Bacon Cheese Bread (Quick Bread!)

Gooey bacon cheese bread is full of savory bacon, cheese and lightly flavored with green onions. This recipe makes a soft and chewy quick bread that makes an amazing side dish or snack.

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Why We Love Bacon Cheese Bread

• Thick, Chewy Bread– Make a bread that is thick, moist, gooey and savory all in one bite.
• No Yeast Needed– This golden brown loaf is a quick bread, and doesn’t need the extra attention you will need with a yeast bread.
• Perfect side dish– Perfect as a side with soup, this delicious bread also works with cozy meals like meatloaf!

Ingredients For Bacon Cheese Bread

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 4 slices cooked bacon diced, cook bacon before mixing this bread dough and pat it with paper towels
• 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese shredded, divided
• ½ cup green onions diced, about 2 large green onions

Baker’s Buttermilk Swap – If you don’t have buttermilk, you can add a tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to a glass measuring cup. Then fill the measuring cup with milk to the one cup measure and stir. Let the mixture sit for at least five minutes, then you can add it to the recipe in place of buttermilk.

How To Make Bacon Cheese Bread

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a 1-pound metal loaf pan (8.5 x 4.5-inch loaf pan) with parchment paper and spray with nonstick spray.
• Line a metal loaf pan with parchment paper and or spray generously with a baking nonstick spray.
• In a large bowl add flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Mix until well blended.

• Crack two eggs into a medium-sized bowl and beat lightly with a fork. Add buttermilk and olive oil to the eggs and mix until combined.

• Add buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and mix until combined and a dough forms.

• Add the diced bacon, 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese and diced green onions to the dough. Fold in with a silicone or rubber spatula into the dough, then transfer the dough to the prepared baking pan.

• Bake the loaf for about 40 minutes then top with the remaining 1/2 cup of shredded cheddar cheese. Bake about another 5-10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cheese bacon bread comes out clean with no raw dough.

• Allow the bread to cool for at least 10 minutes in the pan. Carefully remove from the pan and allow the bread to finish cooling. Then slice and enjoy.

Variation Ideas

This cheese bread recipe can be customized to your own tastes! Here are a few ways easy ways to adjust this recipe.

Add More Bacon

Four slices of bacon was perfect for my family in this bread. If you really love bacon though you can add up to eigh slices of diced bacon to this loaf. When adding any bacon be sure to cook the bacon first. If the bacon is precooked, crisp it in a pan before adding it to the bread dough for best results.

Swap The Cheese

Cheddar cheese works well in this bread, but you can also try other flavors too. Colby, monterey jack cheese, gruyere, or even gouda in this savory flavorful bread recipe. This recipe will work best with semi-hard cheese that shreds easily.

Swap The Green Onions

I recommend swapping the green onions with chives, which are really similar in flavor but slightly thinner and smaller. You can also leave the green onions out if you prefer.

Try Adding Olives

Kalamata olives or green olives can be a delicious addition to this bread. I recommend using about 1/3 or 1/2 cup of olives.

Remove any pits and slice the olives into pieces. Then fold the olive pieces into the dough at the same time that you would add the cheese, bacon and onions.

How to Add Jalapenos

Whether you like things really spicy, or just give your bread a little zip, adding jalapenos to this quick bread is delicious. You can chop up the peppers and put them both in the bread, or lay slices on top of the bread. I recommend adding between 1/4 to 1/2 cup of jalapenos and leaving out the green onions if you add jalapenos.

You can use fresh or pickled jalapenos. If using fresh jalapenos I recommend wearing gloves. Carefully remove the seeds from the pepper (you can use a knife or a spoon) before adding to the bread. Learn how to slice and chop jalapenos safely here.

How Long Does Bacon Cheese Bread Last?

Store leftover Bacon Cheddar bread in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4-5 days. This bread should be stored in the refrigerator due to the meat and cheese in the bread.

What Do I Serve Bacon Cheese Bread With?

My favorite meal to serve this delicious recipe with is by far soup. The savory bread goes so well with so many types of soup, but especially tomato-based soups in place of cornbread or a thick crusty loaf of bread. Try this bread with my slow cooker tortellini soup, this creamy tomato soup, with turkey chili, or my chunky slow cooker cheesy potato soup. I’ll usually make this cheesy bread in place of my cheesy biscuit pull apart bread which uses refrigerated biscuit dough.

This bacon cheese bread is also delicious with my classic beef meatloaf or mini turkey meatloaf muffins, with a side of roasted honey glazed carrots on the side.

You can swap this bacon cheddar bread into your meal as a bread on the side almost anytime you would serve dinner rolls. It’s also great for breakfast as a side with eggs or even as a side for sausage potato breakfast casserole.