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American breads

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muffin
thumb|Three flavors of muffin: blueberry, [[chocolate, and chocolate chip.]]
banana bread
type of bread or cake made with bananas
gingerbread
Gingerbread refers to a broad category of baked goods, typically flavored with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon and sweetened with honey, sugar, or molasses. Gingerbread foods vary, ranging from a moist loaf cake to forms nearly as crisp as a ginger snap.
scone
A scone ( or ) is a traditional British and Irish baked good, popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In the US, scones are a different baked product from the rest of the world, usually sweeter, triangular in shape and served on their own. Scones are usually made of either wheat flour or oatmeal, with baking powder as a leavening agent, and baked on sheet pans, or fried in a frying pan. A scone can be either lightly sweetened or savoury, and can be occasionally glazed with egg wash. The sweetened scone is a basic component of the cream tea, and the afternoon
cornbread
Cornbread is a quick bread made with cornmeal, popular in the cuisine of the Southern United States, with origins in Native American cuisine. It is an example of batter bread. Dumplings and pancakes made with finely ground cornmeal are staple foods of the Hopi people in Arizona. The Hidatsa people of the Upper Midwest call baked cornbread naktsi, while the Choctaw people of the Southeast call it bvnaha. The Cherokee and Seneca tribes enrich the basic batter, adding chestnuts, sunflower seeds, apples, or berries, and sometimes combine it with beans or potatoes. Modern versions of cornbread are
English muffin
small, round, flat yeast-leavened bread
Kaiser roll
hard roll, orginally from Austria
frybread
Frybread (also spelled fry bread) is a dish of the Indigenous people of North America that is a flat dough bread, fried or deep-fried in oil, shortening, or lard.
hushpuppy
A hushpuppy is a small, savory, deep-fried round ball made from cornmeal-based batter.
Graham bread
type of bread inspired by Sylvester Graham in 1829
biscuit
North American quick bread (not the same as a cookie)
popover
A popover is a light American pastry made from an egg batter similar to that of Yorkshire pudding, typically baked in muffin tins or dedicated popover pans, which have straight-walled sides rather than angled.
Cuban bread
Cuban-American bread recipe
wheat tortilla
type of soft, thin flatbread made from finely ground wheat flour
Sally Lunn bun
sort of hot roll, first popular in Bath
muffuletta
Muffuletta or muffaletta is a type of round Sicilian sesame bread, as well as a popular sandwich, created by a Sicilian immigrant to the United States, that was popularized in the city of New Orleans.
Amish Friendship Bread
type of bread or cake made from a sourdough starter
Bierock
Bierock is a yeast dough pocket sandwich with savory filling, originating in Eastern Europe.
Texas Toast
Extra thick slice of buttered toast, popular in Texas
bannock
indigenous North American bread
Anadama bread
yeast bread from the northeastern United States
Pullman loaf
type of bread loaf with rectangular shape
pepperoni roll
Popular snack in West Virginia and neighboring areas