Brown Sugar Bread | Julie Blanner (2024)

• Quick Bread – A quick bread is a bread without yeast. Omitting yeast makes it quick and easy, hence the name!
• So Easy – Made with staple ingredients, this sweet bread recipe takes less than five minutes hands on time!
• A Wonderful Gift – I tend to make quick bread in these miniature loaves enjoying one and gifting or freezing remaining loaves.

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By Julie Blanner

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 40 minutes mins

Total: 45 minutes mins

Servings: 24

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• ▢ 2 cups brown sugar packed
• ▢ 4 cups all purpose flour
• ▢ 2 tablespoons baking powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ 2 cups milk
• ▢ ⅔ cup vegetable oil

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 6 miniature loaf pans.

• In a medium mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

• In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, beat to combine eggs, milk and vegetable oil.

• Gradually blend dry mixture into the wet mixture until just combined

• Pour batter into prepared loaf pans filling an inch below the rim to compensate for rise. Optional: sprinkle sugar or chopped nuts on top.

• Bake 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean.

Substitutions

• Brown Sugar – You can substitute white granulated sugar if you’d prefer.
• Milk– Use whatever you have on hand from skim to Vitamin D. Make it dairy free using Almond Milk.
• Vegetable Oil– Substitute with canola oil or melted butter in a pinch.

Variations

• Nuts – fold in walnuts, pecans or almonds or use them to garnish the bread just before placing it in the oven.
• Fruits – you can add in banana slices, apples or dried fruits, even raisins to your mixture as well.
• Spices – Blend in a tablespoon of cinnamon or combine cinnamon with 2/3 cups sugar and swirl it in.
• Chocolate – white or milk chocolate chips are also a delicious addition.
• Oats – fold them in and sprinkle on top for added texture.
• Glaze – add a cream cheese glaze, apple glaze or classic glaze.

Baking Alternatives

• Large Loaves – You can also make this in 2 – 1 pound loaf pans or cut the recipe in half for just 1 loaf pan and bake 50-60 minutes.
• Make Muffins – If you prefer to make brown sugar muffins, just grease miniature muffin tins andfill each to 2/3 full. Bake 12 minutes.
• Make it Ornate– Alternatively, you can also bake it in an ornate loaf pan with the same minimal effort!

Tips

• Don’t overfill your loaf pan. Allow room to compensate for rise.
• Use the toothpick test to ensure it’s ready. Bake time varies based on your loaf pan size and material, altitude and even oven temperatures can vary. Insert a toothpick into the center. When it comes out clean it is done.

To Store

• Room Temperature– Store no yeast breadin a sealed plastic bag or covered in saran wrapat room temperature for up to 5 days.
• Refrigerate– Up to 1 week in an airtight container.
• Freeze– Wrap them tightly in heavy foil, saran wrap or place them in freezer bags (I like to do at least 2 to prevent freezer odors from seeping in), and freeze for up to 3 months. Bring to room temperature to serve.