Easiest Bread Recipe EVER!
31 Oct
Easiest Bread Recipe EVER!
I have been baking a lot of bread lately and I recently discovered my daughters love for freshly baked bread. As I have mentioned before she is not a great fan of my other bakes and cakes but she just LOVES my bread! When I make my ‘sweet brown bread’ she just eats plain slices and if the bread is not sweet she eats it with my homemade jam.
A couple of days ago she asked for some bread in the evening. My previous loaf had just gotten over and I hated the thought of buying a loaf outside. Where I live I only get sweet white bread and supermarket loaves and I totally dislike the taste of both. At the same time it was too late in the evening (not warm enough) for me to start baking with yeast and of course my 2.5 year old was not going to wait for 5-6 hours for her bread.
I decided to bake a loaf of quick bread for her. Since I have always enjoyed baking with yeast I had never baked quick breads before. I want online searching some easy, really quick recipe. I came across multiple beer bread recipes and I was amazed with the ease of it! It also looked rustic and beautiful. Since I didn’t want to bake with beer I decided to replace it with club soda. I am so glad I attempted this because it really was one of the best tasting breads I have had.
It’s SIMPLE, easy, quick and tastes awesome! No yeast, no waiting, no oil and all whole wheat! I don’t think I have any excuse to not make my bread and buy from outside. I have always told that there is no need to fear yeast and I still stand by it but if that’s what is stopping you from baking bread PLEASE try this bread. You will be glad you did!
I used only whole wheat flour and the bread was still moist, soft with lovely crumb. I also added a tbsp of sugar for slight sweetness, skip it altogether for a more grown up taste. I added some whole flax seeds and sesame seeds for nuttiness, crunch and nutrition. I have already made a couple of different variations with rosemary and cumin and pepper. Experiment with different flavours.
Edited -Please store this loaf in the refrigerator as I felt it lacks the shelf life of a normal yeast bread.
Also this recipe is dedicated to one of my readers Malini who said her daughter is allergic to yeast breads and asked me if she could bake bread without yeast. Hope this helps you Malini…
so glad I attempted a quick bread!
It’s SIMPLE, easy, quick
No yeast, no waiting, no oil
it's also all whole wheat!
bread is moist, soft with lovely crumb
PLEASE try this bread
tasted great with homemade mango jam 
Ingredients:
- 3 cups of whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp whole flax seeds
- 3 tbsp sesame seeds
- 2 cups of club soda
Combine all the dry ingredients and combine well. Make sure the baking-powder mixes with everything else well. Now pour 2 cups of cub soda. Measure carefully, trying not to let it froth up. It’ll froth up the moment you add it to the flour mixture. Combine everything well.
Fold the dough into a greased loaf pan. sprinkle some more flax seeds and sesame seeds on top. Bake at 200 degree C for 45-50 minutes till the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Wait for the loaf to cool down a bit before you cut into it.
Hi! Thanks for this great recipe. As Im wheat intolerant, do you think I can do this with oat meal or other whole grain flavour?
I am looking to make a stone ground whole wheat bread
the recipe you have given is near to what I want.
Can I use Buttermilk instead of club Soda and if so how much Buttermilk.
Many thanks
Robert
Can anybody give me an answer to the question above.
Chinmayie must be to busy !!!
Hey Robert! I am so sorry for missing this comment.
I haven’t made this bread with buttermilk instead of soda but I don’t think it’ll work.
I was wondering if I could add Zucchini to this recipe? I have all the ingredients to make this recipe but want to add Zucchini to it!
Will this work?!
Thanks
Amanda
Hey Amanda… I am not too sure about adding zucchini to the bread. It might make it too moist. You can go ahead and try anyway though! Please do come back and let us know how it turned out
Thanks for this amazing recipe. I made it this afternoon and absolutely loving it.
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I’m really enjoying this recipe and have shared with several people. Thanks for posting!
I had the same problem as a previous poster. My bread was very dense and barely rose while baking. Did you use whole wheat flour or whole wheat Pastry flour?
I am dying to try this!! QUESTION: how long will it last in the refrigerator? I am pretty compulsive about expired food. Thanks!
Mine was over within a day so I really don’t know but I think it’ll easily last 4-5 days in the refrigerator.
I’ll do it
it’s so easy. Thanks for share. I’ve a nice day.
I was surprised the to of the oven is only 200. I don’t think I have ever baked at that low a temperature but I am going to give it a try. .
