batter bread

American  

noun

Chiefly Eastern Virginia.

1. spoon bread.

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Etymology

Origin of batter bread

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

AKA batter bread, this is the base recipe used in such things as apple bread, banana bread and the French savoury cake studded with everything from bacon and olives.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2020

"Ah, I see visions of more and more batter bread of the Page brand," murmured Zebedee.

From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

"If you will sit down, I'll tell Delily to bring in some batter bread."

From The Miller Of Old Church by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

Blanche forgot to put any salt in the batter bread that morning, and Dum came down to breakfast in odd stockings, one black and one tan.

From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

I did get out in the kitchen just in time to keep her from putting sugar in the batter bread, something she had picked up in school from her Northern teachers.

From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell