Old-Fashioned Comfort Foods
Find easy to make quick bread recipes including sweet breads like banana, cranberry, and apple along with savory breads like cheddar and cornbread.
A favorite banana bread recipe from my grandmother made with ripe bananas, butter, sugar, eggs, and nuts. Serve this quick bread with butter or cream cheese spread for breakfast, brunch, a mid-day snack, or dessert. This banana bread recipe has a light, delicate crumb and has quite a bit of banana flavor because you use … Read more
A homemade banana bread recipe made with those leftover bananas that would otherwise be thrown away. This simple recipe uses pecans or walnuts for added flavor. In the summertime, fruit can go bad quicker than expected. With food costing more and more, this is an easy recipe to use up over-ripe bananas and avoid tossing … Read more
Old-Fashioned pumpkin nut bread is made with canned pumpkin, cinnamon, sugar, milk, egg, butter, and chopped nuts. Serve this easy quick bread for a fall breakfast or brunch. Warm your kitchen with the aromas of cinnamon, nutmeg, and pumpkin. It is a moist dessert bread that can be a wonderful treat for your children, friends, … Read more
A pumpkin raisin bread recipe made with pumpkin and flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, raisins and walnuts. Serve for brunch, dessert, or a snack. What says fall better than pumpkin and the spices like ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg that go with it? This is a nice treat for any occasion like a fall brunch, Thanksgiving, … Read more
A homemade buttermilk cornbread recipe made with corn meal, eggs, flour, buttermilk, and butter. Cornbread is just one of those foods that makes you think of the crisp and chilly days of fall. However, so many recipes I have tried turn out on the dry side and seem to lack flavor. This recipe is special … Read more
Cranberry orange bread is made with dried sweetened cranberries, orange juice, egg, and walnuts. This quick bread is a great combination of sweet and tart. Serve it for breakfast, brunch, an afternoon snack, or with tea. This is a recipe from my mom’s recipe collection and has been around for many years. One of the … Read more
A moist banana buttermilk nut bread recipe made with sugar, eggs, bananas, chopped nuts, and fresh buttermilk. This easy banana bread recipe is special because the buttermilk inside makes a very moist delicious bread. Baking a quick bread is one of my favorite things, as the heady aroma fills the kitchen and will surely get … Read more
An old-fashioned date bread recipe made with butter, eggs, pecans, and chopped dates and baked in a loaf pan. Serve this quick bread for breakfast, brunch, or as a dessert. I happen to love dates. They are sweet, chewy, and nutty. This recipe is from my mom’s recipe box collection and I still make it … Read more
An old-fashioned strawberry bread recipe made with mashed fresh strawberries, a touch of cinnamon and topped with a vanilla powdered sugar glaze. What a great way to use up fresh strawberries that might have become a bit too ripe for other recipes! You mash the berries and incorporate them into the batter so you get … Read more
This buttermilk banana bread recipe is made from butter, sugar, eggs, and bananas. Fresh buttermilk in the batter makes a moist and delicious bread. Having a few leftover bananas around seems to be a common occurrence in our household, so this is a recipe that frequently gets brought out as a way to use up … Read more