- 1 cup cornmeal = 1 cup polenta (coarse) or corn grits (Salted Plains)Same ingredient at different grinds. Coarse polenta gives more crunch in cornbread; for a finer crumb, soak briefly in the recipe's liquid first.
- 1 cup cornmeal = 1 cup corn flour (for a finer crumb) (Bake It With Love)Corn flour is finely ground cornmeal; result is softer and more cake-like, with less of cornmeal's signature grit.
Cornmeal substitutes
Tested swaps for cornmeal, with ratios and sources.
Measure substitutes by weight where you can. The Cornmeal converter gives the grams.
Note: our substitutions are direct, not chained — we don't recommend substituting a substitute.