Description
This Christmas Sprinkle Buttermilk Bread is a moist, buttery holiday quick bread filled with red and green sprinkles, perfect for festive breakfasts, brunch, or gifting.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup red and green sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease or line a 9×5-inch loaf pan
- Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl
- Whisk melted butter and sugar until smooth
- Add eggs one at a time, then mix in buttermilk and vanilla
- Stir dry ingredients into wet until just combined
- Gently fold in sprinkles
- Pour batter into pan and smooth the top
- Bake 45–55 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean
- Cool briefly, then transfer to a rack to cool completely
Notes
- Use jimmies instead of nonpareils to prevent color bleeding
- Do not overmix to keep the bread tender
- Cool completely before slicing
- Can be baked as muffins with a shorter bake time
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 260 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg