I can’t think of corn bread without thinking of Tippin’s restaurants. When I was younger, before living in Kansas City, my family would visit Kansas City quite often. Along with those visits usually meant lunch at Tippin’s, a restaurant known for their delicious pies. While everyone else would pour over the menu trying to decide which kind of pie to get for dessert, I would get giddy with excitement over their sweet corn bread served with delicious honey butter. I’ve always had a hard time considering corn bread as anything other than dessert. I know it is perfectly acceptable to eat alongside a bowl of soup (I always ordered the French Onion at Tippin’s) or a pot of hot chili, but to me, corn bread is just as delicious of a sweet treat at the end of the meal as any cake or pie I could have. The gorgeous Maple Corn Bread picture in the November 2011 issue of Real Simple Magazine, glistening with a sweet glaze, did me in. I knew as soon as I read it that I wanted to make corn bread but instead of using maple syrup as the glaze, I did a simple honey butter. The first bite immediately took me back to sitting around the table at Tippin’s with my family, me snacking happily on corn bread while they devoured their slices of pie. Soup and corn bread season is upon us.. or if you are like me… corn bread and more corn bread season. Whether you choose it along side your favorite cup of soup or as dessert, enjoy! Recipe: Honey Butter Corn Bread (barely adapted from Real Simple Magazine
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus more for the pan
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 2 cups cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 cups whole milk
- 4 large eggs
- 3/4 cup honey
1. Heat oven to 425° F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. 2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add the milk, eggs, ½ cup of the honey, and ½ cup of the butter; whisk together the wet ingredients, then incorporate the dry ingredients until just combined (do not overmix). 3. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. 4. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the remaining ¼ cup of butter and ¼ cup of honey After removing the corn bread from oven, brush with the honey butter mixture. Cool completely in the pan, then cut into pieces.
YUM! Sounds fantastic. I love a great cornbread recipe!!
Cornbread is so comforting! And with HONEY butter?!? *sigh*
I totally love corn bread, too, especially with soup and warm, comfort, winter foods. I will definitely be trying this one.
Tippin’s chocolate cream pie with the little chocolate shavings is a stand-out memory from my childhood 🙂
Their French Silk? Yes it is indeed. It is the only thing that I would get *if* I didn’t choose corn bread 🙂
Oh…I can almost taste it! I’ve got to try this soon, with the next batch of whatever. Cornbread goes with anything I think.
Its gorgeous Kristen… makes me want to run buy a Real Simple!
I’ve actually never been to Tippins! Can you believe that?
But I CAN say that this corn bread is going to end up in my mouth sooner than later.
I love cornbread. I haven’t made it in ages. This looks delicious 🙂
I am a sweet cornbread girl too…when I was a waitress, we had cheddar jalapeno cornbread muffins that everyone went crazy over. No thanks!! I’ll take mine sweet any day.
And your photos are killin’ me! So beautiful.
Those are the best kind of recipes – the memories just make you feel all warm and cozy.
I pulled that same recipe from Real Simple! So happy to hear that it is similar to what Tippins served! Now, I realy can’t wait to try it!
I remember coming to Tippins in Kansas City before I lived here too. This cornbread sounds delicious…I love nostalgic food!
I’ve had this thing for cornbread since way back. I first had it out for a meal at a fried chicken restaurant on the side of a plate of crispy chicken and mashed. I’ve been hooked ever since. And with honey? Hello! Instant tea time/dessert!
I remember eating at Tippins when I was a kid, before I lived in Kansas City! I don’t think I remember eating the cornbread because I was always so concerned with getting to the French Silk pie. This cornbread does sound amazing, though. I love nostalgic food!
Tippins! I had a cousin that worked there and she would always bring their pies for our holiday gatherings. They were wonderful.
you totally got me wanting to make this!! I’m so doing it tomorrow!!
Tippins was a childhood favorite of mine as well. Any of the pies with chocolate. I still have some tins in my cabinet with their name in them. Thanks for the memory!
I’ve never been a huge fan of corn bread… but I just think I haven’t had the good stuff. This, however, looks wonderful and I can only imagine how good it tastes with that honey butter in it!
It looks and sounds really delicious.
I think I’m gonna try to make it in the next few days.
Thanks
I tend to like my cornbread on the sweeter side too, with butter and jam for breakfast sometimes. But with honey butter! Mmm…..even better.
Great side dish to any Fall meal! Or I could eat the entire pan all by itself:)
Loved Tippin’s cornbread – it was dessert for me as well! Thanks for the stroll down memory lane! And cornbread is great for breakfast or with soup/chili or really anytime!
This looks so good! I always make the cornbread off the back of the cornmeal package but this is probably (read: DEFINITELY) way better!
We’ve had cornbread twice in the past week. Yum! My favorite way to make it is with coarse ground cornmeal.
Wow, this looks better than any cornbread I’ve ever seen!
Ive never considered corn bread in a dessert way, but the honey with this sounds fantastic.
Oh yes Tippins which started out Pippins. They did our holiday baking. When you ordered pies you were giving an exact time to pick up your pies. I remember going in there and pies being in stacks to the ceiling everywhere.
Do you know that cornbread is a food I can’t stand, even the smell makes me sick……but I have to say this picture and recipe is really tempting me to give it a try- Steve loves it and I wont make it.
Kristen, what a lovely shot! So beautiful. I have yet to try making corn bread – yours looks so delicious!
This is my kind of comfort food! Delicious!
I live in Tucson. We make an hour and a half drive to get up to the top of Mt. Lemmon (the southern most ski resort in the US). We hike and then eat at the only restaurant there which services honey cornbread with maple butter on the side. It’s worth the 3 hour round trip. I’m going to try this and whip up some maple butter on the side. Yum.
Wow, this looks so good. I would totally fill up on this and be too full to eat the rest of the meal.
I think I need to make this as a surprise for Steve this weekend!
I’m making this to go along with our BBQ Chicken tonight, potato salad and baked beans. A summer-ish meal in Fall. Gotta love it! Great recipe. Have you noticed that you call for 3/4 cup honey in the ingredients and in the directions it says “add 1/2 cup MAPLE SYRUP”…..thankfully I figured it out and added 1/2 cup honey instead. Just wanted to let you know. Thanks for sharing!
How many servings does this make?
Hi Meg –
It makes about 16 smallish pieces (or 8 big pieces!)
Made it. Loved it. You rock!
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This is in the oven right now! I broke recipe follower rule #1, and didn’t read the whole recipe through. I started pouring it into my pan and thought whoa there is a lot of batter still.. So I got a batch of muffins going too! I’d wait until it’s done to say it was good but I’ve licked enough spoons to know it’s just fine =)
I have made this several times and it is always delicious. I have passed the recipe on to a few people because they have loved it so much. I’m making it again right now to eat with chili. Yummy!
Oh I am so glad and really appreciate you coming back and letting me know! Thanks so much, Becki!
The cornbread is ok but definitely no comparison to Tippins. Not even close, sorry. Wish I had Tippins recipe though.