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Bread recipes are exactly what you need to make your house smell warm and inviting, and make your belly feel full and happy.

Bread recipes are a favorite of mine to collect. There’s just something special about warm fresh bread straight out of the oven. This list of the best bread recipes is soon to be your go-to.My favorite bread recipes from this list are the french bread recipe, the beer bread, and the dinner rolls! Mmmmm.

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French Bread Recipe

This French bread recipe creates a soft bread with a delicious crust. It’s one of my favorite bread recipes. The ingredients you’ll need are simple, just flour, yeast, sugar, and oil.

Beer Bread

This no-knead beer bread reminds me of an old-timey magical romantic adventure, or something you might get served to you in an old Western tavern. I love that it takes so little effort and that’s why it’s part of my bread recipes collection!

Dinner rolls

Dinner rolls usually take a long time to make, but these come together in just thirty minutes from start to finish! It’s like this list is made up of magical bread recipes, they’re so good!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (5)Aloha Bread

These soft and sweet Hawaiian bread rolls are incredibly easy to make and so yummy! Eat them alongside dinner or use them to make ham & swiss sliders! M’mmm…

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (6)Amazing Homemade Rolls

I don’t know about you, but I grew up having a side of bread with my evening meals. Dinner just doesn’t seem complete without it! Crescent rolls is definitely a no brainer on this list of bread recipes!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (7)Bacon Cheese Rolls

Can you imagine dipping one of these bad boys into a bowl of homemade potato soup or broccoli cheese soup? I can, and I’m drooling just thinking about it.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (8)Buttermilk Dinner Rolls

These rolls are the perfect way to use up that leftover buttermilk in your fridge. And check out that yummy golden brown crust – perfection!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (9)Cheesy Bread

No kneading, no rising, no yeast??! This sounds perfect! Cheese and beer baked in a bread sounds like the perfect combo of comfort to me.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (10)Cheesy Garlic Baguettes

Nothing pairs better with an Italian meal than some fresh garlic bread right out of the oven. This is so easy to make, you might find yourself wanting to make it every day!

Bread Recipes – Tools that will help!

  • Oil mister– This is the perfect gift for folks who want to make sure they know exactly what they’re spraying on their pans. We like to put olive oil in ours, but you could use anything from vegetable oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, or whatever you like! Just pump the top a few times and it sprays a fine mist of the oil you chose.
  • Silicone baking mats– Nothing sticks to these! Whaaaa?! Perfect for baking sugary cookies, or cheesy croissants. You know why? Because nothing sticks to these!!!
  • Bakers half sheet– It’s cool, we only have about six of these bakers half sheets because they’re good for absolutely everything. Cookies? Yes! Steak? Yes! Cake? Oh yeh! Roasted veggies? Uhhhh huh!
  • 6.5 Quart dutch oven– This enameled cast iron dutch oven can go from stove top to oven, and look beautiful doing it. Perfect for chilis, roasts, breads, and stews. Mine is yellow, what color will you choose?

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Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (11)Cheesy Green Chile Cornbread

Cornbread as a side for chili is an absolute MUST. This cornbread has got a little bit of ooomph to it!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (12)Classic Dinner Rolls

You just can’t go wrong with the classics. Honestly, I think everybody should have a recipe like this in their back pocket 😉

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (13)Copycat Outback Steakhouse Honey Wheat Bushman Bread

If you like the bread at Outback Steakhouse, you’re going to love this one. It’s a little heartier and a little more filling, but that’s exactly what you should want in a bread!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (14)Copycat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Let’s be real here for a second. Red Lobster’s Cheddar Bay Biscuits are the best thing on the menu…THIS is actually the true star of the meal. But now you can skip the restaurant prices and make it at home!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (15)Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls

I’m not sure what it is, but these rolls are really just one of the best things EVER. Must be the hint of sweetness from the honey, then slathered with some melty butter – heaven.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (16)Easy Homemade Cheesy Breadsticks

These totally remind me of the cheesy breadsticks that you can get at your favorite pizza place. But waayyyy better.

Bread recipes – More collections like this!

