quick bread

or quick·bread

[ kwik bred ]

noun

1. bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking:

   My favorite quick breads are made with fruit, like this apple quick bread or my kids' favorite—banana bread with chocolate chips!

Word History and Origins

Origin of quick bread¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

These appeared on every quick bread and muffin I baked, whether they used baking soda, baking powder or both.

From Seattle Times

Cornbread is the most popular and most beloved quick bread in the South.

From Salon

How much pumpkin bread does anybody — especially someone who's not much of a quick breads person to begin with — really want?

From Salon

But we also love them sprinkled into our bowls of morning cereal or over ice cream; preserved in jams and conserves; and studded in muffins, quick breads and Bundt cakes.

From Seattle Times

The ethereal texture is created by a method that more resembles a sponge cake than the denser quick breads we tend to make in loaf pans.

From Washington Post