Our 33 Best Bread Recipes to Bake Your Way to Yeasty, Chewy Goodness
Perhaps the best thing about bread is that it’s a very inclusive category. Simple focaccia? Bread. Chewy flatbreads? Bread. Salty Parker House rolls? Bread. Sweet sticky buns? Arguably, bread. Banana bread? You get it. And while you could find any number of yeasty iterations at your local supermarket, nothing makes us feel quite as accomplished, nor as comforted, as pulling a homemade loaf fresh out of the oven. From dense to fruity to fluffy, our best bread recipes will have you proofing, kneading, and baking your way to bready bliss.
Photo by Jonathon Kambouris; Food styling by Simon Andrews; Prop styling by Kaitlyn Du Ross2/33Parker House Rolls
A top coat of melted butter and salt makes this Parker House rolls recipe irresistible. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.
Alex Lau6/33BA’s Best English Muffins
The dough will seem fairly wet when shaping into rounds, but the high hydration is key to forming those trademark nooks and crannies. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.
Photograph by Victoria Jane, Food Styling by Mallory Lance, Prop Styling by Alexandra Massillon9/33BA’s Best Banana Bread
Peden + Munk22/33Westward Pita Bread
Because this dough has a relatively short rising time, it can be made while you prep your dinner main. Bake the pita in the oven while you’re, say, reducing a lamb braising liquid on the stove-top; the timing will come out perfectly.
23/33Bubble-Top Brioches
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This bread has a nutty flavor and intense chew; it makes toast that’s a wholesome meal unto itself. To ensure you have fresh bread on time, count back three nights from the day you want to bake. If you want bread on Saturday, start Wednesday night. Bake it anytime Saturday. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.
Alex Lau28/33BA's Best Sandwich Bread
For BLTs, French toast, grilled cheeses, bread and jam, the daily lunchbox sandwich, or whenever an absolutely perfect loaf of white bread is required. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.
Photo By Peden & Munk31/33Grilled Gyro Flatbread
Can you buy pocketless pita instead? Sure. But nothing beats the drama of freshly made bread. Use these for our Lamb Gyros.
