Whether you are a seasoned homemaker or you’re new to homemaking, every homemaker needs a collection of easy sweet bread recipes in her recipe box.
Sweet breads are perfect for so many occasions. Whether you need a quick bread recipe to whip up for a new mom or to welcome a new neighbor, everyone loves snacking on a simple sweet bread.
Easy sweet bread recipes make a wonderful homemade gift, and your family will love you just for taking the time to make a special treat for them to eat. Use quick sweet breads for:
- making your family feel loved
- homemade gifts
- new moms
- new neighbors
- take to the office to share
- bring to potluck
- make mini loaves to pass out at church
- thinking of you gifts
- teacher appreciation
- pastor appreciation
- Christmas gifts
- breakfast
Because sweet breads are so quick and easy, you can whip them up in no time and still reap the benefits of a delicious homemade treat everyone will love.
For those of you just learning to bake (and new homemakers) sweet breads to make at home are a great beginner recipe when learning how to bake breads.
Easy Sweet Bread Recipes
I hope you enjoy this collection of easy sweet bread recipes!
Amish Friendship Bread
Once you receive your Amish Friendship Bread Starter, follow the instructions below to feed your starter!
Orange Cranberry Nut Bread
This bread is so fresh and yummy. Perfect for fall and winter. I know your family will love this recipe!
Shortcut Apple Fritter Bread - Easy Budget Recipes
This Shortcut Apple Fritter Bread is a sweet and delightfully easy recipe that just screams fall! My kids love helping me make this easy and fun recipe.
Mini Pi�a Colada Zucchini Breads | Recipe
Inspired by a classic cocktail, these cake-like breads have a delicious tropical flavor. The zucchini isn’t meant to add flavor, but instead keeps the bread moist and adds texture.
Maple Pecan Banana Bread
Iced Pumpkin Bread
Easy Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread
This Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread is delicious and tender with a chocolatey and nutty flavor and wonderful aroma. Great as breakfast, dessert or mid-day snack.
Apple Cinnamon Bread (easy and extra soft) – Milk and Pop
This apple bread will make your kitchen smell like fall! Made with applesauce, cinnamon and no animal ingredients, this sweet bread will make your day better.
Old-Fashioned Date Nut Bread Recipe
Easy Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread (moist & low in sugar!)
Soft and moist pumpkin spice bread and a decadent cream cheese filling come together to create the ultimate fall breakfast or snack!
Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe (Plus Quick Bread Baking Tips)
Cranberry orange bread is perfect for cool fall and winter mornings, easy to make, yet pretty enough for holiday gatherings.
Apple Fritter Breads with Vanilla Glaze
This easy and quick bread is loaded with apples inside and on top, swirled with brown sugar and spices, and drizzled with a sweet vanilla glaze for a cake-like take on classic apple fritters.
Easy Trader Joe's Buttermilk Pancake Bread | Recipe
This quick and easy bread is essentially a pancake stack in loaf form. This tender, sweet bread has a coffeecake texture with notes of maple and buttermilk quintessential of the breakfast classic.
Peanut Butter Bread
Peanut Butter Bread – Only 6 ingredients and so easy and quick to bake! Goes great with grape jelly, chocolate spread or just plain old peanut butter!
Cannoli Bread Recipe
Marbled Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread Recipe
Banana bread just got an upgrade. With peanut butter and chocolate ribbons and chocolate chips on top, this Marbled Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread is a new way to enjoy a classic treat. It's also lower in sugar and fat than most classic banana bread recipes.
Cherry-Chocolate Zucchini Bread
This decadent Chocolate Zucchini Bread recipe features luscious, sweet-tart cherries and a double layer of rich, deep chocolate flavors. Dense, luxuriously moist, and studded with chocolate chips, it’s truly a chocolate lover’s dream!
Easy Cinnamon Swirl Bread with Lemon Glaze
This Cinnamon Swirl Bread tastes like cinnamon buns but without all the work! It's a quick bread so it has no yeast and uses shortening instead of butter. With a simple lemon glaze that adds a welcome zip, it strikes the perfect balance of sweet and tart.
LEMON BLUEBERRY BREAD
This is a moist, delicious quick bread that will disappear quickly, you will want to make two loaves, it is that good!
Healthy Lemon Blueberry Bread – Less Sugar But All The Flavor
Healthy and delicious, yes please! This Lemon Blueberry Bread has all the flavor but less sugar.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
When you’re not sure what to bake, Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is the answer! This moist classic bread packed with chocolate chips will make any banana bread lover happy.
Pumpkin Bread
A copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Bread recipe you can make at home! This moist Pumpkin Bread topped with pumpkin seeds tastes like a slice of autumn heaven, and it’s so easy to make at home!
Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Recipe
This sweet Lemon Poppy Seed Bread recipe is both easy to bake and full of flavor!
Sugar-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Gluten Free)
This healthy sugar-free banana bread is fully vegan and naturally gluten-free. Incredibly chewy and delicious, it's the perfect healthy treat for kids and adults alike. Just a few simple ingredients are needed for the basis - homemade raspberry jam swirl is totally optional!
Maple Apple Nut Bread
This Maple Apple Nut Bread is sweetened by maple syrup, easy to make, and has a sugar maple glaze that’s to die for. It’s perfect for your next brunch!
Apple Pie Quick Bread
The sweet flavors of apple pie transformed into a healthy gluten-free vegan quick bread! This apple pie quick bread recipe is the perfect autumn breakfast, snack, or even dessert!
Eggless Banana Bread
Easy, delicious, and full of banana flavor, this eggless banana bread recipe is a simple way to use up those overripe bananas. Just a few basic ingredients and 50 minutes are all it takes to enjoy this delicious treat!
Whole Wheat Pumpkin Banana Bread {Healthy & Delicious}
This whole wheat pumpkin banana bread is both delicious. It combines the awesome flavors of both banana and pumpkin which pair quite nicely together.
Iced Strawberry Bread
Iced Strawberry Bread is great to bake ahead and serve it up for a quick breakfast with a nice iced coffee.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
This banana bread is loaded with flavor and heart healthy oats.
Can sweet breads be frozen?
Yes. Most of your sweet breads and quick breads can be frozen! This makes it a great option for make ahead recipes for the holidays!
How to Cook Sweet Breads
Most sweet quick bread recipes are so easy to make! Simply mix all the ingredients in one bowl and pour batter into loaf pan. You’ll often find that recipes are baked at 350 degrees for about an hour.
Quick and easy sweet breads are fun to make and even more fun to eat. And, quick bread recipes are often a great recipe to let your kids help with – or even take over when they are old enough. I hope you enjoy this collection. Let me know what your favorite sweet bread recipe is in the comments below.
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