54 Homemade Bread Recipes Anyone Can Make

Does the thought of working with yeast intimidate you? Worried about measuring, mixing, and kneading the dough correctly? Don't worry! These tried-and-true recipes make it easy to make everything from fresh bread to fluffy buns.

Parker House Buns

Parker House's famous Boston buns captivate with their airy, slightly sweet crumb and a subtle buttery aroma. To make them, you only need yeast, flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. To preserve the buns' airy texture, knead the dough first with two cups of flour. It will be very sticky, but add flour gradually while kneading by hand to feel when the dough becomes elastic and avoid overloading it with flour. Place the dough balls in a single pan. This will allow them to separate deliciously after baking. A little coarse salt on top of the buns creates an interesting contrast to their creamy flavor. Enjoy the buns warm, spread with jam or more melted butter.

Recipe: Parker House Buns

Barbari bread

Nothing compares to the fragrant aroma of barbari, fresh from the oven! This classic Persian flatbread is common throughout Iran and is typically served for breakfast with cheese, herbs, walnuts, or jam and honey. It's crispy on the outside and incredibly fluffy on the inside. The unique flavor comes from the baking soda and flour glaze that's applied to the dough before baking. In Iranian bakeries, the bread is traditionally shaped into a large oval and baked in a wood-fired oven. At home, you can make a smaller oval to fit in a standard oven. This recipe makes one large loaf. If you prefer smaller loaves, cut the dough in half and let it rise for 20 minutes. The baking time will remain the same.

Recipe: Barbari bread

Classic hamburger buns

These hamburger buns are perfect. They're just the right thickness, flavorful, and sprinkled with sesame seeds, making them perfect for any sandwich. The crumb is tender and moist, yet has just the right amount of structure to hold even the thinnest sauces. With just a little effort, you'll have buns that are far superior to store-bought ones.

Recipe: Classic hamburger buns

Cinnamon Raisin Bread in a Bread Machine

Cinnamon Raisin Bread is perfect for breakfast, dessert, or anytime during the day. It's so easy to make in a bread machine that you might be tempted to bake a loaf for each family member. The resulting bread is sweet, fluffy, and deliciously moist. The raisin, sugar, and cinnamon filling makes it a delightful treat any time of day. We recommend baking this bread in a horizontal bread machine to ensure the filling is evenly distributed throughout the loaf and doesn't settle to the bottom.

Recipe: Cinnamon Raisin Bread in a Bread Machine

Manakish with cheese

"Cheese manakish is a Middle Eastern flatbread topped with grated Aqawi cheese, similar to Italian mozzarella," says Yumina Jawad. "My mother taught me how to make this Lebanese manakish. It's easy to make from scratch. You can use bread flour instead of all-purpose flour. The higher the protein content, the crispier the flatbread will be."

Recipe: Manakish with cheese

Peasant bread without kneading

This peasant bread is, so to speak, for the lazy. You won't need to spend a lot of time kneading the dough. Simply combine the flour, salt, and yeast in a bowl, add water, and let it rise. If you have plenty of time, you can refrigerate the dough for 24 hours beforehand, which will give the bread an even better flavor, and then let it rise at room temperature. The bread is baked in the oven in a small cast-iron or enamel cauldron. Whole-wheat flour, which is added to the dough along with the bread flour, gives it a rich flavor. And the texture of this homemade peasant bread will leave no one indifferent.

Recipe: Peasant bread without kneading

Focaccia in a bread machine

Despite its complex texture and flavor, this crispy, salty, and perfectly moist bread is surprisingly easy to make. Simply add all the ingredients to the bread machine and wait for the dough cycle to complete. All that's left to do is roll out the dough, decorate with toppings, and bake. Toppings can range from herbs and tomatoes to grapes.

Recipe: Focaccia in a bread machine

Dinner rolls for future use

Surprise your guests and serve freshly baked homemade buns instead of regular bread at your next holiday dinner. To avoid the pre-holiday rush, bake them ahead of time, but don't fully bake them, then freeze them. Just before serving, pop the buns straight from the freezer into the oven and finish baking. While they're still warm, brush them with butter.

