Quick breads are loaves that need no kneading or time to rise. They are leavened with baking powder or baking soda instead of yeast. As such, they can be concocted in 10-15 minutes and be fully cooked and on the table in less than an hour. That's quick indeed!

The 60 or so recipes in this small book are mostly for breads and coffee cakes that require little fuss or preparation. The selections are divided into Tea Breads; Dark and Rich Breads; Stick, Rolls, and Corn Breads; Old-Fashioned Coffee Cakes; Holiday and Ethnic Cakes. There's also a section of Spreads for Breads that includes recipes and instructions for making spreads like Savory Herbed Cheese, Spiced Honey, and Whipped Spiced Amaretto Butter.

Look here to find a Fruited Apple or Cheddar Date Nut bread for holiday parties, a Finnish Barley Bread for breakfast toast, or a classic Sour Cream Cinnamon Coffee Cake. Also featured are recipes for Boston Brown Bread, Quick Sally Lunn, Caraway Beer Bread, Zucchini Walnut Bread, Date Nut Bread, Yankee Corn Bread, German Stollen, Scandinavian Jukelage, Hot Pepper and Bacon Corn Bread, and more.