Basic Quick Bread Recipe
Basic Quick Bread Recipe
This Basic Quick Bread Recipe is ready in 1 hour! No yeast, no kneading, no rising required. Delicious with butter, with soups, stews and toasted with jam.
If you are craving fresh baked bread but don’t have any yeast, you can make a quick bread! Quick breads are SO easy and quick to make. And they are tender, moist and so delicious!
About Quick Breads
Quick breads are breads that don’t require any yeast, and instead use leaveners like baking soda and baking powder to make them rise. And because there is no yeast in quick breads, they require no rising and no kneading. So when you are in a pinch for time and just want fresh, warm baked bread for dinner you can have it! Although the texture and consistency of quick breads is different from traditional yeast breads, they are a delicious alternative. Quick breads are more like a moist cake-y biscuit. And they’re delicious! Aside from how tasty quick breads are, I especially love that you can whip up a quick bread with simple pantry ingredients and have it on the table from start to finish, in just over 1 hour!
Basic Quick Bread Recipe Tips:
- Don’t have buttermilk? No problem! Substitute with 3/4 cup sour cream (or plain yogurt) plus 1/4 cup milk. Or 1 cup minus 1 tbsp milk, plus 1 tbsp lemon juice (mix the milk + lemon juice together and let sit for 5 minutes before using).
- Quick breads are best enjoyed within 1 to 3 days as they tend to dry out more quickly than traditional bread. If your bread becomes a little dry, toast it and slather on butter and jam! YUM
- Line your loaf pan with parchment paper so the loaf can be easily removed after baking.
- Don’t over mix the batter or you will end up with a very dense loaf.
- Make sure to let your loaf cool before cutting it, or you will end up with a crumbled piece of bread.
- This recipe freezes well.
Basic Quick Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 9 x 5 baking tin (loaf pan) with parchment paper.
- In a bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and egg.
- Whisk the melted butter into the buttermilk mixture.
- Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mix, and gently combine. Don’t over mix the batter.
- Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the bread comes out clean.
If you’re looking for more delicious Quick Bread Recipes, make sure to check out my post for 10+ Quick Bread Recipes here!
Have a delicious day!
try half almond flour half Bob’s Redmill gf flour. that worked just fine for me. I also tried coconut oil., and.topped it with crushed nuts and seeds. Baked up just right. Soy flour did not work, the bread turned gummy.
This recipe was good for me a single mom, watching my budget. It wasn’t time consuming, I loved how I didn’t have to leave it to raise and no yeast. Just 15 mins in the oven and it’s already rising and it’s perfect.
I used 1/4 tsp salt . Wished I could of sent a picture.
I’m so happy you enjoyed it Alexa!
Using sprouted flour will give you the nutrition equivalent of sourdough bread!
Fantastic! We needed last-minute bread for company and this was perfect. I followed as-written save for subbing sour milk. Came together in a few minutes and tasted great.
I’m so happy you enjoyed it Kenna!
Hi! I am excited to try this recipe but I don’t have buttermilk. Can regular milk be substituted? Thank you
Absolutely! The tip I gave is to substitute it with 3/4 cup sour cream (or plain yogurt) plus 1/4 cup milk. OR 1 cup minus 1 tbsp milk, plus 1 tbsp lemon juice (mix the milk + lemon juice together and let sit for 5 minutes before using).
I’m know I’m late to the party, but I am wanting to use this recipe for mini loaves to give as gifts with homemade jams. Any specific suggestions on changes to bake times for the pans that make 6 small loaves? Many thanks!!
Hi Tibby! I’ve never tried making mini loaves with this recipe, so I’m not 100% sure…so please keep that in mind. My guess is that this recipe will likely only make about 3 mini loaves, but it really depends on how deep the cavities in the pan are. Fill the mini loaf pans/cavities about 2/3 full and bake for about 25% less time as a regular loaf.
It was very good! But mine baked in half the time. I’m glad I took it out at 30 mins and checked (with toothpick) because it was crispy and ready. Any longer and it would have been way over done. Great, easy recipe!
I used 1/3 cup sour cream and 2/3 cup half and half. Also buttered and sugared the pan and sprinkled cinnamon sugar over the top. Delicious!
So fluffy and delicious tyfs be blessed! Its going to be my go to for sure! Made 3 loaves 1 for me and the other for my family😁👏🏾👏🏾💯❤
I made this exactly as the recipe stated, i used the plain yogurt+milk mixture mentioned to sub for the buttermilk.
It came out perfect, nice and tender and cooked through, though i had to take it out 10mins earlier than the recipe stated.
I do think using actual buttermilk would have been a slightly better taste but it was great nontheless. I always appreciate the substitutions, especially when im cooking on a whim.
Paired very nicely with a homemade tuscan bean soup 🙂