Recipe: Dinner rolls for future use

Whole grain bread in a bread machine

Do you love the taste and freshness of homemade whole grain bread, but are intimidated by complicated recipes? An automatic bread maker would be a great purchase! It eliminates the need for kneading, proofing, and many other complexities: simply add the ingredients according to this simple recipe, program the machine, and you'll have beautiful, delicious, and healthy bread the whole family will love.

Recipe: Whole grain bread in a bread machine

Homemade flatbreads

Did you know that flatbread contains the same amount of yeast as a classic bread recipe? It's rolled into a very thin disk before being baked or, as in this recipe, grilled. This recipe makes the perfect accompaniment to a backyard barbecue.

Recipe: Homemade flatbreads

Cinnamon buns

A perfect cinnamon roll recipe has just the right amount of dough (this makes the dough moist and sticky) mixed to perfect texture. Gail Gand recommends stretching a small piece of dough and holding it up to the light—if you see a web (strands of gluten), your dough is ready. And what about a delicious glaze made of brown sugar, butter, honey, and cinnamon? That's just what cinnamon rolls need.

Recipe: How to make cinnamon rolls

Aloo roti

"These soft, thin, and delicious potato rotis are easy to make, divinely delicious, and perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. When mixing the dough, it's important not to add water. Although this recipe serves four, I can't guarantee there will be enough for everyone. They're that delicious! In India, we store the rotis in a special chapati box with an insulated lid to keep them warm. You can wrap them in a towel or kitchen napkin. Aloo roti can be eaten with yogurt and achaar (Indian pickles) for breakfast, as they are in northern India, with any curry, including chana masala or saag paneer, or even as a mid-afternoon snack," advises Nidhi Jalan.

Recipe: Aloo roti

Slow Cooker Bread

A slow cooker is a great alternative to an oven or bread machine if you want to bake quick and delicious bread. It only takes two hours to bake, and you don't have to wait for the dough to rise: just combine butter, dry yeast, flour, a little sugar, and water, then immediately pour the dough into a pan and place it in the slow cooker. The bread turns out light and airy, like a French baguette with a crispy crust.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Bread

Wonderful white bread

This recipe produces truly wonderful bread: delicious, moist, with a crispy crust sprinkled with sesame seeds. The added egg whites make the crumb light and airy. And if you replace the sugar with honey, the bread will acquire its subtle, irresistible aroma.

Recipe: Wonderful white bread

Neapolitan tricolor bread

This delicious dessert bread combines the best of classic brioche and Neapolitan ice cream. The dough was divided into three parts, and each was infused with Neapolitan ice cream flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. The three types of dough were then stacked, rolled, and baked. The result was a delightful swirl of flavors in every bite.

Recipe: Neapolitan tricolor bread

Arabic pita with a pocket

To prepare the dough, you'll need active dry yeast, sugar, warm water, and high-gluten flour. Let the dough rise for 1 hour and 30 minutes; during this time, the moisture will accelerate the swelling of the gluten. Once the dough has risen and expanded, you'll have a firm, elastic dough with excellent baking properties.

Recipe: Arabic pita with a pocket

Pull-apart dinner rolls in a bread machine

This is the perfect dinner roll recipe for busy homemakers: the bread machine kneads and bakes the dough. All you need to do is quickly shape the rolls mid-cycle. The herb butter adds more flavor, and the rolls peel off more easily from the finished loaf. We recommend using a horizontal bread machine to prevent the herb butter from settling to the bottom.

Recipe: Pull-apart dinner rolls in a bread machine

Grilled pita

Pita, common throughout the Middle East and the Mediterranean, is traditionally baked at high temperatures in a tandoor (clay oven). It's incredibly versatile and is served with kebabs, falafel, souvlaki, hummus, baba ganoush, and many other dishes. However, store-bought pita usually leaves much to be desired. Consider, for example, that it sits on the supermarket shelf for days. With this recipe, you can make authentic pita at home. It will be super-fresh, soft, and flavorful, making the effort worthwhile. While you can bake pita in a conventional oven, it's best to use an outdoor grill, which will help impart that smoky tandoor flavor.

Recipe: Grilled pita

Roll buns with sticky icing

These delicious yeast buns are filled with sugar and cinnamon and topped with a sticky glaze and crunchy almond flakes. To ensure the buns are perfectly light and airy, the dough is proofed twice before shaping. The first time, at room temperature for an hour, the second time, in the refrigerator for four hours, and then about an additional 1.5 hours before baking. So plan ahead. The preparation process is time-consuming, but it's worth it.

