Yeast Recipes

Hearty homemade cracked wheat bread with whole wheat flour, molasses, and honey. Nutty, chewy, and deeply satisfying with a tender crumb and rustic crust.

Bread that is baked on a sheet pan with an Italian twist.

Hungarian kiffels: tender butter-yeast cookies rolled around walnut, apricot, or prune filling. Old-world rolled cookies dusted in sugar, holiday tray classic.

Classic New Orleans king cake: a brioche-like yeast ring scented with nutmeg and lemon, filled with citron, glazed with lemon icing and purple-green-gold sugar. Mardi Gras tradition baked at home.

Soft, tangy wheat germ yogurt bread with honey, molasses, and bran for a nutrient-rich homemade loaf. Egg-washed and topped with crunchy wheat germ for a bakery-worthy finish.

Homemade cinnamon raisin swirl bread with mashed potato for extra-soft texture, rolled jelly-roll style with cinnamon sugar. Makes two tender yeast loaves that taste like bakery bread.

Amish friendship bread with hazelnuts and dried cherries: a cinnamon-scented sweet bread loaded with crunchy nuts and chewy fruit. Bakes 4 loaves built for sharing with friends.

School cafeteria cheese bread with American cheese rolled into soft yeast dough like a jelly roll. This scaled-down version of the classic school lunch favorite bakes golden in 30 minutes.

Rye sourdough starter made the old Jewish bakery way: rye flour, water, a packet of yeast, and a halved onion that pulls in the wild flavor for classic deli-style rye bread.

Soft golden potato rolls made with leftover mashed potatoes, shaped into crescent wedges and baked until puffy. A big-batch dinner roll recipe that yields 36 rolls.

A bread machine oat loaf sweetened with honey and applesauce, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves. Just load the pan, press start, and let the machine do the work.

Oreganato bread machine loaf with polenta, dried oregano, garlic, and parsley. A rustic Italian herb bread that fills the kitchen with Mediterranean aromas.

Sweet potato bread, a soft, golden yeast loaf enriched with mashed sweet potato and eggs and studded with raisins. The sweet potato keeps the crumb moist and tender. A lightly sweet bread, lovely with butter.

Stanford Court's bread pudding starts with homemade brioche layered with sliced apples, raspberries, and rich egg custard. A San Francisco restaurant-quality dessert baked to a golden crown.

Czech kolaches made with soft yeast dough and a homemade apricot filling. These pillowy rolls get an indentation pressed in the center to hold sweet fruit puree.

Bread machine coconut oat bran bread with canned pears, whole wheat flour, rolled oats, and almond extract. A unique, lightly sweet loaf with tropical and fruity flavors.