Bread Recipes

A milk-based sourdough starter jump-started with yeast: flour, water and yeast left to ferment, then enriched with milk, sugar and flour. Keep it in the fridge and feed it after each use for ongoing baking.

Gobi paratha, the classic Punjabi stuffed flatbread filled with grated cauliflower, green chilies, fresh ginger, cilantro and tangy amchur. Cooked golden on a hot tava with ghee, served with yogurt.

Pull-apart pizza bread made from a French baguette stuffed with pepperoni, bell peppers, pasta sauce, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Baked in foil for a gooey, shareable snack.

Drop biscuits with cornmeal crunch and pepper jack cheese baked in. Spicy, cheesy, and ready in 20 minutes with no rolling or cutting needed.

Homemade flour tortillas with lard, warm milk, and baking powder. Five ingredients, no yeast, and the lard makes them pliable and flavorful in a way shortening can't match.

Cornmeal crepes with a slight gritty sweetness, spread with apricot jam, folded into quarters, and served with sugared strawberries and vanilla yogurt. A light, fruity breakfast or dessert.

Easy cheesy snack bread: a yeasted sheet-pan flatbread loaded with cheddar, green chiles, pimentos, and Italian seasonings. A shareable party appetizer ready in an hour.

White flour sourdough starter made with just water, flour, yeast, and sugar. Ready in 2-3 days and keeps indefinitely with regular feeding.

Goat cheese and spinach phyllo turnovers with pine nuts, parmesan, rosemary, and lemon zest. Crispy Greek-style spanakopita triangles perfect for appetizers.

Maryetta's Italian sausage bread wraps sweet Italian sausages in a saffron-and-fennel-scented yeasted dough, then bakes them in a clay pot until the loaf thumps hollow. Rustic regional Italian with an unforgettable golden crumb.

Almond pear coffee cake topped with juicy fresh pears and a buttery almond-nutmeg streusel built on a pound cake mix base. A brunch-friendly bake that uses mayonnaise as the secret tenderizer.

Berliner doughnuts (Berlin pfannkuchen) are jam-filled fried yeast doughnuts dusted in sugar. A German bakery classic with pillowy enriched dough and a hidden jelly center.

Zucchini bread baked right inside canning jars. Spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, then sealed hot for a self-preserving quick bread that doubles as a gift. Giftable shelf-stable baking at its best.

Ricotta crostini tops day-old French bread slices with a basil and garlic ricotta filling mixed with turkey bacon, then broils with Parmesan until bubbly. A lighter take on cheesy crostini.

Summer fruit bread for the bread machine with frozen blueberries, chopped peaches, whole wheat flour, and warm spices. A fruity, lightly sweet loaf with purple-streaked crumb.

Traditional flour tortillas made with lard and warm milk for a soft, pliable wrap with that authentic Mexican-style chew. Five ingredients and a hot griddle, that's all it takes.