Recipe: Roll buns with sticky icing

The best rye bread

This recipe will produce bread with a soft rye flavor, a slight sourdough note, and the perfect texture for a hearty sandwich. Wheat gluten gives the bread structure and allows it to rise better, as rye flour is lower in gluten than wheat flour, and potato flakes give it a delicate texture and extend its shelf life. Ideally, the sourdough should be very active, having been fed earlier in the day.

Recipe: The best rye bread

Naan is an Indian fried flatbread.

If there's one thing you're sure to love about Indian cuisine, it's naan. These Northern Indian flatbreads combine the best of both worlds: soft and supple, with dark, toasted spots and a crispy bottom.

Recipe: Naan is an Indian fried flatbread.

Sweet pretzels

Brown sugar gives these pretzel-shaped buns the sweetness you expect from comfort food. The golden-brown, salty knots pair perfectly with whole-grain mustard.

Recipe: Sweet pretzels

Coffee bread

Become a master baker and bake aromatic and delicious bread at home with the addition of cocoa and coffee. These ingredients, along with molasses and honey, will enhance the flavor and aroma of coffee bread without turning it into a dessert, and will also give it a perfectly even brown color.

Recipe: Coffee bread

Cinnamon bread in a bag

This recipe features a simple and "clean" method for mixing yeast dough in a zip-top bag. Simply add all the ingredients to the bag, seal it, and vigorously knead until the dough is smooth. Bake delicious cinnamon-filled bread with the resulting dough.

Recipe: Cinnamon bread in a bag

Quick buns

These quick buns are a lifesaver if you don't have time to wait hours for yeast dough to rise, or if you've never worked with yeast before. They're delicious and light, and best of all, they take less than an hour to make.

Recipe: Quick buns

Pretzel buns

These light and airy buns, reminiscent of the famous pretzels, are baked from yeast dough. After fermentation, shape the dough into snail-shaped buns, let them rise, and then scald them in boiling water with baking soda and salt. This imparts the flavor and aroma of pretzels to the buns, and when baked, they develop a distinctive brown crust.

Recipe: Pretzel buns

Homemade French baguette

Fill your kitchen with the aroma of a French bakery with Kelsey Nixon's simple recipe. Pay special attention to the dough's moisture content before checking for doneness.

Recipe: Homemade French baguette

Croissants

Light, airy croissants with a perfectly crisp crust are the perfect treat with your morning coffee. To ensure you have the freshest croissants for breakfast at any time, prepare them ahead of time and store them in the freezer, taking them out as needed and baking as needed. Rolling out the puff pastry takes time and patience, but the end result will amaze you.

Recipe: Croissants

Ramadan-pide

"This Turkish bread is typically eaten during the month of Ramadan, but I bake it year-round," shares Shadi Hasanzade Nemati. "This flatbread is easy to make, and you don't even have to knead the dough by hand. To ensure it's delicious and fluffy, it's important not to add too much flour. Just add enough so that the dough doesn't stick to the table."

Recipe: Ramadan-pide

Homemade sweet bread with raisins and cinnamon

This delicious homemade raisin and cinnamon bread is made with yeast dough, which can be mixed with a mixer or by hand. Some of the bread flour in the dough is replaced with brown rice flour, which gives the baked goods a richer, deeper flavor. In addition to cinnamon and raisins, crushed walnuts are also added to the dough. Just imagine the amazing aroma that awaits you. The texture of the bread is very soft.

Recipe: Homemade sweet bread with raisins and cinnamon

Naan

The most delicious and perfect naan is crispy on the outside, lightly charred, soft on the inside, slightly chewy, and fluffy in places. Like pizza, it bakes very quickly at maximum temperature. This is why homemade naan often doesn't turn out as good as naan baked in a tandoor (a clay oven with wood or coal fires). So is it possible to bake good naan at home, or is it worth the effort? Yes! You can bake it on a pizza stone/steel, or in a heavy cast-iron skillet. The baking surface should be very hot, and the final touch is searing the naan over an open flame, such as a gas burner or stovetop.

