Southern Peach Bread Recipe
This Southern Peach Bread is soft, moist, and bursting with juicy peaches and warm spices. Made with simple ingredients and a touch of buttermilk, it's the perfect quick bread for breakfast, dessert, or sharing with loved ones all summer long.
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Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 295kcal
Cost: $8–$10
Equipment
- Loaf pan 9x5 inch, greased and floured
- Mixing bowls 1 large, 1 medium
- Wire rack For cooling
- Whisk For mixing dry and wet
- Spatula For folding batter
- Sharp knife For peeling and dicing peaches
Ingredients
For the Bread
- 2 cups All-purpose flour Sifted
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
- ½ cup Unsalted butter Melted (or browned, optional)
- ¾ cup Granulated sugar
- ¼ cup Brown sugar Packed
- 2 Eggs Large
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ½ cup Buttermilk Or use DIY substitute
- 1 ½ cups Fresh peaches Peeled and diced (about 3 peaches)
- ½ cup Chopped pecans Optional
For the Vanilla Glaze
- 1 cup Powdered sugar Sifted
- 2–3 tablespoon Milk Adjust consistency as needed
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven.
- Grease loaf pan.
- Dice peaches.
- Whisk dry ingredients.
- Mix butter and sugars.
- Add eggs, vanilla, buttermilk.
- Combine wet and dry.
- Fold in peaches.
- Pour into pan.
- Bake for 55–65 min.
- Cool in pan 10 min.
- Transfer to rack.
- Whisk glaze.
- Drizzle glaze.
Notes
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Nutrition
Serving: 95g | Calories: 295kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 220mg | Potassium: 150mg | Fiber: 1.5g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 450IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 1.4mg