Christmas Sprinkle Buttermilk Bread

Christmas Sprinkle Buttermilk Bread – tender buttermilk quick bread with festive Christmas colored sprinkles. 

Christmas Sprinkle Buttermilk Bread

Tender homemade buttermilk quick bread with a colorful Christmas twist. This festive Christmas bread is a must add to your holiday baking. It’s easy to make and perfect for serving at breakfast or brunch. It makes a beautiful gift too!

Christmas Bread Ingredients

• All-Purpose Flour – use the spoon and sweep method to measure flour
• Sugar – granulated white sugar
• Baking Powder and Baking Soda – make sure the baking powder and baking soda are fresh for best results.
• Kosher Salt
• Buttermilk – I use reduced fat buttermilk because that’s what is available in our area.
• Egg – beat lightly before adding buttermilk
• Unsalted Butter – melted and cooled
• Almond Extract – Almond extract adds a lovely flavor that I always associate with the holidays. Vanilla extract would be a great substitute.
• Christmas Colored Sprinkles – also called jimmies
• Christmas Colored Nonpareils – the small round sprinkles
• Powdered Sugar – sifted to prevent lumps
• Light Corn Syrup – for the glaze

How To Make Christmas Bread

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1. Start by preheating oven and lining a loaf pan with parchment paper.
2. Combine dry ingredients in a larger bowl.
3. In a smaller bowl, combine wet ingredients.
4. Stir just until combined and then fold in sprinkles.
5. Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes on upper rack of oven.
6. Let cool completely and glaze.

Recipe Tips

1. For the tenderest bread, mix batter as little as possible.
2. Bake until the center is just set. If the bread is still jiggly, bake it a bit longer.
3. The bread is dense and takes a while to cool completely. If you want the look of the bread with clean slices and set glaze, you will need to let the bread cool completely and let the glaze set until firm.
4. Can be made ahead and served the following day.
5. To help parchment paper stay in place when adding the batter, I like to spray the pan lightly with non stick cooking spray.

Sprinkles (Jimmies) vs Nonpareils

This recipe uses sprinkles, aka jimmies, and nonpareils. The sprinkles are the longer rod shaped pieces and the nonpareils and the smaller round shapes. The sprinkles are baked into the bread and the nonpareils are added to the top. The sprinkles are mixed into the batter because the colors won’t run during baking. Only use the nonpareils as the topping, their colors will bleed if added to the batter.

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Christmas Sprinkle Buttermilk Bread

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

55 mins

 

Christmas Sprinkle Buttermilk Bread - tender buttermilk quick bread with festive Christmas colored sprinkles. 

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Quick Bread

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Buttermilk Bread, Christmas Bread

Servings: 8

Calories: 511 kcal

Author: Melissa

Ingredients

Bread

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup sprinkles

Glaze

• 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
• 3 tablespoons buttermilk plus more as needed
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• Nonpareils

Instructions

Bread

1. Move rack to upper third in oven and preheat oven to 350°. Line a 9x5 inch aluminum loaf pan with parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and kosher salt. In a smaller bowl, whisk together egg, buttermilk, butter, and almond extract. Add wet ingredients to dry and mix just until combined. Fold in sprinkles.

2. Transfer batter to loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes or until center of bread is set. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer bread to a wire rack to cool completely. The buttermilk bread is dense so it will take 1-2 hours to cool completely.

Glaze

1. Once bread has cooled completely, prepare glaze. Whisk together powdered sugar, buttermilk, and corn syrup. Adjust buttermilk as needed to get a thick pourable consistency. Spoon over bread and top with nonpareils.

Nutrition Facts

Christmas Sprinkle Buttermilk Bread

Amount Per Serving

Calories 511 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Fat 14g22%

Saturated Fat 9g56%

Trans Fat 0.5g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 4g

Cholesterol 58mg19%

Sodium 411mg18%

Potassium 171mg5%

Carbohydrates 92g31%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 67g74%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 447IU9%

Calcium 86mg9%

Iron 2mg11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Recipe adapted from Buttermilk Sprinkle Quick Bread in the Taste of the South Best of Holiday Baking Magazine