Spice Quick Bread Recipes

I call this quick bread harvest spice bread because it combines some of the best flavors of the fall season including apple, pumpkin, and cinnamon spice. This loaf is infinitely adaptable, freezes well, and can be made into muffins, too!

What’s harvest spice bread, you ask? Imagine everything you love about fall. Warm spices, pumpkin, fresh apples, cozy sweaters… well, what if we took all of those incredible components of this beautiful autumn season and packed them into a simple bread?

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Part apple cinnamon bread, pumpkin bread, spice cake, and carrot cake, this harvest spice bread is loaded with flavor. When you decide to bake a loaf, do yourself a favor and double the recipe. You’ll want two loaves of this orange beauty and even then, it’s hard to share.

Pumpkin Bread Recipe (no Mixer!)

I use shredded apple, shredded carrot, pumpkin puree, and walnuts in this quick bread. These add-ins are completely customizable and you can make substitutions based on what you have or what you’re craving.

Baking Tip: It’s important that the apple and carrot are shredded, not chopped. Shredding each with a box grater creates a lot of juicy moisture which is carried over into the quick bread. Just like in these healthy apple muffins, when shredded, they act like a wet ingredient in the batter. This makes a difference in the final taste and texture of the loaf!

When testing this recipe, I started with my pumpkin bread as the base. Use the same ingredients here including all-purpose flour as the base, baking soda as the leavener, seasonal spices, a mix of granulated and brown sugars, and oil to keep the bread extra moist. I decreased the amount of sugar since apple and carrot sweeten the bread and I swapped milk for the orange juice. (Orange juice brightens the flavor of my pumpkin bread, it’s so good!) I also decreased the amount of liquid since the batter was already pretty wet.

Pumpkin And Spice Sourdough Discard Quick Bread

Whisk the dry ingredients in 1 bowl and the wet ingredients in another bowl. Combine the two, then pour into a greased 9×5-inch loaf pan. You can use this batter for harvest spice muffins, too! See recipe note.

If you know how to freeze cakes, you can also freeze quick bread! Same method goes. Here are all of my quick bread recipes if you’re looking for more inspiration. Favorites include Banana Bread, Pumpkin Bread, Orange Cranberry Bread, & Zucchini Bread.

Baker’s Tip: Two layers of wrap is key! The first layer keeps the bread fresh and the aluminum foil ensures no condensation will seep in. Double layer = maximum freshness and no freezer burn. Moisture is the enemy, so don’t be afraid to add another layer of Press & Seal or aluminum foil.

Pumpkin Spice Quick Bread

Part apple bread, spice cake, pumpkin bread, and carrot cake, this harvest spice bread is loaded with flavor. This loaf is infinitely adaptable, freezes well, and can be made into muffins, too!

Sally McKenney is a professional food photographer, cookbook author, and baker. Her kitchen-tested recipes and thorough step-by-step tutorials give readers the knowledge and confidence to bake from scratch. Sally has been featured onThis is my go-to healthy quick bread recipe; it’s very easy to make, no mixer needed, only one bowl required, and about 7 minutes prep. I eat this for breakfast and as a snack. Use your favorite spices!

This recipe contains no white flour, no dairy, and no yeast. It calls for whole wheat flour, natural sweeteners (honey/maple syrup and coconut sugar), and almond milk. If you don’t have any coconut sugar you can just replace it with brown sugar, no biggie.

Sweet Potato Cinnamon Spice Bread • The Candid Cooks

Why does it call for two different types of sweeteners? I did this in order to cut back on the liquid to prevent the bread from being too airy which would kind of ruin the texture. I like it just the way it is. You’ll see what I mean.

This is a short loaf so don’t be alarmed by its appearance when you take it out of the oven. It’s supposed to look that way, alright? There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s a very “healthy-looking” bread but don’t judge a book by its cover. Give it a try.

