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Sweet Potato Cornbread

Course Dessert, Side Dish
Servings 16 servings

Ingredients
  

Wet Ingredients

  • 1 cup sweet potato puree, about 1 large or 2 medium potatoes, cooled
  • ½ cup plain greek yogurt
  • cup honey
  • ½ cup butter, melted and cooled
  • ½ cup milk

Dry Ingredients

  • 2 cups cornmeal
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp salt

Honey Butter

  • ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • flakey sea salt, to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375℉, and grease 8x8 baking dish with butter.
  • If cooking sweet potatoes in microwave, pierce in several places around potato with fork and wrap in damp paper towel. Once cooked, let cool to room temperature.
  • Add potato to food processor and puree until smooth. Then add remaining wet ingredients. Blend until smooth.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
  • Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, fold together until just combined.
  • Transfer batter to prepared baking dish, flatten the top with a spatula into an even layer.
  • Bake for 20-30 minutes until top is golden brown and a toothpick in the center comes out clean. (If top is getting too dark, cover with foil.)
  • Cool for at least 15 minutes.
  • In the meantime, mix together honey butter ingredients.
  • Cut cooled cornbread into 16 slices, and serve with honey butter.