Blueberry Quick Bread Recipe - Crunchy Creamy Sweet (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between quick bread and sweet bread? ›

"Quick bread" is a term used to describe any and all breads that are made without yeast as a leavening agent. They are leavened chemically, usually with baking powder or baking soda, and can be with sweet or savory. Technically, most sweet breads (section 8) are also quick breads.

You can add apples, bananas, cranberries, zucchini, walnuts, pecans, etc. You will learn: The ingredients used in making quick breads and their nutritive value. To prepare a basic quick bread and variations using different fruits, vegetables, nuts, and flavors.

Storage Tips:

After letting the Blueberry Bread cool completely, I store my bread by placing it on a paper towel in an airtight container and leaving it on the counter for 4-5 days.

By surrounding small particles of fat, the egg helps make the quick bread batter smoother, thus contributing to volume and texture. In addition, when eggs are beaten, they incorporate tiny air bubbles that expand with heat in the oven, contributing to volume.

Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients all at once. Using a wooden spoon, mix just until the dry ingredients are moistened, 15 to 20 light strokes. There should be some small lumps. Overmixing can cause quick breads to be tough, bake unevenly or cause elongated holes (or tunnels).

Muffins, coffeecakes, scones, and pancakes are examples of quick breads, that like their name implies, can be prepared quickly in a kitchen.

Creaming Method: This method mixes the butter more thoroughly with the sugar before combining other ingredients to produce rich, smooth quick breads. Combine softened butter with sugar, salt and other flavorings and beat or vigorously stir until the mixture is fluffy.

Too much flour can make the bread dense and dry.

If you like sweeter bread you can increase the amount of sugar to 3/4 cup. My family prefers it with 1/2 cup! For the best result let the blueberries come to room temperature before adding them to the batter.

Too much: If you accidentally overmeasure your baking soda or powder it can also cause your cake or loaf to sink in the middle. High altitude: If you're baking at a higher altitude you'll need less leavening to achieve the same result as sea level. Without proper altitude adjustments, your products may sink.

What is the difference between quick bread and bread? ›

Point out to students that quick breads are made with leavening agents that allow immediate baking. Yeast breads, on the other hand, are leavened with yeast and must be kneaded and allowed to rise before baking.

According to the Larousse Gastronomique, sweetbread is "the culinary term for the thymus gland (in the throat) and the pancreas (near the stomach) in calves, lambs and pigs." Larousse further states that thymus sweetbreads are "elongated and irregular in shape" while pancreas sweetbreads are "larger and rounded."

Quick breads are bread products made using leavening agents other than yeast, like baking soda or baking powder. This eliminates the need for proofing or rising before baking.

Both yeast bread and quick bread are leavened, but they're leavened different ways. Yeast bread is made from dough leavened by yeast, so it needs time to rise. Quick bread is made from batter, leavened by baking powder, so you just mix it and put it in the oven.