72 made yeast recipes

Classic Spudnuts: fluffy potato doughnuts made with real mashed potatoes and yeast, fried golden and dipped in a powdered sugar glaze. This big-batch recipe makes about 100 doughnuts that freeze beautifully.

Heritage recipe for homemade dried yeast patties made from sourdough starter, rye flour, cornmeal, and ginger. An old-world self-sufficiency skill for bakers who want to make their own leavening from scratch.

French baguette bread with a crackling crust and chewy open crumb, made from a simple yeast dough you can shape into baguettes, boules, or herbed loaves. Bakery-style results from your home oven.

Hobo bread is a dense, moist quick bread made with boiled raisins, baking soda, nutmeg, and a sugar-nut topping. No yeast, no butter, baked in small loaf pans or even empty tuna cans.

Homemade bear claw pastries made from a buttery yeasted dough wrapped around a cherry, date, raisin, and walnut filling. This classic bakery recipe yields 16 to 20 golden, flaky pastries with a sweet almond glaze.

A gluten-free yeast bread made from brown rice flour with an overnight ferment for depth of flavor. Honey-sweetened and oil-enriched, it bakes into a sliceable loaf with real structure. Makes 3 loaves.

Bubble bread (monkey bread) made from scratch with yeast dough rolled into walnut-sized balls, dipped in melted butter, and coated in cinnamon-brown sugar. Baked in a tube pan and served pull-apart style.

Whole wheat soft pretzels, a chewy, golden twist made with just whole wheat flour, yeast, and water, brushed with egg and sprinkled with sea salt. A high-fiber, homemade take on the snack-stand classic.