Bake Your Own Quick Bread!

Project Discipline: Baking
​Ages: All ages, cloverbuds will need supervision
Difficulty level: easy
Supplies: flour, baking powder, salt, milk, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla extract, various ingredients depending on what you choose to add!

Who doesn't love a quick bread?  We're going to give you some options here.  You can choose to make your favorite quick bread and share your recipe,  OR choose one of the 7 options shown below to test out, and let us know how it went! 

First off, what is a quick bread? A quick bread is made with a leavening agent (such as baking powder or baking soda) that permits immediate baking of the dough or batter mixture.

Quick Bread, 7 ways

Ingredients for basic bread: 
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted, cooled
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extra

• Gather your ingredients & preheat your oven to 350. Lightly grease a loaf pan.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl, then set aside.
• Combine milk, sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla in a second bowl.  Stir 20-30 seconds.  Add in the flour mixture, one-third at a time, stirring until smooth after each addition.  Stir in any additions you choose.
• Spoon the batter into your pan, bake 32-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Cool for 5 minutes, run an edge around bread and remove from pan, to cool on a rack.  Make sure to try some before it's completely cool - that's when it tastes the best! 

My Aunt Martie's famous banana bread, with chopped up chocolate Easter Bunny added in!

The variations to choose from: 

Be sure to share with Alaska 4-H Facebook, but maybe not with the dog!