Recipe: Naan

Nut woman

A yeast dough pie with a filling of cinnamon, sugar, and roasted hazelnuts, topped with a sticky glaze and sprinkled with crushed hazelnuts. The dough for nut baba (or babka) is made with a pre-dough starter. This helps the pastry rise better and taste better. Before baking, the dough rises twice, then rises again after being shaped. The rolled-out dough is sprinkled with the filling, rolled into a roll, and baked in a cake tin with a hole in the center.

Recipe: Nut woman

Bread on the stove

You don't even need to turn on the oven to bake bread. You can do it on the stovetop in a cauldron! This is especially helpful in the summer, when the last thing you want to do is bake in the oven and overheat the kitchen. This bread is made with just flour, yeast, a little sugar, and butter, which makes it delicious and its texture is soft and airy.

Recipe: Bread on the stove

Small brioche buns

To try these delicious little buns, you'll likely have to start baking the day before. However, the results are worth it. You can increase the amount of sugar if desired. These brioches make a great breakfast served with butter and jam. Plus, they stay soft for several days.

Recipe: Small brioche buns

Honey bread

A wonderful white bread with a light honey flavor and aroma that's incredibly easy to bake at home. All the dough is mixed with a mixer. If you're new to bread baking, use a thermometer to accurately measure the water temperature and avoid killing the yeast. Besides yeast, flour, and honey, the dough also contains egg yolks, milk, and a little sugar. Butter is needed to grease the bowl and pans. The bread is moderately dense with a delicious crust. Slice it, spread it with butter while it's still lukewarm, and enjoy.

Recipe: Honey bread

Almost Famous Breadsticks

Breadsticks, or "grisini" in Italian, are a versatile snack perfect for a quick snack, a substitute for bread with entrees, a beer, or simply for taking on a walk. They're a favorite with both children and adults. The sticks are baked from yeast dough, shaped into long ropes. Brush them with butter, sprinkle with coarse salt, garlic, and dried oregano, and bake until golden brown. The breadsticks turn out almost exactly like those served in Italian restaurants.

Recipe: Almost Famous Breadsticks

Bread in a toaster oven

A small toaster oven can be used not only for toasting sandwiches but also for baking bread! A great alternative to the oven: bread gets a wonderful golden crust and a fluffy, soft interior. Perfect for toast, sandwiches, and casseroles.

Recipe: Bread in a toaster oven

Buns with mushrooms

These yeast buns are filled with a French duxelles filling—a concentrated mushroom paste. For the filling, you'll need several types of mushrooms, such as button mushrooms and shiitake. They're chopped and sautéed with onions, spices, and cream in wine until all the liquid has evaporated. Knead the yeast dough, roll it out, and spread the mushroom paste on top. For a more intense flavor, sprinkle the filling with grated Parmesan. Roll it tightly, cut it into snail-shaped buns, and bake. A few minutes before they're ready, brush the surface of the buns with a fragrant mixture of butter, Parmesan, and fresh parsley.

Recipe: Buns with mushrooms

Kids Can Do It: Focaccia

All children love fresh, soft bread with a crispy crust, and they'll love homemade bread even more. One of the easiest yeast breads, even kids can make, is Italian focaccia. It's soft, delicious, and incredibly aromatic. Start with this recipe for original focaccia topped with coarse salt.

Recipe: Kids Can Do It: Focaccia

Glazed twist buns

These buns are perfect in every way: a light, airy crumb, a savory filling of butter, sugar, and cinnamon, a luscious creamy glaze, and a garnish of sprinkles. The buns are baked in the shape of twists rolled into a snail shape. The yeast dough is first filled with the filling, then twisted to create a beautiful pattern, and the bun is formed. Immediately drizzle the finished buns with a glaze of butter and powdered sugar and decorate with sprinkles.

Recipe: Glazed twist buns

Cinnamon baba

Unlike traditional rum baba, this baba is baked without added alcohol or a special mold. The dough is hand-formed into a twist and placed directly onto a baking sheet. The rich filling is made from a delicious mixture of margarine, brown sugar, cinnamon, orange zest, light raisins, and chopped nuts. You can substitute butter for the margarine in this recipe if desired. Drizzle the finished cinnamon baba with a fragrant sugar-orange glaze and enjoy its extraordinary flavor.

