I am a lady who loves making cornbread from scratch, however I grew up on Jiffy mix. Last night I made some smothered turkey drums with gravy and a side of rice. What better to go with that than cornbread? I was feeling lazy so I popped out the last box of Jiffy Mix in my pantry. Usually when I use the mix I put it in a muffin tin, but growing up it was made in a pie pan and I was feeling nostalgic. HOWEVER, upon putting it in my pie pan and baking like normal, it came out so FLAT. Like they took baking powder out of the recipe 🙄 (it was still tasty, i was just disappointed)
by Routine_Concert_3642
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I never liked Jiffy (too dry for my taste), but am a huge fan of the cornbread recipe on the back of the Indian Head Cornmeal bag. They have two recipes, I use the “moister/sweeter” variant. It’s EASY and probably takes about 90 seconds longer to prepare than Jiffy.
What’s the expiry date on the box?
I use Jiffy all the time, I think I have two boxes in my cupboard right now, lol. I’ve never had it come out flat like that. How old was the mix you had?
I don’t know why people deal with typical corn bread. Once I tried spoon bread I never looked back. It is a cornbread that is moist and fluffy. Here is an easy recipe I use all the time where you don’t whip the egg whites: [https://www.thespruceeats.com/southern-spoon-bread-3061281](https://www.thespruceeats.com/southern-spoon-bread-3061281). Happy Baking!
I think it’s as simple as the pan was too big and it spread too thin.
Did you use eggs? I sometimes add an extra.
Did you let it sit for 15 minutes before baking?
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So excited to share this actually. My mom makes the jiffy mix all the time but adds in a few extra ingredients that she found in a recipe from I think it was good house keeping or southern living. Attaching a [recipe](https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/the-ultimate-jiffy-cornbread-recipe/) as a starting point. It’s easy stuff like melted butter, egg, sour cream, tiny bit of sugar. It makes it taste soooo much better (which of course it would if you’re adding richer, fat ingredients lol)!
Not a damn thing.
Pan too big love!
I never use a mix for cornbread but I’d be surprised if the boxes still contained the same amount of ounces that it did when it was first produced. So less mix in the package, less batter to fill up the pan you have used for years. I know this is a thing with cake mixes now, although the manufacturers claim you can still use a 9X13 pan.
I think they tweaked the formula a bit. Mine does not turn out the same either. No matter what
Was it just flat, or was it also dense?
If it was just flat, it may be that your pan was bigger than what you remember or that Jiffy mix is suffering from shrinkflation.
That’s the difference between an 8″ and 9″ pie pan
Has the ounces changed? May not be the same amount of mix
Pan too big. I feel like a pie tin needs two boxes of mix.
I think it could be either too big pan or shrinkflation
It’s not in my mouth that’s all! Nothing else.
Could be either two boxes were used previously or your pan is too big. I made some a couple months ago and it came out fine, but I used a cast iron pan and added some milk and extra egg…idk how much of a difference that makes in height.
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I think Jiffy as a base. Usually I put half a cup of Greek yogurt in the mix. I am a professional baker and I don’t care to follow rules 😅 I have my own rules and it’s basically if I want moist anything I drop some Greek yogurt or buttermilk in it. I also tend to put a teaspoon of baking powder and soda in the mix. It’s always perfect.
Edit: also I usually put half a can of creamed corn for sweet and just because it’s so worth it.
My mom always uses 2 boxes. That and melts a whole stick of butter in the pan then pours most of it into the batter, but leave enough in the pan that the edges get crunchy and buttery. And an extra egg.
Your pan is too big.
Pan too big. One box of jiffy doesn’t make much.
Use two boxes next time. One box is a rookie move!!!! Ain’t no one ever had a problem with too much cornbread.
If the texture and flavor were still good, everying saying pan too big is 100% correct. Two boxes or smaller pan next time.
There’s not enough to fill a standard pie pan in one box anymore. If I decide to use jiffy, I have to use two boxes to fill a pie pan.