What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you have but may be too shy to ask.
I got an email the other day asking what a quick bread is and why the term quick bread. If we take the word bread to answer, it is simply this – it is called a bread because most types of quick breads are made in loaf pans/tins. And quick because they take very little time to put together even though the bake time might be a little longer than traditional yeast-leavened breads. Hence Quick Bread – short prep time and cooked in a pan resembling the shape of bread.
You’ve had Banana bread, right? That’s a quick bread. Muffins, pancakes, scones? Those are all quick breads too. I am sure you’ve heard about Soda bread; that’s also a quick bread and there are many others.
