Easy Cornbread Recipe – With Cottage Cheese (6 Ingredients)

Fill your kitchen with the aroma of homemade cornbread! My family has been making this easy cornbread recipe for decades. The crisp golden crust and moist, filled with cottage cheese, and fluffy center truly take you back to and evoke nostalgic childhood memories! With some yogurt, kefir or sour cream this wonderful combination cannot be a mistake!

I adore this cornbread recipe the most since it perfectly captures all the wonderful aspects of this quick and simple bread. You’ll be rewarded with soft, moist, buttery sweet cornbread with edges that are crunchy and crisp if you follow this recipe.

This recipe for Cottage Cheese Cornbread is unique and exceptionally tasty due to a not-so-secret ingredient! Together with yogurt, the cottage cheese gives a lovely depth and keeps this cornbread extremely moist and tasty!

This simple homemade cottage cheese cornbread, loaded with sweet corn flavor, is a great complement to any meal! It has a reasonable calorie count and is comprised entirely of nutritious components. Despite being simple, it is really lovely!

The fact that this cornbread recipe doesn’t require special ingredients is one of my favorite things about it. You already have all that you need in your pantry!

Why You’ll Love This Cornbread?

• Quick, easy, super healthy – Preparing this super delicious Cornbread requires only approximately 30-40 minutes which is perfect if you’re preoccupied and overly busy with other things and don’t plan on spending hours in the kitchen preparing a healthy meal.

• Simple minimal ingredients you already have (6 ingredients) – This Cottage Cheese Cornbread doesn’t call for 10+ ingredients nor is it a complicated preparation process! Believe it or not, this recipe only calls for 6 simple pantry ingredients and no huge amounts of them! You’ll only need 3 eggs, cottage cheese, baking powder, oil, plain yogurt, and

• Moist, tender, spongy, and not crumbly

• Super filling, healthy breakfast idea

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Ingredients You Need

Cottage cheese

Corn flour – Don’t confuse it with Polenta. Although milled, dried maize is the source of both cornmeal and corn flour, their textures are very different. While maize flour is smooth and fine, cornmeal has a grainy texture.

Yogurt – You’ll need 200 milliliters of plain yogurt.

Eggs – In most cornbread recipes, eggs are a necessary ingredient. They serve as the blinders needed to bind the batter and produce a cohesive loaf of bread.

Baking powder – You’ll need a whole 10-12 grams packet (approximately 2 full teaspoons).

Oil – You’ll need one neutral-tasting oil with a high smoke point. I tried this recipe with sunflower oil and extra virgin olive oil and it was totally fine. You most probably won’t taste it because of the taste strength of cottage cheese!

Salt

The Difference Between Corn Flour And Cornmeal

It can be very perplexing to figure out what exactly corn flour is, and it is often confused with cornmeal. So, here I found a good explanation of the Cornstarch, Corn Flour, Cornflour and Maize Flour: What’s the Difference? Here’s a quick summary of key things:

“Corn flour is obtained by grinding entire dried corn kernels into a fine powder. It’s basically very finely ground corn meal. In addition to the starch, it also contains fibre, protein and a small amount of fat. There are two types of corn flour: the more common yellow corn flour that’s made from yellow corn, and white corn flour made from white corn kernels. You can technically use the two varieties interchangeably, but whenever I mention ‘corn flour’ in my recipes, I’m referring to yellow corn flour.

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How To Make

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350F (180 C). Grease a 12 x 8” (30x20cm) baking pan with oil or cover with parchment paper.

Step 2: In a medium bowl, add the cottage cheese and add in whisked eggs, baking powder, salt, oil, and plain yogurt. Mix it all well with a spatula.

Step 3: Start adding flour little by little stirring simultaneously (don’t pour everything at once, since there may be a difference in the needed amount due to the flour brand type, so estimate the right thickness, adding gradually).

Step 4: Pour the mixture into the baking pan and bake for 20-35 minutes, checking the progress occasionally after 20-25 minutes of baking (ovens vary).

Cornbread Topping Ideas…

Even though this cornbread is already perfect as it is, you can get creative with this part and add different toppings you prefer. Here are some topping ideas…

• grated parmesan
• butter
• maple syrup or honey
• greek yogurt
• fresh fruit – raspberries, blueberries, sliced strawberries, or bananas
• jelly or jam

Why Does My Cornbread Crumble?

There may be different reasons why your cornbread is crumbling too much but know that cornbread is naturally crumbly, if it’s a crumbly mess look for possible reasons:

• Eggs – Eggs provide structure and texture. They help all the ingredients connect. So, if you haven’t been using eggs in your cornbread before, you may try it and the difference will be noticeable drastically.

• Too much corn flour– The glutens in the flour can’t hold the bread together if you add too much corn flour. Reduce the amount of corn flour you use.

• Too much oil – Depending on the cornflour brand type you may need to adjust the amount of oil. Start by adding little by little while stirring, not the full measure from the recipe.

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