Oil Free Skillet Cornbread
Vegan Skillet Cornbread made with only 8 ingredients and ready in just 30 minutes. Gluten free and oil free options.
Servings 8 slices
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
- 2 tablespoon water
- 1 cup unsweetened plain almond milk
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup melted vegan butter or oil ⅓ cup applesauce for oil free option
- 2-3 tablespoon cane sugar for northern style. Omit for southern style.
- 1 cups corn meal
- ½ cup all purpose flour use 1:1 gluten free if needed.
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- oil for skillet
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place cast iron skillet in oven while it preheats.I used an 11 inch.* See notes.
- Whisk together ground flax seed and water in a small bowl. Set aside to thicken and create a flax egg.
- Add apple cider vinegar to milk and set aside for about 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl add cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, and combine thoroughly.
- Add vegan butter, oil or applesauce, milk mixture and flax egg to dry ingredients. Mix just to combine.
- Remove skillet from oven and add a dab of oil or cooking spray to coat the bottom. Pour cornbread batter into skillet and bake for about 20 minutes or until edges pull away from skillet and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Notes
Skillet
- You can use any size skillet you have on hand, you'll just need to adjust the baking time. When baked in my 7 inch skillet it needs about 35 minutes. I wouldn't use any smaller of a skillet than this because there will be too much batter for anything smaller. If you don't have a skillet you could also use a baking dish
- Gluten free - use an 1:1 gluten free flour instead of all purpose flour OR use all cornmeal. The bread will be a bit crumbly with only cornmeal.
- Oil free - use ⅓ cup applesauce instead of vegan butter to make this cornbread oil free.
- Southern style - omit sugar to make southern style cornbread.
- Northern style - include sugar to make northern style cornbread.
