A garlicky cheddar quick bread ready in about an hour from start to finish. Easy, cheesy, foolproof – delicious! Carb lovers unite ♥
Bread has always been one of my favorite foods. Not the hohum loaves you’ll find at most grocery stores, but the soulful, artisan varieties made with love in bakeries and home kitchens.
If I had the time, I would bake bread every single day. Time is something I’ll never have enough of and bread is probably something I shouldn’t be eating every day anyhow 😉
But when you need bread, you need bread. On some occasions there aren’t hours to spare.
Quick breads are great for those last minute bread needs, whatever they may be. It takes just minutes to put together. No rising, no kneading – just mix it up & bake.
That being said, quick breads and yeast breads are certainly different. A quick bread is dense, moist & even crumbly at times – more along the lines of a tender biscuit. A yeast bread is lighter and far more complex in taste & texture.
You can get pretty creative with this bread. Add fresh or dried herbs, like parsley, chives or Herbes de Provence, or add more spices – like dried minced onion or powder, more garlic. Switch up cheeses or add olives, sun dried tomatoes, dried beef – anything your heart desires. Just watch that you don’t overdue the amount of liquids. Quick breads are (almost) fool proof. My next go at this bread will be a “Pizza Quick Bread”. Stay tuned 🙂
This bread is wonderful eaten as is or with a generous smear of butter. I serve it with breakfast, as a snack or with a big bowl of soup or a hearty dinner.
Thanks for stopping by. Happy Baking!
-Amanda-
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups shredded cheddar, I prefer sharp
- 1 cup milk
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoon butter, melted
- Preheat oven to 350° Grease/spray a loaf pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, garlic powder and salt. Stir in shredded cheese. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together milk, egg & butter.
- Add liquid ingredients to bowl of dry ingredients. Stir until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Spoon/pour into loaf pan.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes. Top should be a golden brown.
- Cool on wire rack. Remove loaf from pan, slice & serve.
This bread looks perfect to go along with a fall soup or pot of chili!
Thanks so much Amy! Ohhh…chili…I’m craving a BIG bowl of it! I love fall foods 🙂
me too , fall food is awesome and in the winter too
OMG….how good does this bread look!!!!! All that cheese! The idea of adding fresh herbs sounds lovely, but I wouldn’t change a thing about this beauty. This would be so perfect with some soup (or even on it’s own straight from the oven 😉 ) Pinned! Looking forward to seeing the Pizza Bread! Happy Monday 🙂
That’s what I’m about…..all that cheese….lol!
Love it though, I could live on bread and cheese and be a happy woman for sure. Combining them just always makes sense 🙂
The pizza bread – that was my husbands idea. He said as a kid he used to eat a pizza bread that was very similar in taste and texture, but with swirls of sauce in it. Can’t wait to get to baking an extra garlicky pizza bread.
Hope you have a wonderful week Dawn ♥
I am a bread eater too. I love yeast bread, but I also love quick bread. This one looks yummy. I love the cheddar cheese
Thank you Dawn 🙂
Amanda, this bread looks so yummy! My mouth is watering just looking at your appetizing photos! You can’t go wrong with cheesy bread of any kind, and one that is as easy as this to make is perfect. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks Stephanie! You can never, ever go wrong with bread ♥
I have made this once, and it’s delicious! I tend to like things with more seasoning, so I made it with extra garlic, some onion powder and pepper. Just making it now with a swirl of cheese and fig jam in the middle, mostly because I can. I love it because it’s very fast to make, tastes excellent, and lends itself very well to additions if you have the time, ingredients and inclination. Thank you!
So glad you enjoy the recipe! It’s such a simple recipe that you can go a million ways with it. Fig jam & cheese in the middle – yes, please!!!
Thanks for stopping by! Happy baking 🙂
Was looking up quick bread recipes for a Farmers market stand down here in Amarillo Texas. (Tortilla Ciuntry). This looks great. Considering adding bacon and Jalepeno. I got the giggle…after reading that your in Lancaster PA. Me too. My home town of 45 years. Graduated from Hempfield. I wanted to try and bring some missed PA Dutch goodness down to Texas. Pizza bread…. Browns orchards in York PA makes one. Its oretty good, but I bet you can out beat theirs. Thanks for sharing.
Awwww…it’s a small world ♥
Texas sounds awesome though. Never been there – but it’s definitely on my list to visit. I’d be a tortilla monster out there! Love fresh & homemade tortillas – not something you’ll find in these parts unless you make it yourself.
Bacon and jalapeno would be awesome in this bread. Love this bread – you can add just about anything to it.
I do make a Pizza Bread! Never heard of Browns Orchards – I will be googling it immediately. I rarely visit York – but do pass thru it often on my way to Gettysburg or Baltimore.
Thanks for stopping by Lisa 🙂
Just made this with 1/2 Sharp cheddar and 1/2 cheddar Jack (all I had). This bread is delicious!!
So glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Thanks for stopping by Bobbi!
Delicious and so easy! I used buttermilk instead of milk and it worked great! Will make this again.
