Our Favorite Bread Recipes

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Shirmal Recipe
This Iranian bread recipe is fluffy and tender, with saffron (and a pinch of turmeric) providing a vibrant color and subtly sweet, honey-like scent.
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Make-Ahead Dinner Rolls
The brown-and-serve approach starts with making the dough, then baking the rolls slowly at a low temperature, causing little to no browning. Then, whenever you’re ready to serve the rolls, you finish them at a high temperature until golden brown. So whether you do the first two steps one day or one month ahead, you can have hot and steamy rolls on the table almost instantly. They’re perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner since you’re able to do most of the work ahead of time.
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Yogurt Biscuits
The yogurt in the dough helps these biscuits to rise and makes them exceptionally light and fluffy. They're a great go-to option for your new favorite biscuit recipe.
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James Beard's Zucchini Bread Recipe
Making zucchini bread is the perfect solution if you have an excess of zucchini or just spotted a sale at the market. This reader-favorite classic loaf recipe has a very pleasant flavor. Serve the loaves warm, fresh from the oven with butter and good honey; toast a slice of leftovers the next day and slather it with cream cheese; or wrap a loaf tightly in plastic wrap and then foil before tucking it into the freezer.
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Naturally Leavened Brioche Recipe
This delicate loaf deserves all the superlatives. Making this brioche is a practice in pushing the limits of what a dough can handle, a testament to the wonder of gluten, and the power of lengthy, natural fermentation. Successful execution requires careful attention to ingredients, temperatures, and process. But this bread baking project is definitely worth the effort.
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Chapati Recipe
This is the everyday bread eaten by many families in India. Chapati flour is readily available in many South Asian grocery stores and also in mainstream supermarkets. If you can’t find it, you can use sifted whole wheat flour. If you want to cook the chapatis in advance, so you can sit and break bread with your family and friends, you need to cook them on low to medium heat so they remain soft. Wrap them in a cloth immediately.
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Irish Soda Bread Recipe With Raisins
Irish soda bread may be most popular around St. Patrick’s Day—at least in the US—but it’s equally delicious every other day of the year. This easy Irish soda bread recipe gets a little tang from buttermilk and pops of concentrated sweetness from dried fruit. It bakes into a lightly sweetened round loaf resembling a giant scone, with a burnished crust and tender, fluffy crumb. Plump raisins add pops of concentrated sweetness, but you could swap them out for any dried fruit
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Garlic Bread Recipe
This easy garlic bread recipe turns out a rich, buttery loaf topped with crispy Parmesan. Make it to accompany any soup, pasta, or a big Caesar salad.
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Extra-Fluffy Sourdough Dinner Rolls Recipe
These soft and buttery dinner rolls are perfect for your Thanksgiving bread basket, or any holiday meal. They use the tangzhong technique for extra tenderness.
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Sweet Corn Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe
These sweet corn biscuits are perfect. are flaky, tender, and imbued with the sunny spirit of sweet corn. Freeze-dried sweet corn works its magic here, adding all the sweetness you need.
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English Muffin Toasting Bread
This yeasty, coarse-textured bread makes the best toast ever, a perfect partner to jam or preserves. A purely mix-it-slap-in-the-pan-bake-and-eat-it loaf, it’s earned a place of honor in our test kitchen’s hall of fame.
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The Saturday White Bread
This recipe is designed for someone who wants to make good, crusty loaves of white bread from start to finish in one day. Mix the dough first thing in the morning, shape it into two loaves about five hours later, and then bake in the late afternoon in time for dinner. Here you get the taste-good benefits of a medium-length fermentation, resulting in a versatile, delicious bread that’s great as a dinner bread and also works well for sandwiches and toast.
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Homemade Corn Tortillas
Yes, you can make your own corn tortillas from home. If you want to make the tortillas ahead, they can be kept, wrapped in a clean kitchen towel or cloth, at room temperature. Reheat them on a hot comal or in a heavy skillet set over medium heat for at least 30 seconds on each side, until they are pliable again, before eating.
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Pide With Cheese
Pide is a popular Turkish summer snack. Other cheeses also work well in the recipe and there is an egg version, in which the egg is either mixed with the cheese or cracked on top of the flatbread.
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Scandinavian Rye Muffins
Inspired by limpa bread, these lightly spiced, yeasted muffins are flavored with caraway, cumin, anise, and orange zest. They are satisfying without being heavy, and a sprinkling of sea salt finishes them off nicely.