Low Sodium Cornbread Recipe
This low sodium cornbread recipe is light, fluffy, and made without salt! A great side dish with dinner, or to serve with low sodium chili.
This salt free cornbread is made with pantry staple ingredients, eggs, milk, and is ready in 30 minutes from start to finish. This cornbread is great all year round!
Skip the boxed cornbread, it’s easy and simple to have a little fun and try making your own. The result? A totally rich, creamy, and perfect textured cornbread that blew the box mix out of the water, without the sodium!
This sweet cornbread is ready from start to finish in just 30 minutes. It’s super simple to whip up if you need a last-minute side dish that the family will love. It’s also a great recipe to use up extra cornmeal or pantry ingredients.
This Low Sodium Cornbread Recipe Is
- Light
- Fluffy
- Sweet
- Satisfying
- Ready in 30 Minutes
- Vegetarian
Ingredients You’ll Need
See the recipe card below for a full list of instructions and ingredient amounts!
- All Purpose Flour
- Corn Meal: I like this medium corn meal, I always keep some in my pantry. It’s great for adding texture to pizza crusts (also the secret for keeping them from sticking on a pizza peel!) and breads, and also to make homemade corn bread.
- Granulated Sugar
- Low Sodium Baking Powder (see note below!)
- Milk
- Vegetable Oil
- Eggs
Ingredient Spotlight!
Rumford Reduced Sodium Baking Powder
Regular baking powder & baking soda can be high in sodium, making it difficult to make homemade baked goods while on a low sodium diet.
This Rumford brand has 35mg sodium per 1/8th teaspoon serving, making it the lowest baking powder option I’ve seen. It’s the one I use in this recipe, and many others on this site. You can find it in grocery stores, and on Amazon here.
How To Make This Recipe
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 9×9 inch baking dish, and set aside.
- Mix the Wet Ingredients: in a large bowl, add the vegetable oil, milk, corn, and egg. Mix well with a wooden spoon to combine.
- Combine the Dry Ingredients: in a medium bowl, add the cornmeal, flour, sugar, and low sodium baking powder. With a clean spoon, mix well to combine.
- Make the Batter: Take the bowl with your dry ingredients and mix them into the wet. Fold well to make a thick batter. Pour batter into the baking dish.
- Bake: Place baking dish in the oven, and bake cornbread for 20-25 minutes until lightly browned on top. Test doneness with a toothpick: place toothpick in the center of the cornbread, when the cornbread is fully cooked the toothpick should come out clean.
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Low Sodium Cornbread
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- 9 x 9 Inch Baking Dish
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cornmeal
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon Rumford’s Reduced-Sodium Baking Powder
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup corn
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 9×9 inch baking dish, and set aside.
- Mix the Wet Ingredients: in a large bowl, add the vegetable oil, milk, corn, and egg. Mix well with a wooden spoon to combine.
- Combine the Dry Ingredients: in a medium bowl, add the cornmeal, flour, sugar, and sodium free baking powder. With a clean spoon, mix well to combine.
- Make the Batter: Take the bowl with your dry ingredients and mix them into the wet. Fold well to make a thick batter. Pour batter into the baking dish.
- Bake: Place baking dish in the oven, and bake cornbread for 20-25 minutes until lightly browned on top. Test doneness with a toothpick: place toothpick in the center of the cornbread, when the cornbread is fully cooked the toothpick should come out clean.
Notes
Nutrition estimate (for 1 serving)
*Please note, all nutrition content is estimated based on the ingredients we used in our kitchen. It will vary based on your ingredients. Always check your nutrition labels to verify your nutrition content and sodium amounts.
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Can I use non-dairy milk like soy or coconut for this recipe?
Hi Sherwood, yes you absolutely can! I’ve made cornbread with almond milk before and it turns out great.
Delicious and tender. This is my second time making your recipe. The first time was as it was written and it was excellent. This time I had to make some substitutions because of my low pantry. I used apple sauce instead of oil, granulated maple sugar instead of white sugar, and unsweetened almond milk (due to dairy intolerance). I also added about an ounce of minced fresh jalapeños. It still came out brilliant. Thank you for a very tasty and flexible recipe.
Hi Kathleen,
AMAZING substitutions, those sound so good (especially the jalapeno, yum)! Thank you so much for letting me and others know what worked in the recipe. So glad you enjoyed it, and I really appreciate the rating and review 🙂
Thanks, Kelly
This is such a great recipe and very easy. Thank you! Next time I’ll add some fresh diced jalapeños!
This cornbread is delicious! I’ve made it several times – most recently with gluten free flour, and it was a hit with my family! Can anyone advise on baking time and temperature to make the recipe as muffins? Thank you!