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Home | Recipes | Quick Breads, Muffins & Scones

Quick Breads, Muffins & Scones

I’m the first to admit that artisan bread is a labor of love, but let’s be real: sometimes you don’t have twelve hours to wait for a loaf to proof. Sometimes, you just want a warm, buttered something-or-other in your hand before the coffee gets cold. That’s where this collection comes in.

 Unlike yeast breads, these recipes rely on chemical leaveners like baking powder and baking soda for their lift. Whether you’re folding together a batch of tender blueberry muffins, “cutting in” butter for flaky Southern buttermilk biscuits, or stirring up amazing citrus mini bites, these bakes are all about speed, simplicity, and a perfect, tender crumb.

A broken slice of banana bread stacked on a white plate
A partially sliced loaf of banana bread.

8 Easy Banana Bread Recipes

A savory Parmesan cheese biscuit with butter on a plate and a bowl of biscuits in the background.

Savory Parmesan Cheese Biscuits

1 hr 10 mins

Three ham and Cheddar biscuits stacked on top of each other.

8 Homemade Biscuit Recipes

Three glazed blueberry lemon scones on a parchment-lined baking sheet with a lemon half and a spoon on the side.

Blueberry Lemon Scones

1 hr

A Bundt banana bread on a white serving platter and individual slices on two plates.

Banana Bread with Pudding Mix

1 hr 30 mins

A wooden box filled with banana topped muffins.

Banana Topped Muffins

40 mins

A serving platter with four cat head biscuits and gravy and sage leaves to garnish.

Cat Head Biscuits and Gravy

1 hr

Five apple cinnamon muffins with one split open

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

1 hr

Spiced gingerbread with lemon glaze garnished with lemon zest strips, in a parchment-lined cake pan.

Spiced Gingerbread with Lemon Glaze

50 mins

Carrot, pineapple, and candied ginger muffins on a counter, the one in front has its liner peeled off.

Carrot, Pineapple, and Candied Ginger Muffins

50 mins

Dorie Greenspan's quick corn bread with bacon, corn, and green onions in a cast-iron skillet, and cut into squares.

Dorie Greenspan’s Quick Cornbread

40 mins

A blue and white saucer with a knife and 2 halves of a cream scone, topped with jam and whipped cream.

Cream Scones

30 mins

Five irregular shaped cheddar biscuits with golden edges, on a wooden cutting board.

Cheddar Biscuits

35 mins

A loaf of banana bread with swirls of nutella next to a loaf of banana bread with cream cheese frosting on a wire rack.

Banana Bread with Nutella

1 hr 55 mins

Nine banana muffins with white wrappers.

Banana Muffins

45 mins

A loaf of cranberry orange pecan bread in the background with a halved slice from it in front

Cranberry Orange Pecan Bread

1 hr 30 mins

Two loaves of applesauce bread on a wooden board.

6 Quick Bread Recipes

Five cranberry scones with two drizzled with white chocolate glaze on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet.

Cranberry Scones

50 mins

Five baked blueberry pecan muffins on a wooden surface.

Blueberry Pecan Muffins

50 mins

Bite-size bacon and cheese scones with smoked bacon and melted Asiago on top on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Bite-Size Bacon and Cheese Scones

45 mins

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