Yeast bread recipe collection

Homemade English muffins cooked on a griddle, not baked. Soft yeast dough with straight-sided rounds that tear open for the signature craggy, butter-catching interior.

Entenmann's-style apple crumb cake with a yeasted braided dough filled with Granny Smith apples, cinnamon, mace, and currants, topped with a pecan crumb topping.

Bread machine pizza crust made with bread flour, butter, and dry milk powder. Use the dough cycle, shape, rise, and bake at high heat for a crispy base.

Rustic sour cream yeast bread shaped into a flat round and baked free-form on a cookie sheet. Food processor dough with a tender, tangy crumb and sesame seed top.

Store-bought cinnamon rolls can never compete with the ones that are made from scratch.

Favorite cinnamon twists take soft yeast dough, layer it with butter and brown-sugar cinnamon, then twist it into ridged ropes that bake up golden and tender. All the flavor of a cinnamon roll in a fun, pull-apart twist.

Homemade pizza dough from just flour, yeast, salt, and water, kneaded soft and stretched into thin 12-inch rounds. The trick to a crisp base is a screaming-hot oven and a preheated tray.

Homemade bagels the easy way: let a bread machine do the kneading, then shape, boil, and bake for that chewy crust and dense, tender crumb. Top with poppy, sesame, or onion, or roll the dough around a hot dog.

Bread machine challah bread sweetened with applesauce instead of oil and topped with poppy seeds. The dump-in-and-walk-away version of the traditional Jewish egg bread, sized for a 1-pound loaf.

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A rich, tender bread machine egg bread, soft and golden from three eggs, butter, and milk. Just add everything to the machine and press start for a hands-off, challah-like loaf, great for toast or sandwiches.

Friendship bread, the simple yeast loaf made with bread flour, water, sugar, and oil. Tall, golden, soft-crumbed, and big enough to bake into two loaves to share.

Hearty peasant bread with rye flour, bran, cornmeal, and caraway seeds bound by molasses and yeast. A rustic two-loaf yeast bread that holds up to butter and stew.

Potato cinnamon rolls made with mashed potato dough for a pillow-soft, slow-staling crumb, scented with cardamom and rolled around a brown sugar cinnamon filling under a nutty glaze.

Bread machine pumpernickel bread combines rye, whole wheat, cocoa, and molasses for the deep brown color and earthy flavor of a deli-style loaf. Cornmeal adds a faint sweetness and toothsome crumb.

Bread machine sweet orange bread brightened with concentrated orange juice and fresh zest. A soft, lightly sweet sandwich loaf that fills the kitchen with citrus aroma as it bakes.