon, jalapenos, green chiles, or other great stuff like that. Yes, I’m a cornbread lover and I’m not ashamed to say it!
But every now and then I get burned and a recipe turns out so awful I have to start completely over. That happened when I made this recipe from Paula Deen’s Test Kitchen. I expected a lot more from this recipe than it delivered. After cooking the recipe for 45 minutes it was still not done in the middle. The shredded sweet potato didn’t cook in that length of time either. The pieces of sweet potato were still hard and chewy! Even my husband said the cornbread wasn’t sweet enough. On top of that, the cornbread just really didn’t have a very good flavor. Yikes.
So I started from scratch. I liked the idea of making a sweet potato cornbread, but I wanted a moist cornbread that was significantly sweeter and not overwhelmed with salt. I also pre-cooked the sweet potato and added mashed sweet potato to the mix. Now, if you don’t fancy sweet potatoes, this cornbread isn’t for you! I love sweet potatoes in ANYTHING so my palate will enjoy this probably more than most people. Sweet Potato Cornbread has a lovely, savory, sweet potato taste and because I used honey instead of sugar those deep flavors are also incorporated. I decided to make this recipe as healthy as I could by substituting gluten free flour for regular flour. I also used a stone-ground cornmeal which is not as finely ground as many commercial cornmeals and the taste is superb.
While I tinkered with a basic cornbread recipe, I was afraid to do too much this first go around because I didn’t want to overwhelm the recipe with lots of stuff. I think it could probably use some spices as well as some savory additions like onions or leeks, but that’s for another time and another place.
If you are like me and enjoy delicious cornbread recipes, let me recommend: Gluten Free Honey Cornbread, Southern-Style Cornbread, Molasses Cornbread, Boston Market Cornbread, Mexican Cornbread, Honey Buttermilk Cornbread, Sweet Cornbread, Broccoli Bread, or Bacon Jalapeno Gruyere Corn Sticks. All are wonderful ways to serve cornbread.
So I present to you, Sweet Potato Cornbread. It’s a tasty alternative to regular cornbread and a cornbread that is decidedly different yet worth trying out. If you are not gluten intolerant you can use regular flour in the recipe. As I state in the recipe card below, honey is not as sweet as sugar. So if you’re trying to keep this recipe healthier you may want to increase the honey and make it slightly sweeter. I don’t think I would increase the amount of sweetener if you use plain sugar. You may also want to include a tablespoon of molasses in the batter or sprinkle a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar on top before baking for a richer, fuller flavor.

Sweet Potato Cornbread combines sweet potatoes and cornbread for a savory and tasty treat.

Sweet Potato Cornbread is great for breakfast or dinner.

I served Sweet Potato Cornbread with King Ranch Chicken and Beef and Barley Soup.
Here’s what I did.

I used these ingredients.

Place cornmeal, gluten free flour, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.

Cut in cold, unsalted butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.

Add eggs, sour cream, honey and buttermilk.

Bake a sweet potato and mash with a fork.

Add sweet potato to other ingredients and stir well to combine.

Spray an 8×12″ glass baking dish with cooking spray. Pour sweet potato mixture into prepared baking dish. If desired sprinkle a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar over top of the cornbread if you want a sweeter cornbread.

Bake at 425 for 15 minutes. Tent cornbread with foil to prevent over browning. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes or until cornbread springs back when touching with finger.

Allow cornbread to cool before cutting and serving.

Sweet Potato Cornbread works really well with soups on cold, winter nights.
Here’s the recipe.
SWEET POTATO CORNBREAD
(My own concoction)
Sweet Potato Cornbread


This tasty cornbread is a clean eating recipe using honey instead of sugar and wholesome dairy ingredients. This recipe uses stone ground cornmeal and gluten free flour instead of regular.
Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins
Cuisine Southern
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup Wayside Inn stone-ground cornmeal or regular cornmeal, not cornmeal mix
- 1 cup pamela's gluten free baking and pancake mix
- 1/2 cup honey or sugar
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 4 tbsp. cold Land O’ Lakes unsalted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 large sweet potato, cooked and mashed about 1 to 1 ½ cups mashed sweet potato

Instructions
- Measure cornmeal, gluten free flour, baking powder and salt and place in large mixing bowl.
- Stir to combine.
- Add cold butter and blend with a pastry blender until mixture becomes like coarse meal.
- Add eggs, buttermilk, sour cream, honey and mashed sweet potato and stir to combine but just until moistened.
- Do not overmix.
- Spread batter into a greased 8x12” glass baking dish.
- Bake at 425° for about 15 minutes.
- Cover loosely with foil to prevent over-browning.
- Bake an additional 15-20 minutes or when cornbread springs back when touched with finger.
- Cool before cutting into squares.
NOTE: Preparation time does not include time required to bake sweet potato.
NOTE: If you like a really sweet cornbread, increase honey to 2/3 cup. (Granulated sugar is sweeter than honey and will probably already be sweet enough without increasing the sugar content).
NOTE: You can also increase the sweetness by adding two tablespoons of brown sugar and sprinkling it on the top of the cornbread batter before baking.
NOTE: If you want a richer, deeper flavor, add a tablespoon of molasses to the batter.
NOTE: I do not recommend using more than 1 1/2 cups of sweet potato - even 1 cup is sufficient enough to add the flavor. Otherwise, it will totally overpower the cornbread.
Share this Recipe
5K+

While Sweet Potato Cornbread has a different taste than many cornbreads, I really enjoyed the addition of sweet potatoes to cornbread.

Sweet Potato Cornbread is a healthier, clean eating version than many cornbread recipes.
You may also enjoy these delicious recipes!
Sweet Cornbread

Molasses Cornbread
