Sweet bread is an enriched bread made with added sugar, honey, or molasses along with eggs, butter, or milk, giving it a richer, more tender crumb than plain bread. It is not the same as sweetbread (one word), which refers to the thymus gland or pancreas of a calf or lamb - a savory offal cut with no relation to baking. Examples of sweet bread include French brioche, Italian panettone, German stollen, Greek tsoureki, and Japanese shokupan. It's eaten on its own, toasted with butter or jam, or used as a base for French toast and bread pudding.