quick bread

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quick bread

A bread made with a leavening agent, such as baking powder, that expands during baking and requires no leavening period beforehand.

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quick′ bread`

bread made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.

[1850–55]

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Noun

quick bread - breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking

bread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

banana bread - moist bread containing banana pulp

date bread - bread containing chopped dates

date-nut bread - bread containing chopped dates and nuts

nut bread - bread containing chopped nuts

oatcake - thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal

Irish soda bread - round loaf made with soda and buttermilk; often containing caraway seeds and raisins

fry bread, skillet bread - usually cooked in a skillet over an open fire: especially cornbread with ham bits and sometimes Irish soda bread

cornbread - bread made primarily of cornmeal

muffin, gem - a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

Yorkshire pudding - light puffy bread made of a puff batter and traditionally baked in the pan with roast beef

scone - small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle

biscuit - small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda

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