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Because it’s so short it bakes and cools quickly but that also means that there’s less of it to go around. So you may end up making a double batch or making another one the very next day, like me.

Spiced Applesauce Bread

What determines how healthy quick breads are? Sugar, salt, fiber, and fat content all determine how healthy a quick bread is. Quick breads that are low in sugar, salt, and fat, and are high in fiber are the healthiest.

I recommend starting out with spices that you really like and are familiar with, that way you know exactly how much of each to use. If you use multiple spices make sure that they complement each other. Don’t go throwing a bunch in there all willy nilly.

This bread got two thumbs up from one of my children and a pinky from the other. They eat it without a problem and that’s mostly because they think it’s cake and I don’t correct them but it still counts.

Easy Apple Cinnamon Gluten Free Bread Recipe

When they were toddlers I would make things like this for them all the time so I guess they’re “healthy trained”? I’m not sure what the technical term is but you know what I mean. It’s better to start them young, you know?

This is my go-to healthy quick bread recipe; it’s pretty easy to make, no mixer needed, only one bowl required, and about 7 minutes prep. I eat this for breakfast and as a snack. Use your favorite spices!

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© Beat Bake Eat. All images & content are copyright protected. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without written consent from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.Easy Herbed Quick Bread combines a delicious blend of herbs and spices with a super easy bread that you can have mixed and in the oven in short order!

Krusteaz Pumpkin Spice Quick Bread Mix

When most of us think of quick breads, we usually imagine sweet versions with add-ins like fruit or chocolate chips. Or maybe those that offer something sweet with a veggie twist, like Chocolate Zucchini Bread. But let’s not forget savory versions. They’re a wonderful way to make homemade bread without the fuss.

And that’s exactly the situation with this Easy Herbed Quick Bread. In a matter of minutes, you can have this bread mixed and in the oven. Then you’ve got homemade bread to complement tonight’s dinner. How great is that?

For the herbs in this bread, you can use most any combination you like or even try a spice blend for a shortcut. (Fresh or dried herbs and spices are both fine. Just remember to use less dried than you would fresh for a comparable flavor.) Actually, one of the best things about this bread is that versatility. And with a basic baking pantry, you will likely have everything you need to it any time.

Easy Cinnamon Bread (no Yeast)

This Herbed Quick Bread is wonderfully delicious all on its own, but you can add even more flavor with a compound butter. Just soften some butter, mix in some herbs or other seasonings, then shape and chill the butter until time to serve.

I most love this bread served warm with a little butter, but you can also enjoy it at room temperature. If you won’t eat all of it within a couple of days, I recommend storing it tightly wrapped in the refrigerator to extend its freshness. Then just warm servings of it in the microwave as needed.

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Serve this savory quick bread with your dinner. Whether you’re serving soup, pasta, meat & 3, or most anything else, it’s easy to adjust the herbs and seasonings to complement your meal. Get creative and see what you can create!

Organic Pumpkin Spice Quickbread Mix

*Substitute your favorite spices or use a pre-made blend. Just use roughly the same total amount as the spices in this recipe.

For a simple compound butter, soften a few tablespoons of butter and combine with more herbs and spices. Wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Bake or Break is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.My grandmother clipped this pumpkin bread recipe from a magazine over 50 years ago, and it is my most-cherished family recipe. One of my clearest childhood memories is baking the loaves with my mom and carting them off to every neighborhood potluck and holiday party. Now I bake pumpkin bread with my own kids, and it’s just as wonderful today as it was back then. It’s easy to make — just a bit of mixing and stirring, pop it in the oven, and, in about an hour, you’ll have a house smelling of sweet autumn spices and two scrumptious, pumpkiny loaves.

Sweet Potato Spice Bread

This is the original recipe from my grandmother’s recipe box; as you can see, it has seen its share of spills! After a bit of research, I discovered that the original recipe was published in the McCalls Cook Book (Random House, 1963). It is a