Recipe Roundup

113 Bread Recipes for Sandwiches, Toasts, Quick-Fix Breakfasts, and Baking Projects Galore

Including sourdough loaves, boules made with cake yeast, homemade bagels, and all the quick-bread recipes you can imagine, this collection of our best bread recipes is not intended for the carb-weary.

By The Epicurious Editors

April 2, 2020

Seeded wholegrain soda bread in a black castiron skillet with a cloth wrapped around the handle.

Our best bread recipes run the gamut. Whether you're looking for a 3-day baking project or a quick loaf bread; a garlicky cheddar biscuit or a caramel-coated, chai-spiced monkey bread; or a simple white (or whole-wheat) sandwich loaf, you'll find what you need among these 113 recipes. Curious about how gluten works in bread? Check out our guide.

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Italian Easter Bread
This Italian sweet yeast bread must be prepped in stages, so you'll want to start it the day before Easter Sunday. While it's traditionally baked in paper molds the shape of doves, a springform pan works well for a round loaf instead.
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2/113
Pumpkin Bread
Forget lackluster loaves—apple cider brings big autumnal flavor to this tender pumpkin bread.
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3/113
Parker House Rolls
These buttery rolls have the easiest shaping technique: Just ball them up and then press a chopstick ot the handle of a fork into them to create the ridge.
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4/113
Traditional Soft Pretzels
If you've ever tasted a real German soft pretzel, with a deep, dark, burnished skin showered with crunchy salt crystals, and a yeasty, chewy middle, then you know what you're in for here.
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Monkey Bread
Looking for a project for your kid (or yourself)? This ooey-gooey monkey bread is perfect. It’s ribboned with layers of aromatic spiced nuts and seeds, and drizzled with caramel.
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Skillet Cornbread
Proof that the best cornbread isn’t necessarily the most complicated, this easy recipe gets it on the table in 30 minutes.
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7/113
Easy Banana Bread Recipe
We combined our favorite elements from the most popular banana bread recipes on our site to create the ultimate version of this sweet, nutty, supremely moist quick bread.
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8/113
Buttermilk Biscuits With Honey Butter
Sweet honey butter, seasoned with a kiss of flaky sea salt, is the ultimate topping for these light-as-air biscuits.
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Irish Soda Bread With Raisins
This easy Irish soda bread recipe gets a little tang from buttermilk and pops of concentrated sweetness from dried fruit.
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10/113
Our Favorite Cinnamon Rolls
Our ultimate version of this buttery breakfast bread is made with rapid-rise yeast and filled with a mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans.
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Seeded Whole Grain Soda Bread
Packed with seeds and whole grains, this is pretty much the heartiest, tastiest soda bread you can make.
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Fluffy Cathead Biscuits With Honey Butter
Cathead biscuits are a Southern staple whose name refers to their large size (about as big as a cat's head). The dough for this hand-rolled biscuit recipe is made by incorporating flour into the wet ingredients, instead of the reverse. The result is a fluffy (rather than flaky) biscuit, ready to be split and spread with flavorful honey butter.
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Bagels
The key to success in this epic baking project is to use a much lower percentage of water than is used for baguettes, producing a stiff dough that can stand up to a dunking in boiling water before going into the oven.
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Seeded Challah
This recipe makes three braided loaves; more dough in the mixer means more effective kneading. The baked loaves freeze beautifully—but they make even better gifts.
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