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Best Jiffy Cornbread Recipe - This honey butter corn bread is an easy quick bread made with simple ingredients. Ready in 25 minutes. So good!

This semi homemade cornbread is perfect for the sweet cornbread lover in your life. People rave about this decadent cornbread because the honey butter bottom layer is to die for! It's honey buttery gooey perfection.

Piece of the Best Jiffy Cornbread Recipe with butter on top.
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This easy cornbread recipe is perfect for easy weeknight dinners, your next backyard bbq, or family gathering. This sweeter cornbread is a tasty compliment to other side dishes, like fried corn and roasted potatoes.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

Secret to this Recipe...is the honey butter bottom layer. It is amazing. Savory buttery flavor mixed with the sweetness of honey creates a decadent, gooey surprise that transforms a simple box of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix into a sweet and ultra moist honey butter cornbread. So basically, this Jiffy Cornbread Recipe is a dessert masquerading as a side dish. What's not to love?

Bite shot of Best Jiffy Cornbread Recipe showing the delicious honey butter bottom.

Here's What You Need

Individual ingredients for Best Jiffy Cornbread Recipe.
  • Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix (1 boxed mix) - the key ingredient to this delicious cornbread.
  • 1 large egg
  • ⅓ cup of milk - This recipe uses regular milk, but you can substitute any kind of unflavored milk.
  • ½ cup salted butter (1 stick)
  • ½ cup honey

Equipment

  • 8 x 8 Baking Dish - Tempered glass Pyrex baking dish works best so that you can see through the side of the pan to check for doneness.
  • large bowl
  • fork or whisk
  • rubber spatula - To scrape the bowl.

How to Make It

1. Pre-heat oven to 400°F. Place oven rack to center position and pre-heat the oven to 400°F.

2. Prepare Bottom Honey Butter Layer.  Melt butter in bottom of a 8 x 8 Pyrex baking dish. Melt the butter in the microwave for 1 minute. Pour honey evenly over the melted butter, but do not mix together. Set aside.

Honey on top of melted butter in pyrex baking dish.

3. Prepare Basic Recipe For Jiffy Batter.  Follow the original recipe on the back of the Jiffy box as detailed here. In a medium bowl, whisk together box of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix, egg, and milk, until combined. A few small lumps in the batter are fine.

Individual ingredients for jiffy cornbread muffin mix in a clear glass bowl.

4. Pour Jiffy Batter.  Pour Jiffy batter evenly over the top of the bottom honey butter layer. Do not stir the two layers together.

Best Jiffy Cornbread Recipe unbaked and ready for the oven,

5. Bake.  Place the baking dish into the oven on the center rack and bake for 15-20 minutes.

Pro Tip

Use a see through glass (Pyrex) baking dish so that you can see what the middle looks like. It needs to look done and not soupy. For best results, bake this delicious cornbread until it is golden brown and the honey butter is bubbling up along the sides. Test for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the center of the cornbread. If the toothpick comes out clean, it's done.

Side view of Best Jiffy Cornbread Recipe in the oven, highlighting the bubbling honey butter bottom layer.

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Jiffy Cornbread Hacks

Jiffy Cornbread Muffin Mix is a pantry staple that you can use to create many different variations of this Jiffy Cornbread Recipe. Just add a few extra ingredients and maybe a bit of sugar to a box of Jiffy Cornbread Mix to suit your personal tastes.

Variation Suggestions:

  • Corn Muffins - Divide Jiffy mix batter evenly into muffin tins. Cornbread muffins will bake in less time when using muffin pans instead of a single baking pan.
  • Jiffy Corn Casserole - Add corn and creamed corn.
  • Southern Cornbread - Sweeter and more cake like. Perfect recipe to make in a cast iron skillet.
  • Jiffy Jalapeno Cornbread - Add diced Jalapenos to batter.
  • Slow Cooker Corn Pudding - Made in a crock pot with extra ingredients like corn and cheddar cheese.

Substitution Suggestions:

  • Milk - may substitute buttermilk, heavy cream, sour cream, plain greek yogurt, water, almond milk, soy milk, or coconut milk.
  • Eggs - may substitute packaged egg substitutes (may contain egg), aquafaba (canned chickpea liquid), or Flax Egg.
  • Salted Butter - may substitute unsalted butter with an added pinch of salt.

Recipe FAQS

How do you add flavor to cornbread?

Add flavor to your cornbread with one of these tasty add-ins: maple syrup, honey, butter, chopped jalapenos, cream cheese, creamed corn.

How to keep cornbread from crumbling?

Crumbly cornbread is dry cornbread. For tender cornbread, add a teaspoon of vegetable oil into the mix. This will provide the extra moisture needed to keep it from becoming dry.

Does Jiffy cornbread need to be refrigerated?

Jiffy cornbread can be stored can be stored in plastic wrap or in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days.

Side view of whole baked Best Jiffy Cornbread Recipe.

Serving Suggestions

This Easy Jiffy Cornbread Recipe is the great side dish to serve with our Oven-Baked Ribs and Crispy Oven Roasted Potatoes. Its truly a perfect side dish any time of year, whether its for your next easy weeknight dinner, for a holiday meal like Thanksgiving dinner, or a casual backyard BBQ. You can't go wrong.

