Air Fryer Cornbread

Have you cooked cornbread in air fryer yet? It’s a great easy and cheap side dish alongside any meal. Make it sweet or savory with diced chiles and it’s moist every time. A Southern dish that goes with all the things for dinner or a cook out. One of our favorite air fryer recipes.

Ninja Air Fryer Cornbread

You can use any brand of machine you have to make this. I’ve used my Cosori, Airwave and Ninja Foodi as well. They all come out fluffy and fantastic. With the latter you will use the lid that is attached and the air crisp button.

With the pot though you could also make our Instant Pot cornbread with this brand, with the other lid that is not attached. 😉

If you’ve made our air fryer bread before you know how easy it is to bake in an air fryer. Now it is time to try something new with this creation. It is a nice small batch that feeds 4-6 people and so pretty using a small bundt pan.

Cornbread with Buttermilk Ingredients

We made homemade cornbread from scratch this time with the base as Albers Cornmeal. You do need to add some All purpose flour to thicken the batter. Make sure you measure flour properly or it will become dense.

Butter will give it that buttery rich flavor to it but there are dairy free alternatives out there if you need that. Egg is a great binder for everything to stick together.

Buttermilk is better than milk for a more dense outcome. You can make this with milk and some lemon juice if need be. You want it to be as moist as possible to go your favorite 5 ingredient Crockpot chili. Add some Sugar, just a bit will add that sweetness you would expect. Sugar free Splenda could be an alternative.

Baking soda and baking powder will help it rise and some Salt is needed for the savory element to it to balance all the flavors out. To add a bit of spicy you could make smoked chiles and dice up or use canned.

Can you make air fryer cornbread with Jiffy?

Yes, alternatively you can go with the easiest one. Just mix the ingredients on the box to make Jiffy Mexican cornbread batter instead and use that. 1 box will do it. Poured into a mini bundt pan, it comes out really pretty too.

Non stick cooking spray is important so it will slide out. And you will need some aluminum foil to cover the top so it bakes evenly and the top doesn’t burn. You will need a 7″ bundt pan to fit inside the drawer. I like to cool before removing from pan for 15 minutes and do so on a cooling rack.

How Long to Cook Cornbread in Air Fryer

In this case it is a mini size and takes about 45 minutes. You could do the same thing in the oven, and/or in a regular size but the cook time would need to increase because you’d need much more batter to fill 2/3 of the way full. Crockpot cornbread takes the longest but a fun experiment to try too.

Can you make cornbread muffins?

If you want a faster cook time you will want to use the recipe below with the timing for our air fryer muffins. For those you would use silicone muffin cups to pour your batter inside. Another cooking hack like our cornmeal muffins with the same batter that “bakes” even faster.

FAQ

The best option is to make your own!! You can make buttermilk by combining a cup of whole (preferably) milk + 1 tbsp lemon juice and let it sit for a good 5 minutes. This will make it thicker and it will be ready to use immediately.

These two ingredients are different. Corn flour is ground finer so it resembles flour more than the coarse cornmeal you would use to make homemade cornbread. SO, no they are not the same thing.

To make it sweeter you can add a tbsp of sugar into the batter. To give it a bit more flavor add some diced chiles, or for a spicy element dice jalapenos and fold those in!

Yes you will want to cover the top or else the top will burn before the center is able to cook all the way thru. At the end you should remove the covering in order to make it golden brown and a bit crispy but for the duration it should be covered to achieve a moist texture.