Jiffy Cornbread Casserole With Ham and Cheese
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A spin on traditional cornbread, this simple savory Jiffy cornbread casserole recipe with ham and cheese is easy to make, packed with protein, and deliciously moist.
As all Southerners know, there are a million different ways to make cornbread and usually, only one way is the best. And that’s the one that we make which was likely handed down from Mama, and her mama, and her mama and well you get the point. So I wasn’t too excited to try this ‘new’ Jiffy cornbread casserole recipe with ham. I just wasn’t sure I would like it but I tell you what, it was really good! I felt fuller afterward, I think due to the protein. I have since made it with salami and even brisket and have enjoyed them both. You could even chop up some beef cocktail smokies if you like from our pigs in a blanket recipe here.
Besides the protein and Jiffy corn muffin mix, of course, this cornbread casserole also includes spicy brown mustard, onion, and lots of delicious melted cheese. It’s so easy to make, as you just mix, layer, and bake! Keep reading for lots of serving suggestions, as this is a very versatile casserole recipe. You can enjoy it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or even as a side dish. You should also keep scrolling for lots of other cornbread recipes too. We’re the SouthernPlate, after all 😉.
A similar recipe you might like as well is my Jiffy corn casserole recipe. It’s similar as they both use , but instead of ham it includes cream corn, whole corn kernels, and sour cream. Pick your poison!
Recipe Ingredients
- Onion
- Corn muffin mix
- Spicy brown mustard (or when I chopped up some beef smokies instead of ham I used barbecue sauce)
- Cheese (I use grated cheddar cheese now instead of the cheese slices)
- Ham or meat of your choice (beef slices, salami, or whatever other meat you would like to try)
How to Make Jiffy Cornbread Casserole
Preheat oven to 400 and grease an 8×8 or 9×9 .
Mix up the cornbread mix according to Jiffy package directions.
This calls for milk and 2 eggs, but follow the directions of the mix you have.
Mix your batter up until smooth.
Chop your onion, then add it to the alongside the spicy brown mustard.
Stir that up really well.
Spread about half of the Jiffy cornbread mix in the bottom of the prepared baking dish and then start adding meat of your choice. I find slices work well.
It will look like this when you covered the first layer with your meat selection.
Top with your shredded cheese. Then add the second layer of batter. Spread it to cover everything.
Bake this cornbread casserole at 400 for 25-30 minutes or until nice and golden brown on top.
Allow to cool for 5 minutes before cutting.
Serve warm.
Enjoy!
Storage
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Reheat in the microwave, oven, or air fryer.
- Alternatively, freeze leftovers for up to 3 months.
Recipe Notes
- I used Jiffy muffin mix and this is the package size that makes six cornbread muffins so that is the size you should try your best to get.
- Because it has layers of ham and cheese, you could easily enjoy your cornbread casserole for lunch. But it also works as a side with your favorite comfort food, like chili, soup, turkey breast, or roast chicken.
- Because your cornbread casserole will last in the fridge for up to 4 days, you can definitely make it a couple of days in advance. Just reheat it quickly in the oven before serving.
Recipe FAQs
What is the difference between this and ?
is creamier than a traditional as it uses a lot more eggs and cornstarch to act as a thickening agent. A also typically uses a Jiffy .
You may enjoy these other cornbread recipes:
Jalapeño Cornbread Muffins with Cream Cheese
Hot Water Cornbread (Only 2 Ingredients)
Mexican Cornbread Casserole Recipe by Mama
Country Cook: Cornbread Waffles with Chili & Fixins!
Ingredients
- 2 corn muffin mix the size that makes 6 muffins, plus ingredients called for on package to make the batter. In this recipe, it was 2 eggs and milk.
- 10 oz shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 5-6 slices ham or preferred lunch meat protein
- 1 chopped small onion
- 2 tablespoons spicy brown mustard or sauce that you like with your lunch meat
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 and grease an 8x8 or 9x9 casserole dish. Prepare the corn muffin mix batter according to package directions.2 corn muffin mix
- Add chopped onion and spicy brown mustard to batter and stir until well mixed.1 chopped small onion, 2 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
- Spread half of the cornbread mixture into the prepared baking dish. Top with meat, followed by shredded cheese or cheese slices, cutting them to fit if needed.5-6 slices ham, 10 oz shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- Top with remaining batter and gently spread to cover.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until cornbread is golden. Allow it to cool for 5 minutes before cutting.
- Serve hot and enjoy!
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“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts to us in our pains. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
~ C. S. Lewis
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Unfortunately, I come from one of those families that always focus on the negative things in life and I struggle daily to see the positive. That is one of the reasons that I come to southernplate.com and read the recipes, stories, and even the comments. I am determined to only surround myself with people that encourage instead of discourage. But the reality is that there are always going to be the nay-sayers and the folks that get down and out…and sometimes it takes all we’ve got to rise above those people…and I am thankful that I can come here and without fail, find a story or daily message or just a silly comment that helps me keep my “happy” feeling going! Forgive me for replying twice to this recipe but like I said, sometimes I just read comments…and sometimes I just feel like replying so that my I can spread some of the positive that I’ve taken away from here!! Thank you for sharing your family, Christy.
Tracy, you can comment as much here as you please!! I love reading each and everyone of them!! I am so glad that you can find a little of what you need because you are such a blessing to me!!
