batter bread
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of batter bread
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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AKA batter bread, this is the base recipe used in such things as apple bread, banana bread and the French savoury cake studded with everything from bacon and olives.
From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2020
Blanche forgot to put any salt in the batter bread that morning, and Dum came down to breakfast in odd stockings, one black and one tan.
From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
The Hampton spots were done to a turn; the biscuit were light and fluffy, and as I had seen to the batter bread, if I do say it who shouldn't, it was about perfect.
From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
And I know how to make batter bread and jelly roll.
From Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman by Sampson, Emma Speed
I did get out in the kitchen just in time to keep her from putting sugar in the batter bread, something she had picked up in school from her Northern teachers.
From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
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