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30 Minute Easy Vegan Cornbread

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Moist, and fluffy, with the perfect light sweetness, this is the best Vegan Cornbread any baker could wish for!  Combine it with chili, soup, or just eat it straight-up with loads of jam – any way you cut it, it’s a solid win.

overhead view of vegan cornbread squares laid on their side

Cornbread traditionally includes, eggs, dairy milk, and often butter.  But this amazing vegan cornbread is moist and fluffy and made without any of it’s dairy counterparts.  And a bonus?  This vegan cornbread is made without refined sugar!  10 minutes of prep time + 20 minutes of bake time = delicious vegan cornbread in 30 minutes or less!!

What makes this Vegan Cornbread moist and fluffy?

Ground flax seed is our friend!  While being super healthy for us, it also retains moisture and binds, similar to the traditional function of eggs.

The steps to make amazing Vegan Cornbread:

Measure out dry ingredients into a medium sized mixing bowl.

overhead view of dry ingredients for vegan cornbread in a white mixing bowl

Whisk the dry ingredients together to be sure to distribute the baking powder and salt well.

overhead view of whisk and mixed dry ingredients for vegan cornbread in a white bowl

Mix together wet ingredients (oil, agave, almond milk) in a separate small bowl.

overhead view of wet ingredients for vegan cornbread in a white mixing bowl

Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix together well.

overhead view of wet and dry ingredients for vegan cornbread being poured together

Your cornbread batter should look like this!

overhead view of mixed batter for vegan cornbread

Pour the batter into a pan-sprayed or oiled 8X8 baking dish.

overhead view of vegan cornbread batter in a 8X8 square baking pan

Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 20-22 minutes or until a light golden brown.  Let it rest for 10 minutes or so, and enjoy!

overhead view of baked vegan cornbread in clear baking dish

Want to make vegan cornbread muffins instead?

Just pan-spray or oil 10 muffin tin spaces and spoon in the batter until the muffin space is about 3/4 full.  (About 1/3 cup of batter).  Bake for slightly less time 17-20 minutes, keeping an eye on the muffin tops for light browning…and done!!

side closeup view of vegan cornbread muffin sliced with jam

Expert Cooking Tips:

  • For the non-dairy milk, I usually choose unsweetened almond milk.  Your favorite vegan milk substitute is fine.
  • For this recipe, I prefer fine-ground cornmeal.  If you like a coarser cornmeal, you could try medium-grind cornmeal.
  • Golden flax seed meal or brown flax seed meal work equally as well in this recipe.

Want to make this vegan cornbread without oil?

Sure, just substitute applesauce for the oil.  The texture is not quite as light, but still super tasty!

overhead view of vegan cornbread squares laid on a blue and white napkin

What should I eat with this vegan cornbread?

Well, my kids would tell you that this is good all by itself, smothered in vegan butter and jam.  But, I think it’s amazing accompanied by this Creamy Fresh Vegan Tomato Soup, this family favorite 20 Min Favorite Vegan Corn Chowder or a simple pot of chili or pinto beans!

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Amazing Vegan Cornbread

This quick and easy vegan cornbread is lightly sweet, moist and fluffy and made without refined sugar!  The perfect complement for chili, tomato soup, basic beans, or a stand-alone treat!  
4.5 from 16 votes
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Course: bread, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy cornbread, vegan cornbread
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Resting time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 453kcal
Author: Rebecca

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Cornmeal
  • 1 cup Unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp flax seed meal
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 4 tsp Baking Powder

Wet Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Almond Milk or other non-dairy milk
  • 1/4 cup Agave Nectar
  • 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil or other neutral flavored oil

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Pan spray or oil an 8X8 baking dish.
  • Whisk dry ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl.
  • Mix wet ingredients together in a separate small bowl.
  • Add wet ingredients to dry and mix until well combined.
  • Pour combined ingredients into 8X8 baking dish.  Place in oven on middle rack.
  • Bake for about 20-22 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Let cornbread rest for about 10 minutes.  Slice and enjoy!

Notes

To make vegan cornbread muffins instead of cornbread:
Just pan-spray or oil 10 muffin tin spaces and spoon in the batter until the muffin space is about 3/4 full.  (About 1/3 cup of batter).  Bake for slightly less time 17-20 minutes, keeping an eye on the muffin tops for light browning...and done!!
For the non-dairy milk, I usually choose unsweetened almond milk.  Your favorite vegan milk substitute is fine.
For this recipe, I prefer fine-ground cornmeal.  If you like a coarser cornmeal, you could try medium-grind cornmeal.
Golden flax seed meal or brown flax seed meal work equally as well in this recipe.
To make without oil, just substitute the oil for applesauce.  Cornbread crumb will be slightly denser.

Nutrition

Serving: 2pieces | Calories: 453kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Sodium: 670mg | Potassium: 687mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10g | Calcium: 303mg | Iron: 3.2mg

 

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