Freezing and Storage

This tasty jiffy cornbread can be stored at room temperature covered with plastic wrap, aluminum foil, or in an airtight container for 3-5 days or in the freezer for up to 6 months.

There you have it. The Best Jiffy Cornbread Recipe. It's as easy as that! We hope you enjoy our super simple, super tasty recipe. Try it and let us know how you like it. We'd love to hear from you!

xo ~ Seanna

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Piece of the Best Jiffy Cornbread Recipe with butter on top.

Honey Butter Cornbread Recipe

Best Jiffy Cornbread Recipe - This honey butter corn bread is an easy quick bread made with simple ingredients. Ready in 25 minutes. So good!
This semi homemade cornbread is perfect for the sweet cornbread lover in your life. People rave about this decadent cornbread because the honey butter bottom layer is to die for! It's honey buttery gooey perfection.
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5 from 6 votes
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 9 Servings
Calories: 258kcal
Author: Seanna Borrows

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Ingredients 

  • 1.5 cups Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
  • 1 large egg
  • ⅓ cup milk
  • ½ cup salted butter 1 stick
  • ½ cup honey

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 400°F.  Place oven rack to center position in the oven and pre-heat the oven to 400°F.
  • Bottom Layer.
    Melt butter in bottom of a glass 8 x 8 pyrex baking dish.  Melt the butter in the microwave for 1 minute.  Pour honey over butter evenly.  Set aside.
    ½ cup salted butter, ½ cup honey
  • Prepare Batter.
    In a medium bowl, whisk together box of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix, egg, and milk, until combined.  A few small lumps in the batter are fine.
    1.5 cups Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix, 1 large egg, ⅓ cup milk
  • Pour Batter.
    Pour batter evenly over the top of the bottom layer.  Do not stir.
  • Bake.
    Place the baking pan into the oven on the center rack and bake for 15-20 minutes.  Or until light golden brown on top and bottom layer is bubbly. 
    Test for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the center of the cornbread. If the toothpick comes out clean, it's done.

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Notes

Substitution Suggestions

Milk Substitution

Substitute Water, Almond Milk, Soy Milk, or Coconut Milk for Milk in Jiffy Mixes.

Egg Substitution

You can substitute the following for eggs in Jiffy mixes:
. Packaged egg substitutes (may contain egg)
. Aquafaba (canned chickpea liquid)
. Flax Egg

Serving Suggestions

This Easy Jiffy Cornbread Recipe is the great side dish to serve with our Oven-Baked Ribs and Crispy Oven Roasted Potatoes. Its truly a perfect side dish any time of year, whether its for your next easy weeknight dinner, for a holiday meal like Thanksgiving dinner, or a casual backyard BBQ. You can't go wrong.

Freezing and Storage

This tasty jiffy cornbread can be stored at room temperature covered with plastic wrap or in an airtight container for 3-5 days or in the freezer for up to 6 months.

Nutrition

Calories: 258kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 284mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 383IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
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  1. Linda Lee

    What is the correct amount of butter to use in this recipe? At the top, it says to use
    1/2 CUP of butter. If you click "jump to recipe", it says to use 1/2 STICK of butter. I'd love to try this recipe, but I want to do it right. Thanks.

    Reply

    • Seanna Borrows

      Hey Linda, Good catch! It's 1/2 cup of butter (1 stick). I've made the edit to the recipe. Thanks so much for contacting me. Hope you'll give it a try! S

      Reply

  2. Louanne Barber

    5 stars
    Good

    Reply

    • Seanna Borrows

      Thanks Louanne. Glad you liked it!

      Reply

    • Eileen

      This was absolutely delicious 😊

      Reply

      • Seanna Borrows

        Thanks so much Eileen!

        Reply

  3. Sandra Pugliese

    5 stars
    This is a delicious cornbread recipe. I love to put honey on my cornbread , after I baked it. But this is a genius twist. Why didn't I think of this. Great job

    Reply

    • Seanna

      Thanks so much for your sweet comment, Sandra. I'm so glad you like it. 😊

      Reply

  4. Debi

    5 stars
    We love this Jiffy cornbread down south! It's a staple at every potluck dinner and church social!

    Reply

    • Seanna

      Thanks Debi! Its a favorite here too!

      Reply

  5. Joni Jon

    I use the vegetarian brand and add buttermilk and Agave. The regular brand has lord. This sounds good to.

    Reply

    • Seanna

      Sounds great! Love the buttermilk add and Agave is tasty!

      Reply

  6. Lisa Hatfield

    5 stars
    The honey makes all the difference in this recipe, so good!

    Reply

    • Seanna

      Thanks so much Lisa!

      Reply

  7. Laura

    5 stars
    I love how easy and buttery this cornbread is!!!

    Reply

    • Seanna

      Thank Laura! Is such a tasty twist on an old favorite. So happy you like it!

      Reply

  8. Russ B

    5 stars
    Love the honey!

    Reply

    • Seanna

      Me too! Irresistible!

      Reply