Baking Encyclopedia

Quick breads & muffins

11 recipes

Buttery Beer Bread

Buttery Beer Bread

A one-bowl loaf with a craggy, butter-basted crust and a soft, faintly malty crumb. No yeast, no kneading, and it's in the oven five minutes after you open the bottle.

60 min
GF
Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread

A craggy, golden round with a crackling crust and a soft, tangy crumb studded with raisins. No yeast, no rising time — it goes from bowl to oven in about fifteen minutes.

60 min
GF
Classic Popovers

Classic Popovers

Five pantry ingredients turn into towering, hollow rolls with a crackly brown shell and a soft, custardy middle. All the drama comes from steam and a very hot oven.

50 min
GF
Buttermilk Skillet Cornbread

Buttermilk Skillet Cornbread

A cast iron cornbread with a crackling buttery crust and a moist, tender crumb underneath. Just sweet enough to eat plain, savory enough to sit next to a bowl of chili.

40 min
GF
Buttermilk Biscuits

Buttermilk Biscuits

Tall, golden biscuits with layers you can peel apart like a book, thanks to cold butter and a few quick folds. They come together in one bowl and bake in about fifteen minutes.

35 min
GF
Classic Cream Tea Scones

Classic Cream Tea Scones

Tall, golden scones with a crisp top and a soft, steamy middle that pulls apart in two clean halves. Cold butter and a hot oven do almost all the work.

41 min
GF
Jumbo Blueberry Muffins

Jumbo Blueberry Muffins

Six enormous, bakery-style blueberry muffins with crackly sugar tops and a tender, sour-cream-rich crumb. A blast of high heat at the start is what gives them those towering domes.

53 min
GF
Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Muffins

Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Muffins

Tall, domed muffins with crackly sugar tops, a tender vanilla crumb, and chocolate in every single bite. The two-temperature bake is what gives them that bakery-case lift.

42 min
GF
Cheddar, Scallion & Black Pepper Quick Bread

Cheddar, Scallion & Black Pepper Quick Bread

A craggy, deeply cheesy loaf that comes together in one bowl with no yeast and no waiting. It slices like sandwich bread, toasts like a dream, and is honestly best eaten warm with cold butter.

75 min
GF
Soft Sweet Loaf Bread

Soft Sweet Loaf Bread

A tender, lightly sweet yeast loaf enriched with milk, butter, and honey, with a feathery crumb that pulls apart in soft sheets. It makes exceptional toast and even better French toast.

185 min
GF
Bakery-Style Blueberry Muffins

Bakery-Style Blueberry Muffins

Tall, domed muffins packed with two full cups of berries and crowned with buttery brown sugar streusel. A short blast of high heat at the start is what gives them those sky-high tops.

43 min
GF