  • Instant pot recipes
  • Chicken recipes
  • Brownie recipes
  • Pumpkin recipes
  • Buttermilk recipes
  • Banana recipes
  • Casserole recipes

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (17)French Bread Dinner Rolls

So now that we know how to make French bread, the next obvious step is to learn how to make French bread rolls! I love it!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (18)Honey Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls

These rolls are soft and fluffy and sweet and delicious. They’re incredibly easy to make, too! Start to finish, you’ll be pulling them out of the oven in less than 45 minutes!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (19)Irish Potato Bread

The potato in this bread makes it incredibly soft and moist. Not only that, this recipe is super versatile – you can eat it as is or add any number of spices or herbs to the dough to get whatever flavor you want!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (20)Onion Dill Bread

This vintage recipe is super flavorful. It’s simple to make with some interesting ingredients, but it’s soft and fluffy and perfect for dipping in soups!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (21)Parker House Rolls

This recipe makes enough rolls for you to enjoy some for dinner tonight, and put the rest in the freezer for another time!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (22)Quick and Easy Wheat Rolls with Garlic Herb Butter

I love how super cute and round these are! That butter sounds delicious, though. The perfect compliment to this already amazing treat!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (23)Quick Peppery Cheddar Cheese Bread

This is the perfect bread to dunk in your bowl of soup! The pepper lends it a nice flavor, but doesn’t make it spicy at all, and it just pairs really well with the cheese.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (24)Savory Cheddar Cheese Olive Bread

I didn’t even know you could DO this with bread, but wow! Check out all the flavor! It’s filled with cheese and then topped with more cheese – who can resist?

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (25)Slow Cooker Rosemary Pull Apart Rolls

The most amazing thing about these pull apart rolls is that they are made on the counter in your slow cooker! Which leaves your oven free for the rest of dinner 🙂

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (26)Soft & Buttery Potato Bread

This potato bread is the perfect way to use up your leftover mashed potatoes (though if you’re like me, you don’t have leftovers too often. M’mm….mashed potatoes). You can use instant or homemade mashed potatoes, whichever you prefer.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (27)Spinach Feta Beer Bread

I just love this take on beer bread! Cheddar is my usual go-to, but the use of feta and spinach together sounds out of this world delicious!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (28)Sun Dried Tomato Mozzarella Bread

This bread makes the most amazing sandwiches! Slab some turkey and gouda in between and smear with a little bit of basil pesto and you have got yourself one tasty lunch 😉

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (29)Sun-Dried Tomato Olive Bread

There’s no yeast in this bread recipe, so you don’t have to be patient and wait for it to rise. It makes a super tasty appetizer, too!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (30)Sweet Potato Cornbread

I think this sweet potato cornbread is absolutely droolworthy. It would be so good served with some honey butter, or you can even cut it up and use it in your stuffing for the holidays!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (31)Sweet Potato Rolls

I am always looking for new ways to eat sweet potatoes – they’re one of my favorite foods! I think this dinner roll recipe is just perfect!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (32)Whole Wheat Bread

It’s no secret that whole wheat bread is healthier for you than it’s cousin white bread. But HOMEMADE whole wheat bread takes it to a whole new level of healthy. This bread is dense with a rich texture which makes it perfect for serving alongside your favorite soup.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (33)Whole Wheat Crusty Bread

I can’t imagine anything better than a slice of this fresh out of the oven, slathered with some butter and served with a big bowl of hot soup. It would be great for sandwiches, too!

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Bread Recipes - French Bread

One of my favorite bread recipes is French bread!

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Course: Bread

Cuisine: French

Prep Time: 1 hour hour

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 80kcal

Author: April Woods

Ingredients

  • 1 .25 ounce package active dry yeast
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • Cornmeal
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 teaspoon cold water

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Serving: 1g | Calories: 80kcal

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FAQs

What are 3 quick breads? ›

Muffins, coffeecakes, scones, and pancakes are examples of quick breads, that like their name implies, can be prepared quickly in a kitchen.

What are the 7 quick bread ingredients? ›

The possibilities are endless, but the common factor is the basic ingredients of fat, sugar, eggs, flour, liquid, leavening agent, and a flavoring ingredient. The flavoring might be a fruit or vegetable, a liquid such as buttermilk or fruit juice, an extract, herbs, or spices.

What makes the tastiest bread? ›

Choose Quality Flours

Possibly the most crucial part of making delicious bread is choosing quality flour. Flour is the main ingredient in bread making. While many experienced bakers know that the quality of flour is important, it's a factor that is often overlooked by novice bakers.

