No Yeast Bread is an easy, no-fuss bread recipe that only calls for six ingredients and requires no kneading or rise time thanks to the use of baking powder! Pair this dense light crumb bread with any main meal or enjoy a slice with a slather of butter and jam! It also makes a great sandwich bread.
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
- This No Yeast Bread is super simple to make - perfect for any bread-baking beginner!
- Pair this bread with any main meal or enjoy it plain with a generous slathering of butter - yummy!
- Get creative and add in a variety of herbs, spices, or other delicious ingredients to vary this bread recipe. It’s a plain canvas for you to experiment with.
This no-yeast bread recipe is so easy, that it’s guaranteed to become your go-bread recipe from now on!
🛒 Ingredients
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Note: The full list of this no yeast bread recipe ingredients with their amounts and options are listed in the recipe card below.
- We use kosher salt for this recipe. If you use regular table salt in the same amount the bread may be too salty. Check the recipe for the adjustment.
🗒 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the no yeast sandwich bread recipe instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Add the dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl while the oven preheats.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and then pour in the wet ingredients.
- Mix the ingredients well to combine.
- The batter should be thick once the flour has been incorporated fully.
- Add the batter to a prepared loaf pan. Grease your fingers to pat down the batter in the loaf pan and smooth the top out.
- Bake the bread for 30 minutes at 375℉. Remove the bread and lower the temperature to 350F, adding the loaf back to the oven for an extra 25 minutes, and covered with foil. Allow the bread to cool for 5 minutes in the pan before transferring it to a cooling rack for 45 minutes before slicing and serving.
🔪 Equipment
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You’ll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.
- mixing bowl
- loaf pan - 9X5 inch
- dry measuring cups or kitchen scale
- liquid measuring cup
- measuring spoons
- rubber spatula
🤔 FAQs
These are the questions we are most frequently asked about making No - Yeast Sandwich Bread recipe.
Bread without yeast usually has a dense crumb on the inside instead of being light and fluffy. The dough is more like a loose batter than a firm consistency. No-yeast bread still achieves a golden crust top and is a delicious alternative to yeast-based bread.
To make a no-yeast bread, you can use baking powder, baking soda combined with an acid, or sourdough starter.
If you don’t have yeast, you can still make bread like I have by using baking powder or by using baking soda. If you opt for baking soda then you will need to combine an acid such as white vinegar to activate it.
Yes! You can use active dry yeast or all of the other substitutes already mentioned above.
👩🏻🍳 Tips
- I’ve used a 9x5-inch loaf pan for this no-yeast bread which will yield about 16 slices. You could easily double the ingredients and bake two loaves at once in the oven if you are catering to a larger crowd or want to make an extra loaf for freezer storage.
- It’s important to continue to bake the loaf for an additional 25 minutes with the loaf covered by aluminum foil. This will allow the bread to completely cook through while also achieving a crispy golden top crust.
- If you decide to freeze this no-yeast bread, consider slicing it first for easy toasting later on. You also won’t need to defrost any more than what’s required at any given time.
📚 Variations
- For cheesy no-yeast bread: Add in some grated parmesan cheese (about ½ cup).
- For rosemary and lemon no-yeast bread: Add 2 teaspoons of chopped fresh rosemary and 2 teaspoons of chopped lemon zest.
- For a nutty no-yeast bread: Add 1 cup of coarsely chopped walnuts or other nuts of your choice.
- For olive no-yeast bread: Add ⅓ cup pitted niçoise olives, ⅓ cup pitted dry-cure olives and ⅓ cup pitted picholine olives, all coarsely chopped.
- For pizza no-yeast bread: Add 2.5 oz of salami.
- Muffins: You can easily make muffins with this bread recipe. Add the batter to a muffin tray and bake for 22-25 minutes at 350F.
- Ingredient swaps: Non-dairy milk can be used instead of whole milk. Use self-raising flour instead of all-purpose flour and omit the baking powder. Baking soda (about 2 teaspoons) can be used instead of baking powder but then you’ll need to combine it with 1 teaspoon of white vinegar so that it activates.
🥫 Storage
Prior to storage, make sure that this No Yeast Breast is completely cool. You can then store your bread in a sealed container for up to 3 days at room temperature. If you intend to keep the bread for an extended amount of time, consider wrapping it and freezing it instead.
📗 Related Recipes
Homemade bread doesn’t have to be a challenge to make and this No Yeast Bread recipe is a perfect example of that! If you’re ready to try out more no-fuss bread recipes then consider this scrumptious Parmesan Herb Pizza Bread or my no-knead Dutch Oven Bread.
🍽 Serve with
No Yeast Bread is an understated bread that can be enjoyed with a variety of main dishes such as soups, stews, casseroles, and roasts. It’s also perfect with a slather of salted butter and jam! And don't forget it makes amazing sandwiches.
📞 Chiacchierata (chat)
There's certainly a time and place for more technical and time-consuming bread recipes. And don’t get me wrong - it can be quite therapeutic tending to a bread that requires a little extra love and attention but if you’re in a rush or don’t feel up to the added fuss, this No Yeast Bread is just for you!
This bread without yeast recipe has certainly saved me on more than one occasion and I just love the fact that it can be paired with so many other main meal recipes!
Another delicious bread you've got to make is our Nana's Irish Soda Bread recipe. It's easy to make and it's another bread you can create without yeast.
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📝 Recipe Card
This No Yeast Bread is a great recipe for anyone starting out with making their own bread from scratch. The dough can easily be mixed by hand and you won’t even need to allow additional time for the bread to rise prior to baking!
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📖 Recipe
Quick and Easy No Yeast Bread Recipe
Equipment Needed
- Kitchen scale May use measuring cups but the scale is more accurate.
Ingredients
- 4 cup all-purpose flour (500g)
- 8 teaspoons baking powder (36¾g)
- 3 teaspoons granulated sugar (12½g)
- 1½ teaspoon kosher salt * see notes (9g) If using table salt decrease amount to 1 teaspoon.
- 2¼ cups milk (549g)
- ¼ cup oil (54g) use olive oil, canola, sunflower, grapeseed - whatever plain oil you prefer.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Grease a 9X5" Loaf pan (22X13 cm) then line with parchment paper with about 2"-inch overhang so you can lift the bread loaf out of the pan.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Mix together the milk and oil then pour the liquid in the well.
- Stir until the flour is completely mixed. The batter will be thick.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Grease your fingers with no stick spray and pat the dough into the pan so it is perfectly lever. Smooth the top with your greased fingers.
- Bake the bread for 30 minutes at 375℉.
- Remove the loaf from the oven, lower the oven temperature to 350℉, loosely cover the bread with foil and return it to the oven for an additional 25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let the bread cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Then use the excess paper to lift the bread from the pan and transfer to a cooling rack.
- Cool completely before slicing. At least 45 minutes.
Notes
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- For cheesy no-yeast bread: Add in some grated parmesan cheese (about ½ cup).
- For rosemary and lemon no-yeast bread: Add 2 teaspoons of chopped fresh rosemary and 2 teaspoons of chopped lemon zest.
- For a nutty no-yeast bread: Add 1 cup of coarsely chopped walnuts or other nuts of your choice.
- For olive no-yeast bread: Add ⅓ cup pitted niçoise olives, ⅓ cup pitted dry-cure olives and ⅓ cup pitted picholine olives, all coarsely chopped.
- For pizza no-yeast bread: Add 2.5 oz of salami.
- Muffins: You can easily make muffins with this bread recipe. Add the batter to a muffin tray and bake for 22-25 minutes at 350F.
- Ingredient swaps: Non-dairy milk can be used instead of whole milk. Use self-raising flour instead of all-purpose flour and omit the baking powder. Baking soda (about 2 teaspoons) can be used instead of baking powder but then you’ll need to combine it with 1 teaspoon of white vinegar so that it activates.