Recipe: Cinnamon baba

Pizza with ricotta and tomatoes

If you've never worked with yeast, pizza dough is the easiest way to get acquainted with this ingredient. Even experienced bakers will find this recipe quite satisfying. The dough is easy to mix even without a mixer, it's a pleasure to work with, and most importantly, it produces excellent baked goods. The simplest ingredients for a delicious topping: tomatoes, ricotta, and fresh herbs. They will give homemade pizza a unique Italian charm and aroma.

Recipe: Pizza with ricotta and tomatoes

Cinnamon donuts

It's best to plan ahead when making these donuts, as the yeast dough is mixed the night before and then rises in the refrigerator overnight. In a cold environment, the yeast acts more slowly and steadily, which ultimately improves the flavor of the donuts. If you don't have a donut cutter, you can simply cut the dough into squares, let them rise again, and fry them in vegetable oil, carefully monitoring the temperature to ensure the dough is thoroughly fried without burning.

Recipe: Cinnamon donuts

White sandwich bread

You can bake delicious homemade white bread in the oven, even without a special bread machine. You'll need a minimal amount of ingredients: dry yeast, butter, flour, and a little sugar and salt. The dough is fairly easy to knead, but be prepared for a long process, requiring about three hours of rising time. But it's worth it, and the results will be impressive. You'll get amazing bread made from natural ingredients, with the perfect texture for any sandwich.

Recipe: White sandwich bread

Shamrock Buns

These soft, shamrock-shaped yeast buns are served piping hot and will become a staple at your holidays, thanks to their charming appearance and delicious taste, as well as their ease of preparation. No kneading required: simply mix all the ingredients together, and then wait for the dough to rise. To shape the buns into shamrocks, place three balls of dough into each muffin tin. They will stick together during baking.

Recipe: Shamrock Buns

Focaccia with olives

Foccacia, Italy's famous flatbread, has spread throughout the world. Originally invented by rural folk to save food, its flavor and long-lasting softness have earned it a universal following, making it a staple not only in Italian cafes but also in fine restaurants.

Recipe: Focaccia with olives

Microwave bread

You can bake truly delicious bread even without an oven or bread machine – in the microwave! For this recipe, you'll need a glass baking dish. Although microwave bread lacks crust and color, it's light and airy, with a wonderful texture reminiscent of Chinese steamed buns. And the most amazing thing is that it only takes 4 minutes to bake!

Recipe: Microwave bread

Sweet potato buns

These delicious American buns are served at Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July. Sweet and with a pleasant texture, they have rightfully earned their status as a classic pastry.

Recipe: Sweet potato buns

Basic dough for sweet rolls

A basic yeast dough that can be used for roll-up buns with any sweet filling. These buns are convenient because you don't have to shape each one individually; simply spread the filling onto the rolled-out dough, roll it up, and cut into rolls. The dough is easy to knead by hand and rises first in a warm place and a second time in the refrigerator. Leave it overnight, and you'll be pleasantly surprised at how silky and pliable it becomes. It's a wonderful base for an airy, flavorful crumb.

Recipe: Basic dough for sweet rolls

Multigrain focaccia with garlic and herbs

The name "focaccia" comes from the Latin word meaning "hearth"—traditionally, the flatbread was baked in the ashes of a fireplace. This multigrain version of focaccia is a great way to incorporate a variety of grains into your diet.

Recipe: Multigrain focaccia with garlic and herbs

Shokupan bread

Japanese milk bread, shokupan, is the perfect white sandwich bread: super soft and fluffy, with a slightly sweet note. This version uses a yugong (a soaked mixture of dough and milk) as a starter, which helps make the bread softer and moister. Don't be intimidated by the number of steps—the whole process is quite simple, and the results are well worth the effort.

Recipe: Shokupan bread

Four Seasons Focaccia with Burrata

This elegant focaccia is made in the style of the traditional Four Seasons pizza. Each of its four segments represents a different season: green peas and artichokes symbolize spring, tomatoes and basil represent summer, mushrooms and pumpkin represent fall, and pancetta and olives represent winter. Topped with warm, creamy burrata, it's the perfect appetizer any time of year.

Recipe: Four Seasons Focaccia with Burrata

White bread in a bread maker

Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best, and that's definitely the case with this delicious bread. All you need is a bread machine and a few readily available ingredients, making this recipe ideal for beginners or anyone looking to quickly bake delicious homemade bread. This bread is great for sandwiches, open sandwiches, and toast.

Recipe: White bread in a bread maker







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