47 Breakfast Breads to Help You Rise and Shine
Breakfast breads dress up a brunch table, encouraging everyone to have another cup of coffee and stay awhile. Homemade muffins and quick breads welcome new neighbors and make excellent additions to a care package. But these recipes can also serve as a gift to yourself—stashed in your freezer, they offer a sweet (or savory) bite that’s always ready for a breakfast-on-the-go or afternoon snack. Below, you’ll find our go-to loaves, biscuits, scones, and cinnamon (and caramel!) rolls, plus kolaches and bagels too. Grab your loaf pans (or muffin tins) and consider doubling the batch; it’s handy to have all of these breakfast breads around.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson2/47Monkey Bread
Photo by Travis Rainey, Prop styling by Sean Dooley, Food styling by Kaitlin Wayne3/47Classic Easy Banana Bread
You may want to buy extra bananas so you can keep a few of these loaves around. One reader reports: “I have been making this recipe for a few years now, and I can't go to any other banana bread recipe because it’s just perfect!” We like this banana nut bread with walnuts, but feel free to use pecans instead if you prefer.
Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Kate Schmidt4/47Classic Blueberry Muffins
Summer berries shine in these tangy, tender muffins. Before baking, you’ll add a pinch of coarse sugar to the top of the muffins to get a shimmery, crunchy dome.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Stevie Stewart5/47Easy Zucchini Bread
The summer staple, via cooking icon James Beard. This quick loaf requires just 15 minutes of hands-on prep time, so you can focus on harvesting the rest of what’s popping in your garden.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Drew Aichele6/47Morning Glory Muffins
Every bite is packed with crushed pineapple, shredded carrot, shredded apple, toasted pecans, and coconut. These 1970s muffins are an exercise in hippie breakfast maximalism.
Photo by Alex Lau8/47Classic English Muffins
These English muffins offer an airy interior with a slightly chewy crumb, and crisp surface dusted with crunchy granules of cornmeal. They make a superlative eggs Benedict. Feeling really ambitious? Consider making this sourdough version.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich10/47Blueberry Scones
For scones this tall and flaky, it’s worthwhile to freeze your butter and grate it on a box grater.
Photo by Isa Zapata, Prop Styling by Christina Allen, Food Styling by Emilie Fosnocht14/47Chocolate Chip Scones
