186 sweet bread recipes

Irish parsnip cakes mashed with butter and a pinch of mace, breaded and fried golden. Crisp outside, sweet and creamy inside. A traditional cool-weather side or vegetarian main.

Boston brown bread steamed in coffee cans with cornmeal, rye flour, whole wheat, buttermilk, molasses, and raisins. Dense, moist, and slightly sweet with no oven required.

Fall off the bone lamb with sweet capsicum (bell pepper) and tomatoes. Stand a shank on top of a 'mountain' of garlic mash potato in a bowl; ladle bell peppers and soupy stock all around. Mop up with crusty bread

A bread machine Swedish limpa rye with orange zest, caraway seeds, and fennel. Slightly sweet from brown sugar with a fragrant, earthy crumb. Just load the machine and let it do the work.

Egg-free fruited French toast made with blended banana, orange juice, vanilla, and cinnamon on whole wheat bread. A vegan-friendly breakfast with natural sweetness.

Traditional Irish tea bread with mixed dried fruit soaked overnight in strong tea. A dense, moist loaf with brown sugar sweetness and barely any butter.

Sliced turkey and Swiss cheese piled high with slow-caramelized onions and sweet mustard, pressed until golden on whole wheat bread. This turkey panini turns leftover turkey into a gourmet grilled sandwich.

Red pepper bread machine loaf studded with sweet bell peppers, onion, and parmesan. Dump, press start, and walk away. Italian-inspired flavor with zero kneading required.

Moist bran date bread with sourdough starter, buttermilk, and lemon zest baked into a dense, naturally sweet loaf. Spread with cream cheese for something truly special.

Orange pecan quick bread sweetened with honey instead of sugar, with fresh orange juice, orange zest, and chopped pecans. A fragrant, moist loaf with natural sweetness.

Classic bread and butter pickle slices with cucumber, onion, and green pepper in a sweet-tart cider vinegar brine with mustard seed, turmeric, and celery seed. Canned for the pantry.

Toasted bread spread with a brown sugar, butter, and flaked coconut topping, then baked into a sticky-sweet breakfast treat. Four ingredients, 20 minutes start to finish.

Kouloures is a traditional Greek Easter bread, sweet yeast loaves brushed with egg yolk, scattered with sesame seeds, and crowned with red-dyed eggs symbolizing the resurrection.

Irish soda bread with raisins, caraway seeds, buttermilk, and sour cream baked in a round pan. A tender, slightly sweet no-yeast loaf with a buttery crumb.

Sicilian caponata with eggplant, olives, capers, pine nuts, tomatoes, and a sweet-sour vinegar-sugar finish. Serve hot as a side or cold on bread as an appetizer.

Seeni sambol is a sweet-savory Sri Lankan onion sauce with deep-fried golden onions simmered in tamarind coconut milk with Maldive fish, cardamom, and chili. Addictive on everything from rice to bread.