Easy Mini Cornbread Puddings

Name: Easy Mini Cornbread Puddings
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 can (11 oz.) can whole kernel sweet corn; 1 can (14.75 oz.) cream-style corn; 1 pouch (6.5 oz.) Betty Crocker™ cornbread & muffin mix; 2/3 cup sour cream; 6 tablespoons butter, melted; 2 eggs; 1 1/2 cups shredded spicy jack cheese, divided; 1/2 teaspoon salt; Fresh ground black pepper, to taste; 4 sliced cooked bacon, halved (optional); 3 tablespoons diced green onions (optional)

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Prep 10 min
Total 50 min
Servings 8

Custard-like cornbread puddings, made in individual ramekins for easy entertaining. This scrumptious side dish is a perfect addition to any meal—especially during the holidays! MORE+ LESS-

By Cheeky Kitchen

Updated October 19, 2016

Ingredients

can (11 oz.) can whole kernel sweet corn

can (14.75 oz.) cream-style corn

pouch (6.5 oz.) Betty Crocker™ cornbread & muffin mix

2/3

cup sour cream

tablespoons butter, melted

eggs

1 1/2

cups shredded spicy jack cheese, divided

1/2

teaspoon salt

Fresh ground black pepper, to taste

sliced cooked bacon, halved (optional)

tablespoons diced green onions (optional)

Steps

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1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 8 ramekins with non-stick baking spray.
2

In a large bowl, mix together whole kernel corn, cream corn, cornbread mix, sour cream, butter, eggs, 1 cup cheese, salt and a generous sprinkling of pepper. Spoon batter into ramekins.
3

Bake for 35 minutes and remove from oven. Sprinkle the tops of the puddings with remaining cheese, and return to oven for 2-3 minutes more, until cheese is melted and centers of puddings spring back when lightly touched. Top with bacon and green onions, if desired.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 370
Calories from Fat: 200

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 22g; 34%
Saturated Fat 12g 61% Trans Fat 1/2g
Cholesterol: 100mg; 33%
Sodium: 720mg; 30%
Potassium: 190mg; 6%
Total Carbohydrate: 32g; 11%
Dietary Fiber 1g 5% Sugars 7g
Protein: 10g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 15%; 15%
Vitamin C: 2%; 2%
Calcium: 20%; 20%
Iron: 6%; 6%

Exchanges:

2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

This is not your grandma’s cornbread. (Not my grandma’s, anyway.)

No one should love cornbread pudding as much as I do. But, guys, I am obsessed. And here’s why.

Way back when I was a wee little tween, living in the podunk farm town of Hooper, Utah, my fam moved to SoCal and shortly thereafter found this tiny Mexican restaurant in some strip mall near the beach. It didn’t look like much. But each plate of tamales or enchiladas was delivered with a teensy, tinsy scoop of perfectly soft and sweet cornbread pudding. And the first time I tasted it, I was shocked.

Grandma had always made the crumbly-bready style of cornbread. The kind that you have to mop up with tablespoon of butter, and eat with a spoon, because a fork just makes it all worse. Now, I had discovered the existence of an almost-dessert, but also kinda savory, non-crumbly sort of cornbread pudding perfection.

And I’ve spent a good deal of my life trying to recreate that little scoop of heaven.

So, when we decided to hunt down a perfect Thanksgiving side dish, perfect for toting to holiday parties, I was all “CAN I MAKE CORNBREAD PUDDINGS IN RAMEKINS?” And everyone was like “UH, SURE.” And also they were like “WHY ARE YOU SO EXCITED FOR CORNBREAD AND WHAT IS THIS CORNBREAD PUDDING THING?”

And I was like, “ALLOW ME TO SHOW YOU THE WAY.”

Buttery Betty Crocker Cornbread mix. And sour cream. And pepperjack cheese. And corn. And creamed corn.

And ramekins.

And baking.

And bacon.

And ZOMG. It’s TIME TO TASTE. HOW DID IT ALL TURN OUT?

Like yes, dead on, exactly right, just-as-I-remember-it, blow-your-mind deliciously delicious cornbread pudding. But served, of course, with a much larger scoop. Because one little bite isn’t nearly enough.

Brooke blogs at Cheeky Kitchen, where she shares crazy simple, healthy family recipes. She joined Tablespoon to share some of her best, so keep an eye on Brooke's profile to see what she cooks up next!