Perfect cornbread. Seriously - to all the "southerns" who rate this recipe down, just because you think true cornbread shouldn't be sweet, doesn't make you right. I melted the butter separately, then mixed all the ingredients in a bowl and poured it in a preheated skillet. Baked it for 30 minutes. The bottom had a great crispiness but the bread was still moist. We ate it with ham and bean soup. Yes, some people don't think it's blasphemy to eat bean soup over sweet cornbread. Shocker!

Reviewed On: Mar. 24, 2013

This is a fantastic basic recipe. The first time I followed the recipe exactly (though I did substitute 1 cup dried currants for the walnuts because of nut allergies). Everyone ate it up. The second time I subbed half the oil for applesauce, plus doubled the zucchini as other reviewers suggested. It still turned out really well, though it was the best (and least healthy) the first time around. I think you can play around with this recipe and things will still turn out very well. I wouldn't follow others suggestions and add a crumble on top - at least not the first time. After this bread cools it develops a wonderful crunchy top layer that wouldn't develop if you add a crumble. Really no need for it anyway. And - just a pet peeve, but what is up with yet another recipe that calls for 3 tsps of something? Three teaspoons equal 1 tablespoon, people! No need to measure something out three times that only needs done once. Okay, rant over.

Reviewed On: Feb. 19, 2013

I so much wanted to love this recipe, but like several others, mine was dry in the end. I followed the recipe exactly, and made no substitutions. I was actually shocked by how dry it was, considering that I've found most cornbread recipes, even egg-free ones, to be generally foolproof. I tried this one because I thought the addition of sour cream sounded intriguing. I also thought that calling it "sweet" in the title was very misleading. This corn bread has a touch of sweetness, but I'd say you'd need to at least double the sugar to match what most people think of when they hear "sweet cornbread."

Reviewed On: Jan. 21, 2013