Yeast bread Recipes

Traditional Jewish challah bread with sesame seed topping and beautiful braided loaves that rise to golden perfection for Shabbat or holidays

Cheddar braids are rich, egg-heavy yeast bread studded with sharp cheddar, brushed with egg wash, and topped with celery seeds. A stunning braided loaf with a brioche-like crumb.

Cheddar bread ring made with sharp cheddar cheese and bread flour, shaped into a ring mold and baked golden. Soft, cheesy yeast bread with a crisp crust option.

Cheddar cheese casserole bread baked in round dishes with sharp cheddar mixed into the dough. No kneading required, just mix, rise, and bake two crusty loaves.

Homemade cheese and Dijon pretzels with cheddar baked into the dough and a mustard tang in every bite. Soft, golden yeast pretzels ready in about an hour.

Cheesehorns: soft whole-wheat yeast rolls wrapped around cheese slices and mixed herbs, baked into crescent-shaped savory horns. A make-ahead snack or dinner-basket bread.

Homemade yeasted rolls swirled with melted chocolate chips and pecans, baked upside-down on a buttery brown sugar caramel. Flip them out onto a platter and watch that sticky, glossy topping drip down the sides. Chocolate meets sticky buns.

Yeast-risen chocolate chip coffee cake baked in a tube pan with a crunchy coffee-walnut-chocolate streusel topping. A rich, bakery-style breakfast cake with real coffee flavor in the crumble.

Chocolate orange brioches with bittersweet chocolate chunks and fresh orange zest baked into a classic buttery brioche dough, topped with an orange juice glaze.

Rich yeast bread loaded with chunks of semi-sweet chocolate and walnut pieces, made with butter, eggs, and a simple batter method. No kneading required. Makes two loaves.

Containing candied fruit and topped off with frosting, this bread is perfect as a small snack after dinner.

Cinnamon roll bread made in a bread machine: all the swirl, spice, and sugar of a classic cinnamon roll baked into a soft sliceable loaf. Dump, press start, done.

My version of easy cinnamon rolls that used a box of cake mix.

Cinnamon pecan bread machine loaf with brown sugar, butter, and chopped pecans. A warmly spiced breakfast bread with regular and large loaf sizes included.

A layered yeasted coffee cake with potato dough, cinnamon-sugar filling, and chopped almonds. Circles of soft dough are stacked and twisted into a show-stopping breakfast centerpiece glazed with powdered sugar icing.

Classic country-style hearth loaf built on a slow poolish pre-ferment for deep, tangy flavor and a chewy open crumb. Three simple ingredients (flour, water, sea salt, yeast) and the patience to let fermentation do the work.