What is the secret to making good bread? ›

Follow these tips for bread that comes out right every time.
  • Use the right yeast. ...
  • Store your yeast properly. ...
  • Treat salt with care. ...
  • Take your time. ...
  • Try different flours. ...
  • Measure carefully. ...
  • Consider vitamin C. ...
  • Practice makes perfect.

What is the difference between basic bread and quick bread? ›

Simply put, quick bread is a bread recipe that is made without yeast. That's it! Instead of using yeast to achieve a rise, these bread recipes rely upon leavening agents like baking soda and baking powder. Unlike yeasted breads, quick breads don't need to be proofed or kneaded.

What do eggs do in quick bread? ›

For baking, eggs are particularly important as binding agents and leavening agents. The fat in egg yolks also soften gluten strands, creating a soft crumb in breads. Binding agents hold all the ingredients together.

What does milk do to quick breads? ›

Adding milk adds sugars and fats (unless you're using skim.) Adding sugars and fats to bread will soften the crumb and generally delay staling. Also, because milk is slightly acidic, the bread might take somewhat longer to grow mold.

What happens if you leave an egg out of bread? ›

Bread with no egg looked as normal as any other white loaf. It had puffed up evenly and had a nice crust colour and a soft texture. The interior was soft but quite tight. This could be made lighter by skipping the pre-shaping or folding steps making the dough looser.

What happens when you overmix quick bread dough? ›

Overmixing can cause quick breads to be tough, bake unevenly or cause elongated holes (or tunnels). Chopped nuts, fruit and other small "add in" ingredients may be combined with the dry ingredients or folded gently into the batter near the end of mixing.

Why does bakery bread taste so good? ›

The secret to the wonderful taste and aroma of freshly baked bread is the Maillard reaction. It's a chemical reaction between proteins, certain carbohydrates and some of the fatty acids that occur when bread is baked in the oven, which gives it a delicious flavour and fine colour.

What is the most delicious bread in the world? ›

World's best breads: the list of winners
  • Butter garlic naan (India)
  • Nan-e barbari (Iran)
  • Pan de yuca (Colombia)
  • Focaccia di Recco col formaggio (Italy)
  • Baguette (France)
  • Naan (India)
  • Piadina Romagnola (Italy)
  • Tarte flambée (France)
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What can I add to homemade bread for flavor? ›

You can also add herbs and seasonings such as garlic, rosemary, dill, chopped onion, jalapeño, shredded cheese, chopped nuts, dried cranberries, etc. My no yeast bread is the quick bread alternative here—you can add flavors to that loaf, too! Baker's Tip: Avoid adding too much flour to the dough as you work with it.

What's the best flour to make bread? ›

While bread flour is the best option, it can sometimes be used if you don't have bread flour. “Check the protein content,” advises Chef Jürgen, since it can vary from brand to brand, and an all-purpose flour that contains protein on the higher end of the range, 12 to 13 percent, will produce a better outcome.

What makes homemade bread better? ›

That said, most homemade breads are likely healthier than store-bought breads, which are often high in sugar and preservatives. One benefit of making your own bread is that you can control the ingredients. For example, you can use whole wheat flour instead of white flour, or add healthy toppings like nuts and seeds.

What makes bread lighter and fluffier? ›

Adding sugar weakens the gluten structure, absorbs water, and eventually makes the bread lighter and softer. As a result, sugar improves the bread's taste, structure and texture. Yeast also eats up sugar to produce carbon dioxide, which raises the dough and makes bread fluffy.

What are the 3 types of breads? ›

There are three main kinds of bread in the world those that rise highest so are baked in pans, breads with a medium volume like rye and French breads, and those that hardly rise at all called flatbreads.

What are 6 quick breads? ›

There is an assortment of baked goods we eat everyday that are quick breads: muffins, corn bread, biscuits, scones and quick loaf breads, (i.e., banana bread, fruit and nut breads.) Also listed in the quick bread category are pancakes, waffles, doughnuts, fritters, dumplings, short cake and coffee cakes.

What are drop quick breads? ›

Types of Quick Breads: Pour Batter: Thin batter which pours easily. Pancakes and waffles are made from a pour batter. Drop Batter: Too thick to be poured so it is usually dropped from a spoon. Muffins and some coffee cakes are made from a drop batter.

Is cupcake a quick bread? ›

It can be one or the other but never both cupcake and muffin. One is a cake and the other is a quick bread (because made with baking powder or baking soda instead of a lot of eggs - more than one egg).

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