Cornbread Casserole Recipe

This is traditionally served with Thanksgiving dinner but don't wait for the holidays to try this easy, family-pleasing side dish recipe!

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Table of Contents

• 🗝️ Key takeaways
• 🧾 Ingredients
• 📚 Variations
• 🔪 Instructions
• 🥫 Storage
• 💭 Tips
• 👩🏻‍🍳 FAQs
• 📚 Related recipes
• 📞 The last word
• 📖 Recipe
• 📓 Meal plans in minutes
• 💬 Comments

🗝️ Key takeaways

• This easy side dish is made with just a few simple ingredients and almost no prep time.
• Jiffy cornbread casserole is almost always served at Thanksgiving but it is a budget-friendly side dish all year long.
• Read through the tips for all of the options for making it ahead of time.

Cornbread casserole with Jiffy corn muffin mix is a Southern classic that makes its way to most holiday tables around here. It's to Thanksgiving dinner what Pineapple Casserole is to Easter.

It's actually a type of southern spoon bread - super simple with some corn, dairy, eggs, and cornbread mix.

That's part of the popularity of this recipe - it's easy and it's delicious Southern food! It's so good I can pretty much eat a whole dish by myself.

Try the corn pudding next. It's a little different.

🧾 Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you'll need - got your list ready?

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• Jiffy cornbread mix (in the past I've also used Marie Callenders low fat mix to cut the fat a little)
• Cheddar cheese
• eggs
• chiles
• cream-style corn
• whole corn kernels
• butter
• cumin

📚 Variations

You can make some small changes to get big flavors with this recipe. In fact, you can even turn it into a main dish by adding some cooked meat as a bottom layer!

• Add chili to the baking pan and spoon the corn casserole batter over it.
• Chop candied jalapenos up and add to the batter before baking.
• Red bell peppers, chopped and sauteed, are pretty AND delicious!
• Drain a can of RoTel tomatoes and add with the other ingredients.
• Stir in cooked, shredded chicken before baking or add it as a layer to the bottom of the casserole dish.
• Spoon cooked ground beef and a can of Ranch beans into the baking pan then add the batter. Bake as directed

🔪 Instructions

Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the green recipe card below.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large mixing bowl stir all of the ingredients together.
3. Pour the ingredients into a greased 9x9 casserole dish.
4. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes, or until the edges begin to brown.
5. Remove from oven and let stand for at least 10 minutes to firm up.

Cornbread casserole in a Crockpot

You can easily make this creamy corn casserole recipe in a slow cooker. You'll need a smaller slow cooker for best results - the cornbread mixture should fill it at least ⅔ and no more than ¾ of the way full.

1. Spray the crock with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Mix the ingredients in a large bowl, as above.
3. Spoon the cornbread mixture into the crock.
4. Cook in low for 4-5 hours.
5. Serve.

Since all slow cookers are different be sure to check at the 3-hour mark to see how it's coming along.

🥫 Storage

Store this Jiffy cornbread casserole in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or freeze for up to 4 months.

Cover with plastic wrap or put leftovers in an airtight container. A vacuum sealer works great, too.

💭 Tips

Expert Tip: Save time during the holidays. Make this 2 to 3 days ahead of when you'll need it and store in the refrigerator, either cooked or uncooked.

This is an easy side dish but here are a few tips that will make it even easier.

• Cornbread casserole can be frozen either baked or unbaked. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before baking as directed in the recipe. If you've frozen it already baked then just warm it at 300F for 20 minutes.
• You can use either a box of cornbread mix or the homemade cornbread recipe I've provided in the recipe card below.
• Don't over-bake - it will get dry.
• Let the casserole stand for 10 minutes or so before serving to allow it to firm up.

👩🏻‍🍳 FAQs

Here are the questions I am most frequently asked about this recipe.

📚 Related recipes

Side dishes make the meal and I have quite a few of them here on Restless Chipotle.

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• Yellow Squash Casserole is definitely one of my favorites! I could eat this stuff all day long! Creamy and delicious.

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📞 The last word

I'm not sure but I think it's a rule in the South that there's no such thing as too many corn recipes on the table during the holidays.

Just because you made a big old vat of dressing does not mean you can't serve creamed corn (with plenty of pepper and butter) and Jiffy corn casserole... and maybe cornbread on the side.

You know I'm right.

Make a double batch. Last time I made it the dish was empty in seconds. It's a great side dish any time of the year.

Try adding this pumpkin cheese ball to your Thanksgiving spread! It's so pretty.

If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.

If you love this recipe please give it 5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 Recipe

First published November 12, 2017. Last updated August 1, 2023 to improve readability. This was originally called Mexican cornbread casserole but that seemed to confuse readers who expected to find a tamale pie recipe.

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