The sandwich recipe is interesting, and I plan to try it. However I’m pretty sure the reason that old lady stopped telling people what was the matter in her life was because she’d received the message loud and clear that no one wanted to hear it. Life is hard and lonely for the elderly and they often feeling, for good reason, that they’re being passed over and disregarded by younger people with busier lives. Who has she got to complain to but her family? Frankly, I’d smack the tar out of anyone who told my grandmother to stop complaining and focus on her blessings. How you do you know that her troubles aren’t outweighing her blessings at the moment?
That “old woman” was my mother’s favorite grandmother and a very dear and treasured person to everyone in her family, as I conveyed in this post.
We come from a long line of people who tend to look for the good in life, and Mama Reed was one of the main ones who taught us that lesson. In our family, we lift each other up and point out the good when our eyes fail to see it. Mama Reed taught her children to do just that and expected no less in return. That one conversation helped her to realize she had started focusing on the bad and enabled her to focus on the good again. She was grateful for it.
But some families are not like that and neither are some people. I’ve seen entire families who love nothing more than for one person to start singing “woe is me” so that they can all join in until every voice has risen up together in unison for one big “woe is me” choir. It is comfortable and easy to wallow in it and wrap oneself up in all that like a security blanket. Someone coming in and pointing out that there is a ray of sunshine beamming through the choir loft window is not welcome.
I get that. I’ve lived with that and I’ve lived in that. By the grace of God, I had wonderful ancestors like Mama Reed though, who had wisdom to know better, to rise above, and to share how they did it with me, and also to give me a swift kick in the right direction should I need it.
We are a different sort of family, but we are by no means a rarity.
And while I’ve never once heard a story of anyone in my family smacking anyone, I have a feeling Mama Reed would be tempted to do so should any young whippersnapper call her “old woman” 😉
The man you would have smacked was my Papa Reed, who passed away a few months back. He always had a smile on his face and took great joy in his goats, his dogs, his beloved wife, and his grandchildren. He missed his Mama terribly and in the days before he passed away he told us she had come to visit him. You’d be hard pressed to find a more devoted mother and son, one who loved his Mama enough to return the wisdom that she had instilled in him – and a Mama who would come and personally hold her boy’s hand to walk him up to Heaven.
We lost my mother 2 years ago and in the month before she passed she went back in time. She had a very hard life but she was a strong person. She was only 9 when she lost her mother. There were 4 children younger and she was the one who took care of them. It broke my heart to hear her worrying about having enough food for them and protecting them from a abusive father. When she was herself she would tell me she had talked to her mother. I believe her Mama came to help her home.
Beautifully said, Miss Christy.
I finally made this the other day and was it ever delicious! My sweetheart ate 2 huge hunks for supper (with some of your yummy refrigerator salad that I had left over) and then took another big hunk for lunch the next day! He even shared a bite of it with his buddy…(I think it’s to make him jealous of what a good cook I am..teehee). Still praying for you, Christy…your sweet spirit just soothes my soul…and seeing God pour His blessings upon you…well, words just won’t do. Hugs!
Thank you so much Tracy!! I am so glad to hear that the sandwiches were a hit!!
Thanks for such a unique and interesting recipe, Christy! This will be making an appearance on my picnic table for our Labor Day camping trip. My husband ,kids and I camp with family members and a good friend I went to highschool with. Her four kids are much more willing to try something new that I’ve made, than my own two girls, and I think these pan sandwiches will most likely be a hit with them. Each camping family in our group takes a turn making breakfast and dinner for the rest of the group and we all eat together. I’ve already started looking in your book,(which is absolutely beautiful, BTW), and your new magazine, as well as this website, for the rest of the recipes I’m going to serve. You can tell your family and friends in Alabama that you practically “hosted” a camping dinner for ‘friends’ in New Holland Pennsylvania on Labor Day weekend. Yeah, it’s stretching the truth juuuust a little, but I won’t tell. I hope in spite of your current convaliescence, you have a wonderful Labor Day weekend.
Thank you for the wonderful recipe, Christy! ..and the reminder about being positive! As soon as I saw this recipe on Facebook I wanted to try it. The only issue I had was that I needed to make a few substitutions… since my family is gluten-free, doesn’t eat pork and I have food allergies to anything in the onion family. So, I pretty much just used your recipe as a guideline to make my own version. Here’s what I used.. homemade (from scratch) gluten-free biscuit dough (enough to make 10 biscuits), Spicy Brown Mustard (I left out the onion), cubed chunks of pre-cooked turkey breast from Costco, and shredded mozzarella cheese that I had on hand. I still baked it at 400 degress for 25 minutes (until it was brown and cried uncle) and it was DELICIOUS! In fact, both my husband and 13-yr-old son asked me to make it for dinner again tonight! Yummy AND Easy!!! I LOVE IT!!! Thanks again!
Yummy!! SO glad you were able to alter the recipe to fit your families needs!!
My daddy used to make this when I was a little girl except he’d use bacon. Lots and lots of bacon. Thank you for bringing back such a great memory for me. 🙂
You have to make plans to go to the passion play in Eureka Springs! They also have a potter there that is dressed as Jesus that does a presentation — I got cold chills the first time I saw it! A must see!