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Our Best Bread Recipes

Whether you’re looking for an easy banana bread recipe or a baking project, our best bread recipes have you covered.

Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Heather Greene.

Recipes

Skillet Cornbread
Lisa Donovan, Pableaux Johnson
351 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
351
40 minutes
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Easy
Crusty Dinner Rolls
Eric Kim, Chip Smith
85 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
85
About 6 hours
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Brioche
Lisa Donovan
132 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
132
14½ hours
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Easy Banana Bread
Lidey Heuck
2117 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,117
1 hour 25 minutes
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No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
22503 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22,503
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Easy Soft Pretzels
Melissa Clark
1 hour 35 minutes
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Flour Tortillas With Honey and Butter
Lisa Donovan
119 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
119
1 hour
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Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread
Melissa Clark
193 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
193
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Bolillos (Soft Split-Top Rolls)
Rick A. Martínez
6 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6
2 hours 10 minutes
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Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
12858 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12,858
1 hour 15 minutes
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Quick and Easy Yeast Rolls
Yossy Arefi
223 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
223
About 2 hours 40 minutes
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Salted Butterflake Rolls
Sohla El-Waylly
232 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
232
7 hours 40 minutes
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Apple Bread
Yossy Arefi
470 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
470
About 1 ½ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Updated No-Knead Bread
J. Kenji López-Alt
2577 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,577
1 hour, plus 14 to 20 hours’ resting
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Meera Sodha’s Naan
Sam Sifton, Meera Sodha
3044 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,044
90 minutes
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Garlic Bread
Ali Slagle
4597 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,597
30 minutes
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Crumpets
Lidey Heuck
301 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
301
About 1½ hours
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Maple Milk Bread
Eric Kim
1261 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,261
1 hour 5 minutes, plus rising
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Milk Bread Pull-Apart Rolls
Naz Deravian
398 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
398
About 3 hours 10 minutes, plus 1¼ hours’ cooling
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Bao Buns
Vivian Chan-Tam
136 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
136
2 hours 25 minutes
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Low-Knead Sandwich Bread
J. Kenji López-Alt
292 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
292
4 hours, plus 13 hours’ to 3 days’ resting
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3846 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,846
1½ hours
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My Favorite Challah
Joan Nathan
5087 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,087
1 hour plus 2½ hours' rising
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Croissants
Claire Saffitz
3092 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,092
24 hours, largely unattended
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Classic Zucchini Bread
Alison Roman
3277 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,277
1 hour 15 minutes
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Excellent White Bread
Melissa Clark
3021 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,021
4 hours 15 minutes
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Agege Bread
Yewande Komolafe
249 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
249
1½ hours, plus rising and cooling
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Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
8583 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,583
About 45 minutes plus about 3 hours' resting and rising
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Anadama Bread
Melissa Clark
297 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
297
2 hours
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Everything Parker House Rolls
Erin Jeanne McDowell
785 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
785
40 minutes, plus 2½ hours’ rising
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Traditional Irish Soda Bread
Melissa Clark, Darina Allen
3221 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,221
About 1 hour
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No-Knead Dinner Rolls
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1798 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,798
45 minutes, plus rising
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Japanese Milk Bread
Julia Moskin
2581 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,581
1½ hours, plus about 3 hours’ rising and cooling
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Tartine’s Country Bread
The New York Times, Chad Robertson
2111 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,111
2 weeks (or 2 days with active starter)
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Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread
Melissa Clark
636 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
636
4 hours 15 minutes
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New York Deli-Style Rye Bread
Julia Moskin, Stanley Ginsberg
450 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
450
About 4 hours 30 minutes
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Classic Brioche
Alison Roman
666 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
666
1 hour, plus a day's rising
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Homemade Pita Bread
David Tanis
4919 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,919
About 2 hours
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Cheddar Beer Bread Rolls
Erin Jeanne McDowell
2453 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,453
25 minutes, plus rising
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Sourdough No-Knead Bread
Sam Sifton, Jim Lahey
2753 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,753
12 to 24 hours
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Irish Brown Soda Bread
David Tanis, Rachel Allen
691 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
691
About 1 hour
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Barmbrack (Irish Sweet Bread)
David Tanis, Rachel Allen
177 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
177
2 hours
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Pain au Chocolat
Claire Saffitz
332 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
332
About 4 hours, largely unattended
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Maple White Bread
Florence Fabricant
244 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
244
3 hours
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Blue Cheese Swirl Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
447 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
447
1 hour, plus 1¾ hours' rising
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Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1843 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,843
40 minutes
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Easy
Cheesy Garlic-Potato Monkey Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
346 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
346
Time: 2½ hours, plus overnight rising
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Speedy No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
3047 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,047
45 minutes, plus 4½ hours' rising
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