Quick Breads

Easy to stir up…ready to enjoy in less time than yeast breads…and always a treat, quick breads are a natural choice for our new national recipe contest. Sweet or savory, they are great to serve with a meal or grab as a snack.

You likely have one or more recipes that stand a chance to win in Taste of Home's "Standout Quick Breads" competition! Our judges eagerly await bites of your big-hit breads that are leavened with baking powder or baking soda, not yeast.

So please take a minute to sort through your recipes and enter the loaves, coffee cakes, monkey breads and flat breads you enjoy most. We're looking for traditional favorites as well as recipes with delicious variations and twists. Consider sending us:

Luscious sweet loaves flavored with chocolate, spiced with cinnamon, hearty with oats, peppered with poppy seeds or studded with nuts
Fruity favorites featuring apples, apricots, bananas, berries, cherries, citrus, coconut, dates, mangoes, pears or pineapple
Garden-fresh herb, rhubarb, squash or pumpkin breads
Savory slices chock-full of cheese, sausage, onions, garlic, chives, peppers, pizza ingredients and such. Please note that muffins are not included—they deserve a future contest of their own.

Winners will be featured in the February/March 2009 issue of Taste of Home. Send your entries soon!

You could win a fabulous prize!

The Grand Prize winner of each issue's contest will receive $500 in cash. And the second-place finisher will win dinner for four at the restaurant of the winner's choice (a $150 value). Ten runners-up will each receive a free copy of our Contest Winning Annual Recipes 2008 cookbook. So enter today!