American Quick Breads
A banana bread that started in a Depression-era cookbook. A pumpkin loaf you make the morning of Thanksgiving. A skillet of cornbread you slice with a knife while the dinner is still being argued about. Quick breads are American time-keepers.
Featured american quick breads recipes
- Banana bread, brown spots required — Iris · Iowa · Black-spotted bananas, brown sugar, a tin lined to the corners. The cake nobody calls a cake.
- Pumpkin loaf, October to January — Iris · Vermont · Pumpkin, oil, the whole spice cabinet. Stays moist three days in foil.
- Skillet cornbread, no sugar — Iris · Oxford, MS · A black skillet, hot fat, no sugar in the batter. The Southern argument settled, briefly.
- Jalapeño cheddar cornbread — Iris · Austin, TX · Buttermilk, jalapeño, sharp cheddar. Sliced thick. Eaten with chili.
- Zucchini bread, late August — Iris · Hudson Valley, NY · A two-zucchini loaf, walnut, cinnamon. The August solution to the zucchini problem.
- Irish soda bread, raisin and caraway — Iris · Boston, MA · Buttermilk and baking soda. A cross cut into the top so the loaf can breathe.
- Cathead biscuits, no cutter — Iris · Appalachia · Big as a cat’s head. Hands, not a rolling pin. The biscuit your grandmother fed everyone.
- Cranberry-orange loaf, December staple — Iris · New England · Whole cranberries, fresh orange zest, a thin glaze. The December gift loaf.
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