Quick Bread Recipes Buttermilk

This old fashioned Buttermilk Sweet Bread is a recipe we make often because it is so versatile! It’s a quick bread with just a hint of sweetness and goes perfectly with almost any meal! I love quick breads such as Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, Beer Bread, and Cream Cheese Banana Bread.

I am an eternal fan of quick breads. You dump some basic ingredients in a bowl, stir and bake, and then voila, there is a tender loaf of warm bread perfect with any meal.  This recipe was a bit different than most quick bread I make as it doesn’t have a specific flavor profile. Which now that I think about, I really like. I said it once but I’ll say it again, this is one heck of a versatile bread!

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Simply put, no yeast is required. Most quick breads follow a simple formula of combining dry ingredients, adding wet ingredients, and stirring just enough to incorporate. This recipe definitely follows that!

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Because this is an old-fashioned buttermilk sweet bread, I added vanilla and sugar. If you want to make your bread savory, omit the vanilla and only use 1 tablespoon of sugar. 

In a large bowl, add all of the dry ingredients. Sift together. Add the wet ingredients and stir until just incorporated. You don’t want to overmix. Pour the batter into a prepared pan (I like to use Homemade Pan Release) and bake in a preheated oven.

Buttermilk brings a pleasant tang to cakes, bread, and biscuits. It helps tenderize gluten, giving baked goods a softer texture and more body. If baked goods have baking soda (which this one does!), then using buttermilk is a good option. Baking soda is a leavening agent that requires acidic ingredients such as buttermilk, lemon juice or molasses to activate it.

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I started out by wanting a bread that wasn’t as sweet and found that adding 1 tablespoon of sugar was good. Then I decided to make this recipe with fresh strawberries and added 1/2 cup of sugar. It was perfection. Then I made it without strawberries but left in the 1/2 cup sugar and found that this was our favorite. Please do feel free to play around with the sugar in this recipe and make it to your tastes.

If you prefer a sweeter buttermilk bread but don’t want to use granulated sugar, you can use honey. About 1/4 cup works best in the recipe I have shared below.

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Sure thing! Just bake the bread and allow it to cool completely. After it has cooled, wrap tightly with aluminum foil or plastic wrap and then place in a freezer-safe plastic storage bag. When you are ready to use it, allow it to come to room temperature on the counter.

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Amanda Rettke is the creator of I Am Baker, and the bestselling author of Surprise Inside Cakes: Amazing Cakes for Every Occasion – With a Little Something Extra Inside.Over the course of her 15+ year blogging adventure, she has been featured in and collaborated with the Food Network, New York Times, LA Times, Country Living Magazine, People Magazine, Epicurious, Brides, Romantic Homes, life:beautiful, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Mail, Star Tribune, The Globe and Mail, DailyCandy, YumSugar, The Knot, The Kitchn, and Parade, to name a few.Homemade buttermilk quick bread is perfect for a weeknight meal, or breakfast. The best part is that you don’t even have to own a bread machine or a bread maker to make this easy bread recipe. This classic buttermilk loaf is light, rich and not overly sweet, making it a good match for lunch sandwiches and breakfast toasts.

You make the buttermilk dough from scratch and use only fresh ingredients. Buttermilk, flour and baking soda. Because it’s made with only wholesome ingredients and no additives, it’s my favorite bread recipe. I also like that it’s a quick bread made without any yeast. No yeast and no kneading. So easy and quick! Just like our recipe for Irish Soda Bread.

Homemade Buttermilk Quick Bread

Homemade bread is substantially healthier than the store bought because we do not use any additives or preservatives here. We also use healthy fats in this recipe, rather than soybean oil used in most commercial breads.

This buttermilk bread is also tastier than store–purchased bread, it is very inexpensive to make, and it doesn’t take all that much time, either.

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This is our favorite sandwich bread! We don’t even buy regular bread much. Because I make jelly and lunch meat sandwiches with it for my son to take to school. He loves it with peanut butter or grilled cheese. Because this bread is filling, flavorful and has such a delicious, soft texture.

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You absolutely don’t need a bread maker for good bread. Basically, soda serves as a rising agent here and you use a regular loaf pan to make this homemade bread.

I used 9×5 inch bread loaf pan. Both non-stick and glass loaf pans will do. I also prefer to wrap the bread in foil once it’s baked. Foil helps with the flavor.

It’s best to store bread at room temperature in a cool dry place for up to 2-3 days. Heat and humidity cause homemade bread to mold. Storing it in the refrigerator turns it stale quickly. To keep bread soft, store in an airtight plastic bag.

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Because I use it as a sandwich bread, I store it sliced. It slices up nicely. You can refrigerate it or freeze it.

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.