16 No-Yeast Bread Recipes

March 23, 2020

No yeast? No problem! We've gathered some of our favorite quick bread and no-yeast bread recipes for those situations when you don't have yeast or time to wait for your bread to rise. 

Start Slideshow

1 of 16

Roasted Garlic & Mushroom Batter Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

Say goodbye to boring bread--this round loaf is full of savory mushrooms, fresh parsley and chives, and creamy roasted garlic. Any fresh mushrooms will do, but mixing in different types, such as button, cremini, or stemmed shiitake, will result in more compliments from your dinner companions.

Advertisement
Advertisement

2 of 16

Goat Cheese Zucchini Bread with Bacon

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

Savory cakes like this cheesy zucchini loaf are often served as an appetizer in France with a glass of sweet Banyuls wine or Southern French rosé. A slightly aged goat cheese with an edible wrinkly rind will hold its shape best in this loaf, but regular goat cheese works in a pinch.

3 of 16

Honey Oat Quick Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

This honey-oat bread has a pleasant flavor and divinely moist, tender crumb. It requires minimal mixing and cleanup, calls for ingredients usually stocked in the pantry, and is tasty yet healthful.

Advertisement

4 of 16

Low-Carb Seeded Quick Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

This low-carb bread is chock-full of seeds and flours that make the loaf mimic classic bread while managing to keep carb counts low. This bread is a vessel for both sweet and savory toppings, but the nutty flavors of the ingredients shine with just a simple schmear of butter.

5 of 16

Seeded Whole-Grain Quick Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

Bake this healthy, seedy loaf on Sunday and you can enjoy it all week--if it doesn't disappear first. This quick bread recipe is the perfect vehicle for both sweet and savory toppings, so try it as avocado toast one day and with honey the next. Store it tightly wrapped, as all the seeds make it a little more apt to dry out than typical whole-wheat breads.

6 of 16

Roasted Garlic & Herb Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

This savory quick bread is loaded with two heads of roasted garlic plus chopped fresh herbs of your choice, so it has a big nutty, toasty, herbal flavor, that's ideal with a hot bowl of soup. If you're intimidated about baking bread, a quick bread, which is made with baking powder and baking soda instead of yeast, is the perfect place to start.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

7 of 16

Whole-Wheat Irish Soda Bread Rolls

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

This easy whole-wheat Irish soda bread roll recipe gets its rise from baking soda instead of yeast, so you can enjoy warm bread with just a few minutes of prep and 25 minutes in the oven.

8 of 16

Whole-Wheat Irish Soda Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

Soda breads are hearty Irish staples--wholemeal flour with large flakes of bran and wheat germ, or white flour or a mixture leavened with baking soda and moistened with buttermilk. The acid in the buttermilk reacts with the baking soda, which is an alkali, creating bubbles of carbon dioxide which rise the bread. Soda breads have the heft of a yeast bread but are made in minutes and the dough can be shaped into scones or a round loaf, depending on the occasion. Originally it would have been baked in a bastible (pot oven) over the open fire.

9 of 16

Cranberry-Walnut Quick Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

The perennial bakery favorite gets a healthy makeover.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

10 of 16

Chestnut Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

This authentic Tuscan chestnut bread recipe, castagnaccio--not exactly bread and not sweet enough to be considered cake--is in a category by itself. Serve this Italian delicacy on a cheese platter or as part of an antipasti spread.

11 of 16

Squash Tea Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

Pureed winter squash, honey and sugar give this tea bread a round, rich sweetness. It's terrific warm with a little pat of butter for breakfast, snack or even dessert and of course afternoon tea, if you're so inclined.

12 of 16

Coconut-Rum Banana Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

In this island-inspired whole-wheat banana bread recipe, coconut, brown sugar and ginger come together for a wonderful twist to make this our new favorite healthy quick bread. 

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

13 of 16

EatingWell Zucchini Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

This simple zucchini bread recipe is a great way to use up your summer bumper crop of zucchini. Try it with toasted walnuts or raisins, or add chocolate chips for a more dessertlike bread. Freeze 2-cup portions of shredded zucchini so you can make zucchini bread all year long.

14 of 16

Banana-Blueberry Buttermilk Bread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

The slight acidity of buttermilk tenderizes and moistens baked goods while allowing you to cut way back on butter or oils. Here, it also lends a slight tanginess to the winning combination of bananas and blueberries. 

15 of 16

Sprouted-Wheat Biscuits

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

In this healthy buttermilk biscuit recipe, sprouted whole-wheat flour lends the nutritional benefits of whole-wheat flour without the bitterness. If you can't find sprouted flour, white whole-wheat and all-purpose flour are good substitutes. Adapted with permission from Bread Revolution by Peter Reinhart (Ten Speed Press, © 2014).

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

16 of 16

Whole-Grain Cornbread

View Recipe this link opens in a new tab

Made with whole-grain cornmeal and white whole-wheat flour, this healthy cornbread recipe is quick enough for a weeknight and perfect to serve with chili or instead of dinner rolls. We like to make a few extra batches of the dry mix and store it in the freezer. To make a batch of cornbread, just measure out 2 cups of dry mix and combine with the liquid ingredients. If you don't want to pull out your food processor, you can skip pureeing the corn in Step 2 and instead whisk an 8-ounce can of creamed corn with the egg, milk, oil and sugar before combining with the dry ingredients. 

Replay gallery

Share the Gallery

Up Next