Food Breakfast 20 Sweet Quick Bread Loaves By Midwest Living editors Midwest Living editors Midwest Living's experienced editors create best-in-class travel, lifestyle, food, home and garden content you won't find anywhere else. We're loudly, proudly Midwestern, and we're passionate about helping our audience explore and create through award-winning storytelling. Midwest Living's Editorial Guidelines Updated on November 30, 2022 Trending Videos Quick bread loaves are easy to make, easy to freeze and easy to serve with just about any meal. Try our recipes for classic banana bread or variations like peach bread, triple-chocolate bread, blueberry-lemon bread, pumpkin bread and more. 01 of 20 Chocolate Zucchini Bread The addition of dark chocolate and walnuts level up this zucchini-packed loaf, but the dark-chocolate drizzle really rockets it into the realm of irresistibility. It makes for a delicious sweet breakfast, snack or dessert. Try Our Gluten-Free Zucchini Bread Recipe View Recipe 02 of 20 Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate-Pepita Swirl Carson Downing With its ripple of chocolate, cinnamon and toasted pumpkin seeds (and browned butter in the batter!), this pumpkin bread is an indulgent afternoon treat. View Recipe 03 of 20 Triple-Spiced Pear Bread Oats, walnuts and nuggets of chopped pear give this loaf a toothsome heartiness, while buttermilk keeps it moist and tender. Perfect Pear Recipes View Recipe 04 of 20 Blueberry-Lemon Loaf When life gives you lemons, make this dense, spongy loaf studded with blueberries. It's a delious and simple crowd-pleasing breakfast. We like to bake it on Sunday so it can be enjoyed all week long. Blueberry Recipes You'll Love View Recipe 05 of 20 Currant-Orange Irish Soda Bread Orange zest and plump currants stud and sweeten traditional Irish soda bread. It makes a wonderful toast, too. Smear with your favorite jam or marmalade and enjoy. 25 Fun St. Patrick's Day Recipes View Recipe 06 of 20 Apple Pumpkin Sunflower Bread With pumpkin, apple, nuts and spices, this recipe combines your favorite fall flavors in one homey loaf. Its unmistakably fruity zing comes courtesy of a generous pour of boiled cider, but you can substitute any apple-flavor liquid. Try Our Sunflower Cookies View Recipe 07 of 20 Almond-Cranberry Bread with White Chocolate Glaze Sweet bread balances tangy cranberries in this winning recipe from the Wisconsin State Fair. Wrap and store it overnight to make it easier to slice. Cranberry Recipes to Try This Season View Recipe 08 of 20 Banana Bread Cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger flavor this moist banana bread. Make banana bread when your bananas get brown polka dots on them. Easy Recipes for Bananas View Recipe 09 of 20 Peach of a Bread Peaches add moistness to this quick bread. Sweet-and-Juicy Peach Recipes View Recipe 10 of 20 Triple-Chocolate Bread What goes best with chocolate? More chocolate. What goes best with our Triple-Chocolate Bread? Whipped cream, chocolate sauce and a glass of cold milk. Decadent Chocolate Dessert Recipes View Recipe 11 of 20 Streusel Apple Bread A touch of lemon, chopped cranberries and walnuts make this quick bread seem like coffee cake. Norma Hendricks of Hopedale, Illinois, likes to serve this for dessert. "I made this by combining a couple of recipes," Norma says. "I think I started with a cranberry bread, but most of my kids don't like cranberries. Then I saw an apple bread recipe, and I thought streusel would be good on top." View Recipe 12 of 20 PB&J Banana Bread Have a bunch of overripe bananas? You'll need four or five for this moist and sweet bananas quick bread. Our version gets a school-lunch spin with the addition of peanut butter and jelly. You'll also love these PB&J Thumbprint Cookies. View Recipe 13 of 20 Honey-Zucchini Bread Zucchini, raisins and walnuts pack nature's harvest into a sweet and crunchy quick bread. It's delicious as is, but a smear of butter and drizzle of honey make it irresistible. Zucchini Cakes, Breads, Brownies and Bars View Recipe 14 of 20 Pumpkin Bread The innkeepers at Burchell's White Hill Farmhouse Inn in Minden, Nebraska, make this moist spiced bread using homegrown heirloom pumpkins, but this version of their recipe uses canned puree. Pumpkin Recipes We Absolutely Love View Recipe 15 of 20 Whole Grain Sunflower Bread Blaine Moats This healthful loaf is loaded with seeds and whole grains but is quicker to make than a yeast bread. Messy to eat? Yes. Worth it? Absolutely. View Recipe 16 of 20 Maple Date Nut Bread Chopped and pitted dates stand out beside the hint of maple syrup in this dark brown, nutty quick bread. This recipe is from Ruth Smiley of Smiley Brothers maple syrup producers in Indiana. Hearty Midwest Maple Syrup Recipes View Recipe 17 of 20 Cherry and Golden Raisin Bread Choose your favorite dried fruit to add to this lemon-glazed loaf. View Recipe 18 of 20 Whole Wheat Apple-Nut Bread Applesauce and yogurt help keep this whole grain quick bread moist. The bread is baked in a round casserole dish. View Recipe 19 of 20 Pumpkin-Banana Bread Lisa Johnson of Gardner, Kansas, added banana to pumpkin bread for a new twist on quick bread treats. "This pumpkin bread is a favorite with our family," she says. "It's easy to make, and my two girls enjoy helping me. They especially enjoy when it's done baking. It makes the house smell wonderful." Favorite Family Recipes View Recipe 20 of 20 Pineapple Zucchini Bread At Mooselips Java Joint in Seeley, Wisconsin, this bread was made with zucchini from the owner. Customers could buy individual loaves to eat like a muffin. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit