Bread Recipes

Nancy's apple bread with chopped fresh apples folded into a buttery batter, layered with a crumb topping through the middle and on top. A tender, cake-like loaf with a streusel surprise inside.

Golden raisin bread with bread flour, whole wheat, wheat germ, cinnamon, and ginger. Bread machine dough that can be baked in the machine or shaped into two loaves by hand.

Salt-rising bread made with a potato water starter fermented overnight. A heritage Appalachian yeast bread with a distinctive tangy flavor and dense crumb.

Whole wheat French bread baguettes with a golden egg-wash crust. Hand-kneaded, naturally risen, and freezer-friendly. Four long loaves from one simple dough.

Slow cooker carrot tea bread bakes a moist cinnamon-spiced loaf with grated carrots and toasted pecans inside the crockpot. A no-oven quick bread for hot weather or busy kitchens.

Kolach is a soft, enriched Eastern European braided bread: a milk-and-egg yeast dough braided into glossy golden loaves, brushed with egg glaze and sprinkled with poppy seeds. A festive holiday bread worth the rise.

Peachy bread with sliced peaches, candied fruit, dates, raisins, walnuts, and mincemeat in a spiced brown sugar batter. A dense, fruit-packed holiday quick bread loaded with flavor.

Devonshire splits, soft sweet yeast buns from England's West Country, split and filled generously with clotted cream and jam, then dusted with icing sugar. A traditional cream-tea treat.

Braided almond crescent ring using store-bought crescent roll dough and almond paste filling. Golden, flaky, and topped with sliced almonds. Brunch showpiece in under 45 minutes.

Grissini al finocchio, Italian fennel seed breadsticks made with beer in the yeast dough. Baked crisp on wire racks for an all-around crunch. Makes 60 sticks.

Bread machine luau bread with crushed pineapple, coconut, macadamia nuts, shredded carrots, and brown sugar. A tropical Hawaiian-inspired loaf on the sweet bread setting.

German beef rouladen stuffed with Dijon mustard, crumbled bacon, carrots, onions, and dill pickle spears, browned and braised until fork-tender in pan juices.

Olga bread is a soft honey-egg bread machine loaf with a tender, slightly sweet crumb and golden crust. Dump-and-press easy with milk, honey, egg, and yeast.

Homemade egg roll wrappers from scratch with just flour, eggs, water, and salt. Yields 48 wrappers that can be stacked, frozen, and used whenever you need them.

Peanut butter snack loaf made with Bisquick for a dense, nutty quick bread with no yeast or rising time. Five simple pantry ingredients and one bowl, baked in under an hour.

Eastern European poppy seed crescents made from rich yeast dough filled with a sweet cinnamon-lemon poppy seed paste, brushed with egg wash and topped with chopped nuts.