Description
This easy Herb and Cheese Quick Bread takes just 30 minutes! Simple ingredients, no yeast needed. Perfect for appetizers or with soup.
Ingredients
Dry Stuff:
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- 2 cups flour (just regular all-purpose)
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- 1 tablespoon baking powder
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- 1 teaspoon salt
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- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
The Good Stuff:
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- 1 1/2 cups cheese, grated (I use whatever’s expensive – Dubliner, sharp cheddar, Swiss)
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- 1/4 cup fresh herbs, chopped up (parsley, chives, whatever’s not dead in your fridge)
Wet Stuff:
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- 2 eggs
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- 1 cup milk (buttermilk if you’re feeling fancy)
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- 1/3 cup melted butter
If You Want to Get Crazy:
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- 1/2 cup nuts
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- Some olives
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- Leftover bacon or ham
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- Sun-dried tomatoes
Instructions
1. Get Your Oven Ready Turn it to 375°F. Line your loaf pan with parchment paper or just grease it. I always forget this step and then hate myself later.
2. Mix the Dry Junk Dump On a big bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. Whisk it around. Add your cheese and herbs and mix it up so everything’s coated.
3. Mix the Wet Junk Beat eggs in a small bowl. Add milk and melted butter. Mix it up.
4. The Part Where People Mess Up Pour wet stuff into dry stuff. Stir maybe 10-15 times until you don’t see flour anymore. It’s gonna look lumpy and wrong but that’s good. I used to stir forever and make cement bread.
5. Optional Stuff If you’re adding bacon or olives or whatever, fold it in now. Don’t go crazy stirring.
6. Into the Pan Scrape it all into your pan. It’s thick – that’s normal.
7. Bake It 25-30 minutes until the top is golden and a toothpick comes out mostly clean. Your kitchen will smell amazing.
8. Try Not to Eat It All Let it cool for 10 minutes before you cut it. I know it’s hard but hot bread falls apart.
Notes
If your batter looks too thick, add milk a tablespoon at a time. Too thin, add a little flour. This isn’t an exact science.
My oven runs hot so I sometimes need to turn it down to 350°F. Your oven might be different.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
- Category: Bread, Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 285
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 520mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 65mg