Hello Henny!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
hello amanda……I wanted to make this bread to go along with my pasta and meatsauce dish…..I follow it to a tee…however in the picture your photo shows a nice dome shape loaf.. when I did it ….it just look like a brick of very dense bread. I am not sure what I did wrong ….my bread looks nothing like the photo….pls help
Hi Cheryl! Quick breads are pretty foolproof – as long as you don’t overmix it. I’m guessing your baking powder was bad. If it was dense & flat it seems the leavener agent was inactive.
You just solved my problem! I came to this recipe because another failed me yesterday despite following to a T. But my baking powder needed to be scraped out with a knife. (Even though it was dry and powdery once loosened.) I’ll make yours tonight and report back – after I buy a new can of baking powder!
I just made this bread and I must say I am quite pleased with it. I was fearful that it wouldn’t rise like the one pictured because of a previous comment, so I added a little baking powder. I used self-rising flour by the way. I also added dried dill and sun dried tomatoes as well as onion powder. It came out fantastic! The possibilities are endless for this bread. Thank you so much for sjaring!!
So glad you enjoyed!
I was looking out for no yeast bread recipe and this seems to be delicious. Would it be fluffy even to make a sandwich
Made it two days in a row!
It was that good………
Super EASY to make!
Yay! So glad you enjoy the bread!
Thanks for stopping by Stephanie 🙂
I made this to go with Pulled Pork bbq. I had no bread in the house and this sounded perfect! It was extremely easy to make and used ingredients I already had on hand. I’m bookmarking it now!
As for the taste, my husband, 1yr old son and I all liked it! My husband said it tastes like Mac & cheese.
I love the idea of this bread! Yummmmo! Can I double it to make two loaves? Or do Ihave to make them separately
Hi Sharon. You can easily double the recipe and bake into two loaf pans! Enjoy ♥
Just baked thid bread! Looks wonderful. Plan on serving it with a boiled dinner tonight. Yay so easy. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.
Hi Dawn! Hope you enjoyed it – we love it!
Thanks so much for stopping by ♥
This was perfect!! Thank you 🙂
Hi Alisa! Glad you enjoyed the bread!
Thanks so much for stopping by ♥
Amanda, I am making this bread right now as I email to go along with our bean and bacon soup supper tonight. I can’t wait to try this and I will definitely let you know how it was. Sure smells great baking.
I am really glad I found you her on line and have saved your website to my favorites so that I can make other things. Everything looks so scrumptious!
Thanks again Amanda
Will be emailing again soon.
Sharon
Ps. not rated yet but I know it’s gonna be a 5 star.
Amanda this is definitely a 5 out of 5 for sure. The bread was so tasty. We both really loved it and will for sure be making it on a regular basis and different variations of it as well.
Thanks again
Sharon
So glad you love the bread Sharon!
Thanks for stopping by ♥
It’s cold & snowy here today, &my husband forgot bread when he went for groceries. I’m out of yeast, so looked up quick breads, & found this recipe. It just came out of the oven, & I couldn’t help myself!
It was so easy & quick, & it’s so delicious!I will definitely be making this again! Thank you for a great recipe.
Yay! So glad you & your husband enjoy the bread!
Thanks so much for stopping by Sandy ♥
Omg this bread was an absolute hit with the kids.. just perfect.. wish I could upload my pics. Recommend this bread loaf recipe to all. Cannot go wrong!!!
Yay! so glad you all enjoyed the bread!
Thanks for stopping by Liz ♥
Ooh, can’t wait to try it toasted! Mmmmm. Thanks for posting this. It sounds like just what I was looking for. Making it tonight!
My search for a quick bread for dinner brought me to your site and I’m glad it did! I added herbs as suggested and it was delicious! Will definitely be on my list of recurring items to bake. Thinking it would also work as a dessert with the addition of sweet ingredients to it.
We’re in the middle of a major winter storm. I had some leftover shredded cheddar cheese, so I just made this so I can take a hot slice with a cup of chili out to the guy who is plowing my neighborhood. Oh my goodness!!! Is this ever wonderful!!!?!?!?! My husband and I tried a slice. And another, and yet another. I’m not sure the plow guy is getting any…this may be turning into our whole dinner! I added some dried basil, but otherwise did exactly as instructed. I used a large loaf pan, so only baked it 40 minutes, and it is perfect! Would be a prettier shape in the smaller loaf pan, but this is so scrumptious I know I’ll make it again, so I can use the correct size pan then.
Love this!!! I added some chopped jalapeno and it it turned out great. Thank you for sharing!!!
I just made this bread with asiago cheese instead of cheddar. Added a little extra garlic powder and 2 teaspoons of Italian herbs. Also didn’t have fresh whole milk so used sour milk. It came out absolutely delicious. I made it to go with a pasta dinner … if there’s any left by then!
My baking powder expired a couple years ago but I used it anyway, so I didn’t get the loft yours did. However it smells fantastic while baking. I just ate a slice and it’s good. I also added sprinkled ancho powder o top and used a blend of cheddar and monteray. Since its feeling sort of latin I also added 1 teasp of Mexican oregano. This i made 3 mini loves instead 1 big one so I baked only 30 min.
My Loaf stuck to the side of the pan and broke when I removed it. Just the areas where the cheese touched the sides. Did you use baking paper? I just used spray and cook. Anyway it was still lovely and light. I added a bit of mixed herbs and a dash of cayenne pepper. Lovely bread
I have made this bread so many times and LOVE IT!