Paula Deen’s Simple Corn Casserole Recipe

Paula Deen’s corn casserole is a savory, creamy, luxurious dish that just begs to be shared with family and friends for the holidays.

Serves: 10 Time: 50 minutes Cookbook: Paula Deen Online: Quarantine Cooking

While the holidays might be upon us, I can tell you from experience that corn casserole doesn’t just get served up for Thanksgiving where we live. This gets brought to potlucks, Easter celebrations, July 4th, and any other excuse available for feasting on one of the south’s favorite sides.

If you’re a corn lover, a fan of cornbread, or you’ve ever tasted corn pudding, you’re going to fall in love with Paula Deen’s corn casserole. Her savory corn casserole uses an entire stick of butter, sour cream, and creamed corn among other items to create a delicious creamed corn casserole that can be classified as comfort food for the soul.

Paula Deen’s recipe for her famous corn casserole was first featured on the Food Network when she shared it from her home kitchen during the pandemic. Since then, this delicious recipe has gained thousands of fans – us included! Let’s get cooking!

Jump Ahead:

• ❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
• 🌽 Ingredients Needed to Make Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole
• 🍴 Equipment You’ll Need in the Kitchen
• 🥄 How to Make Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole
• ♾️ Variations on Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole
• ❓ Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole: Tips, Tricks, and FAQs

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Easy: This is such an easy corn casserole recipe. All the ingredients get mixed together in one bowl and voila – pour it into a casserole dish and bake. 40 minutes later you can enter corn casserole heaven.

Delicious: If I could use only one word to describe this Paula Deen corn casserole recipe, it would be ‘delicious.’ But are we really surprised by that? If I were allowed a few other words, I’d also say it was savory, corn-packed, creamy, and absolutely luxurious.

Simple: We love recipes with simple ingredients and you can’t get much more basic than a couple cans of corn, sour cream, butter, and a box of corn mix. This is a one-bowl Jiffy corn casserole that anyone can make.

Ingredients Needed to Make Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole

• Can of Whole Kernel Corn: One can of kernel corn will suffice for this. If you have fresh corn you can cut whole corn kernels off the cob and use that, instead!
• Can of Cream-Style Corn: Cream corn is delish and in this recipe, it participates by making the casserole super creamy and luxurious.
• Package Corn Muffin Mix: We used Jiffy corn muffin mix, but you can choose your favorite small box of cornbread mix available at the local grocery store.
• Sour Cream: This might be the secret ingredient. Sour cream will lend a luscious undertone and creaminess to this whole casserole that your family and friends will love. Go with full fat for flavor and richness if possible.
• A Whole Stick of Butter: Yes, you’ll need to pick up a thing of stick butter for this. You can half the butter, but adding the whole stick is beyond worth it.
• Shredded Cheese: Shredded cheese will be melted on top of the casserole if you choose. Cheddar is a go-to, but we also highly recommend pepper jack to spice it up a bit.

Equipment Needed In the Kitchen

Mixing Bowls

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Cast Iron Skillet (10-inch)

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• Mixing Bowl: This is a one-bowl recipe, so you’ll want a large bowl to dump all the ingredients into (except for the cheese).
• Cast Iron Skillet or Casserole Dish: Choose your favorite medium-sized dish to serve this in, including a cast iron skillet, a square glass pan, a traditional baking dish, or a casserole dish.

How to Make Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole

Corn casserole is a simple, decadent, and delightful dish to make for your family and friends. Best part? You only need one bowl!

Prep and preheat

First things first, set your oven to 350 degrees F and let it preheat.

Now, put the butter into a microwave-safe dish, and pop it into the microwave for 10 seconds at a time until it’s fully melted.

Open the cans of corn while the butter does its thing and drain the kernel corn can.

Mix casserole ingredients

Dump the melted butter, kernel corn, creamed corn, sour cream, and box of jiffy mix into a large bowl. Mix it well until all the ingredients are thoroughly combined.

Coat your casserole dish with a touch of nonstick cooking spray or a thin layer of butter. If using a cast iron pan, only use butter.

Pour the casserole into the dish and spread it out so it’s even all the way across.

Bake the corn casserole

Set your bake time to 40 minutes and hum a happy song while you wait.

At the end of 40 minutes, check to see if the top is golden brown. If it’s not, add another five minutes and check again.

Once the top is golden brown, you can add a generous amount of cheddar cheese to the top of the casserole and pop it back in the oven for another 5 minutes, until the cheese melts.

You could also add cheese to only half of the casserole or none at all, depending on the crew you plan to feed and their preferences. We like to add cheese to individual portions and pop it in the oven just before serving in mini cast iron pans.

Variations on Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole

This beloved southern dish is absolutely delicious as-is! That’s not to say that you can’t play around with it! Here are some of our absolute favorite ways to eat this corn casserole.

Zingy Corn Casserole: Add 1-2 cans of green chilies and 2 tablespoons of diced cowboy candy to the corn mixture and fully combine. Follow the rest of the recipe as written. When ready for the cheese topping, add your own cheese blend of pepper jack and Monterey jack in your preferred portions.

Loaded Corn Casserole: Add a 1/4 cup of chopped green onions and a 1/2 brick of softened cream cheese to the corn mixture and fully combine. Follow the rest of the recipe as written.

Lighter Corn Casserole: If you want a lighter version of this decadent dish, use fat-free sour cream or plain yogurt instead of full-fat sour cream, and half the butter. This won’t be as rich, but it will still be very good!

Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole: Tips, Tricks, and FAQs

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