Great question, but because quick bread recipes vary so much by formula, it's hard to give a magic number to shoot for. Some quick breads are light and tender, more like cake, while others are designed to be more dense and heavy, like pound cake. Also, breads with moist ingredients (like banana breads) likely need to reach a higher temperature (perhaps 212°F). We recommend using sight, touch, and smell to help guide the baking time in each of these cases. Inserting a toothpick into the center is also a great approach to use. (It should come out mostly clean once it has finished baking.) We just might have to do some further investigating, April! Kye@KAF

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