You know I saw the 200 degrees and was surprised, wondering how it was possible to cook at that temperature, but thought, ah, I’ll give it a try. Now 50 minutes later, it is no where near cooked. Dumb, it’s in Celcius. For all those also metrically deficient, that’s about 400*F. Let’s see how it cooks now!
200 degrees C = 392 degrees F, which is what you’d need to bake this at.
200 degrees C = 392 degrees F, which is what you’d need to bake this at.
Hey,
I tried the club soda bread and mine came out very flat and dense. Nothing to what yours looks like:( I followed your instructions to the T. Is there something I could be missing? I used a stand mixer should I mix it by hand? Does the club soda need to be cold? Was super excited about this recipe and would love to still be able to make it right! Thanks!
Rachel
Hey Rachel, Surprising your bread turned out flat! I think it could be because of using a stand mixer? It doesn’t really need to be mixed too much. Club soda has to be in room temperature. Next time mix it by hand and try if that works.
The bread turned out great! I was so excited to find out how easy it is to make bread – this was my first time ever. The loaf is absolutely beautiful too. I added a smidge of organic cane sugar. I’ll be making different version of this for years to come. Yum!
Thank you Loren! Good to know you liked the bread
Hey Chinmayie
do you preheat your oven before you put in your cakes. None of your baking recipes talk about pre heating?
KICKASS!!!!
ur gonna teach me a lot about bakin 
Thanks a lot,Chinmayie.Going to try it very soon.My sis,Nandhini made the Wheat bread which was awesome Thank u once again.
Regards,
Malini.
Anytime
I came across your recipe for club soda bread.. very eager to try it. I do have some questions though. How big of a bread pan do you normally use for this size recipe and because you do not use yeast does or can the bread rise at all or does it stay the same size a when you put it in the pan? Also is it a very dense bread or are you suppose to wait a little bit before you put it in the oven? I am new to home baking and id like to get as close to the outcome of the bread that you made. Thank you:)
does it get hard without the oil? how is the texture the next day?
Nope, Surprisingly it’s super soft! I didn’t refrigerate the bread and it got spoilt the next day (it was a warm day) but it was still extremely soft.
simple fuss free recipe.. going to try it soon !
I’ve never made a quick bread with club soda before. How interesting!
This is beautiful and it looks super yummy, too! I love flax seed!
both the mango jam and the bread look divine! i’m drooling.
Nice! it’s like an alcohol-free version of the beer bread I love.
My boys are the same too and I simply don’t have much of time in hand for baking.This seems easy and delicious.Never ventured into bread making before and this recipe and photo’s scream me to try.Can i replace flax seeds with any other ingredients?
What a fabulous bread! Really very tempting and surely extremely tasty.
Cheers,
Rosa
Looks so soft and yumm
Love the flax seeds and club soda in this wonderful loaf! Simple fuss free and healthy bake.
there’s no excuse why i cant bake bread now….my nightmare ingredient yeast isnt there…can i use anything instead of flax seeds??
Awesome.. Such simple recipe..Will definitely try..The temperatures are falling and I cannot wait for yeast to work its magic anymore
Thanks for the b-day wishes! So weird I was here earlier and my computer crash and I got back on and I got your comment. We were visiting each other at the same time! It seems like your bread making is getting easier and easier (which is perfect to me!). I love how this bread looks – really healthy and lots of sesame seeds! I’m not making bread at home but I’ve been eating great bread lately and I’m kind of out of control in terms of shape of my body and craving for bread. I wish there is some way that we can eat bread all we want and still maintain the body shape… heehee… by the way, mango jam sounds yummy!
It looks so good and it’s without yeast! Yeahh!!
I am definitely gonna try this. Thanks for sharing..
its beeen ages I baked bread and this bread reminds me of how lovely homemade bread can be. the recipe sounds so simple, its almost unbelievable!
what is cub soda k
Club soda is fine…
Tried this recipe this afternoon, and have eaten a good share of the loaf already. Some changes I had to make because of lack of ingredients shown here. I had Seltzer Water, not Club Soda and one can (equals 12 ounces) so added one whole egg to make up for the other 4 ounces of liquid. Mixed the whole egg with part of the Seltzer Water. Also had to use 1/2 cup of regular, unbleached flour because I was short by that much of whole wheat. Added flax seed and sunflower seed because I had no sesame seeds! Result is a lovely, tasty loaf. Quite dense, but easily cutable with a serrated edged knife. Truly remarkable, and gave me a loaf of bread without having to go to the store. By the way, my Selter Water was not at room temperature, nor were my other ingredients. Thank you for this great recipe.