I wanted to make a cornbread to go along with my 3 Bean Vegan Chili that was sweet and contained no oil. Not an easy feat, but I think it turned out pretty good!

I have discovered coconut flour and if you tried the Healthy Vegan Carrot Cake recipe, you know the “icing” calls for adding it to create a coconut flavor.

The secret ingredient is….coconut flour

So I wondered if I used coconut flour, would it give it the save sweet flavor?

Yes, yes it does!

Coconut flour is pretty easy to find – I get mine at Kroger. But it is also available online if you can’t find it in your area.

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Use ground flax seed instead of eggs

Also, since this is a vegan recipe, I did not use eggs. Instead I add ground flax seed to help bind it together. You can mix ground flax with water to create a gooey texture to use as egg, but I just threw in the flax and mixed it all together. I’m lazy….

I also used coconut milk (refrigerated, not canned) to add more sweet coconut flavor. I did find that when using coconut flour & coconut milk, it required a lot more liquid to get to the desired consistency for baking. I’m not sure if that was because of the ground flax or coconut flour, but I just had to keep adding coconut milk until it was right at about 3 cups.

I also did not add salt, so if you desire a little salt to taste.

I used no-salt added canned corn because that’s what I had on hand, but you can definitely use frozen corn kernels instead.

Another good recipe to have with this cornbread is Southern Style Greens! Check out the recipe for Instant Pot Turnip Greens – delicious!