Cornbread muffins are a sweet and tender variation on the classic Southern bread side.

Moist and tangy, these cornbread muffins have a hearty cornmeal texture and bite from medium grind cornmeal.

It’s the real deal texture you want in cornbread.

Southern Living Cornbread Muffins ready to serve with butter and honey

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But the sugar does make these muffins more tender with small bits of crunchy edges.

Can You Freeze Cornbread Muffins?

Yes, cornbread muffins can also be frozen.

Southern Living Cornbread Muffins ingredients

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When ready to eat them, reheat muffins wrapped tightly in foil in an oven warmed to 300F.

)all-purpose flour

1cup(about 5 oz.

Coat a 12-cup muffin tray with cooking spray or line with paper liners.

Southern Living Cornbread Muffins spraying the pan

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Combine wet ingredients:

Whisk together buttermilk, butter, and eggs in a medium bowl.

Mix ingredients:

Create a well in the center of the flour mixture.

Gradually pour buttermilk mixture into the well while stirring together until just incorporated, being careful not to overmix.

Southern Living Cornbread Muffins whisking together the dry ingredients

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Carefully remove muffins from tray using an offset spatula; serve warm with salted butter and honey.

Southern Living Cornbread Muffins whisking together the wet ingredients

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Southern Living Cornbread Muffins stirring together the batter

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Southern Living Cornbread Muffins adding the batter to the pan

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Southern Living Cornbread Muffins in the pan after baking

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Southern Living Cornbread Muffins on a cooling rack after baking

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