15 Sweet Quick Bread Loaves
A Peach of a Bread [1]
Sue Landon, who owns The Homeridge Bed and Breakfast near Jerseyville, Illinois, with her husband, Howard, uses fruit from the local crop in this moist bread, laced with cinnamon and crunchy pecans. Her guests love it!
Almond-Cranberry Bread with White Chocolate Glaze [5]
Sweet bread balances tangy cranberries in this winning recipe from the 2009 Wisconsin State Fair. Wrap and store it overnight to make it easier to slice and less crumbly.
Nutty Carrot Bread [9]
A sweet-tart lemon glaze tops this quick bread, which won a blue ribbon at the Elkhart, Indiana, County Fair. Stir ingredients gently just until combined -- overbeating leads to airholes and tunnels in any quick bread.
Nutty Carrot Bread [10]
Very Cherry Nut Bread [13]
Maraschino cherries and almonds fill this quick bread loaf with color and flavor. It's a favorite from the National Cherry Festival cookbook.
Easy Banana Nut Bread [17]
Make a couple of these easy nut-filled banana bread loaves--like most quick breads, they'll keep up to a month in your freezer. Overwrap in plastic wrap and place in a freezerproof bag. Thaw at room temp.
Lemon Thyme Tea Bread [21]
The intense flavor of this tiny-leafed herb teams up with lemon peel for the lemony scent in this sweet quick bread moistened with cream cheese.
Another lemon option: Lemony Quick Bread, from Midwest herb specialist Rosemary Divock of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Any lemon-flavored herbs will work in her cakelike quick bread.
Lemony Quick Bread [23]
Streusel Apple Bread [26]
A touch of lemon, chopped cranberries and walnuts make this quick bread seem like coffee cake. Norma Hendricks of Hopedale, Illinois, likes to serve this for dessert. "I made this by combining a couple of recipes," Norma says. "I think I started with a cranberry bread, but most of my kids don't like cranberries. Then I saw an apple bread recipe, and I thought streusel would be good on top."
Streusel Apple Bread [27]
Pumpkin Bread [30]
At Burchell's White Hill Farmhouse Inn in Minden, Nebraska, Bob and Linda Ard make this moist, spiced bread using homegrown heirloom pumpkins, but this version of their recipe uses the canned puree.
Pumpkin Bread [31]
Maple Date Nut Bread [34]
Chopped and pitted dates stand out beside the hint of maple syrup in this dark brown, nutty quick bread. This recipe is from Ruth Smiley of Smiley Brothers maple syrup producers in Indiana.
Maple Date Nut Bread [35]
Cran-Banana Bread [38]
Blend mashed bananas with a box of cranberry quick bread mix for this easy-to-make double-fruit treat.
Cran-Banana Bread [39]
Pineapple Zucchini Bread [42]
Customers at Mooselips Java Joint in Seeley, Wisconsin, snack on this bread, made with zucchini from owner Cindy Ferraro. "Here at the coffee shop, I make individual loaves for customers to take with and eat like a muffin," baker Barb Grossi says.
Cherry and Golden Raisin Bread [46]
Choose your favorite dried fruit to add to this lemon-glazed loaf.
Pumpkin-Banana Bread [50]
Lisa Johnson of Gardner, Kansas, added banana to pumpkin bread for a new twist on quick bread treats. "This pumpkin bread is a favorite with our family," she says. "It's easy to make, and my two girls enjoy helping me. They especially enjoy when it's done baking. It makes the house smell wonderful."
Pumpkin-Banana Bread [51]
Cranberry and pumpkin breads [54]
Fresh cranberries, orange juice and chopped walnuts flavor Crazy-About-Cranberry Bread, while snipped dates and walnuts add chewiness to moist slices of Spicy Pumpkin Bread. Both recipes come from the Inn at Pinewood, near Eagle River, Wisconsin.
Crazy-About-Cranberry Bread [55]
Spicy Pumpkin Bread [56]
