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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
395 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
395
40 minutes
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Crusty Dinner Rolls
Eric Kim, Chip Smith
90 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
90
About 6 hours
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Brioche
Lisa Donovan
138 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
138
14½ hours
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Easy Banana Bread
Lidey Heuck
2395 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,395
1 hour 25 minutes
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No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
22888 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22,888
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Easy Soft Pretzels
Melissa Clark
48 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
48
1 hour 35 minutes
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Flour Tortillas With Honey and Butter
Lisa Donovan
126 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
126
1 hour
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Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread
Melissa Clark
258 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
258
1 hour 15 minutes
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Bolillos (Soft Split-Top Rolls)
Rick A. Martínez
11 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11
2 hours 10 minutes
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Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
13399 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
13,399
1 hour 15 minutes
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Quick and Easy Yeast Rolls
Yossy Arefi
235 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
235
About 2 hours 40 minutes
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Salted Butterflake Rolls
Sohla El-Waylly
239 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
239
7 hours 40 minutes
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Apple Bread
Yossy Arefi
491 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
491
About 1 ½ hours, plus cooling
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Updated No-Knead Bread
J. Kenji López-Alt
2583 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,583
1 hour, plus 14 to 20 hours’ resting
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Meera Sodha’s Naan
Sam Sifton, Meera Sodha
3113 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,113
90 minutes
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Garlic Bread
Ali Slagle
4759 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,759
30 minutes
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Crumpets
Lidey Heuck
308 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
308
About 1½ hours
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Maple Milk Bread
Eric Kim
1274 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,274
1 hour 5 minutes, plus rising
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Milk Bread Pull-Apart Rolls
Naz Deravian
423 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
423
About 3 hours 10 minutes, plus 1¼ hours’ cooling
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Bao Buns
Vivian Chan-Tam
140 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
140
2 hours 25 minutes
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Low-Knead Sandwich Bread
J. Kenji López-Alt
297 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
297
4 hours, plus 13 hours’ to 3 days’ resting
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3860 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,860
1½ hours
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My Favorite Challah
Joan Nathan
5150 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,150
1 hour plus 2½ hours' rising
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Croissants
Claire Saffitz
3155 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,155
24 hours, largely unattended
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Classic Zucchini Bread
Alison Roman
3449 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,449
1 hour 15 minutes
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Excellent White Bread
Melissa Clark
3061 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,061
4 hours 15 minutes
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Agege Bread
Yewande Komolafe
250 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
250
1½ hours, plus rising and cooling
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Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
8661 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,661
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
788 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
788
40 minutes, plus 2½ hours’ rising
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Traditional Irish Soda Bread
Melissa Clark, Darina Allen
3254 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,254
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
2612 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,612
1½ hours, plus about 3 hours’ rising and cooling
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Tartine’s Country Bread
The New York Times, Chad Robertson
2126 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,126
2 weeks (or 2 days with active starter)
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Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread
Melissa Clark
642 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
642
4 hours 15 minutes
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New York Deli-Style Rye Bread
Julia Moskin, Stanley Ginsberg
456 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
456
About 4 hours 30 minutes
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Classic Brioche
Alison Roman
669 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
669
1 hour, plus a day's rising
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Homemade Pita Bread
David Tanis
5022 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,022
About 2 hours
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Cheddar Beer Bread Rolls
Erin Jeanne McDowell
2460 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,460
25 minutes, plus rising
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Sourdough No-Knead Bread
Sam Sifton, Jim Lahey
2781 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,781
12 to 24 hours
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Irish Brown Soda Bread
David Tanis, Rachel Allen
697 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
697
About 1 hour
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Barmbrack (Irish Sweet Bread)
David Tanis, Rachel Allen
179 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
179
2 hours
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Pain au Chocolat
Claire Saffitz
336 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
336
About 4 hours, largely unattended
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Maple White Bread
Florence Fabricant
245 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
245
3 hours
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Blue Cheese Swirl Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
448 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
448
1 hour, plus 1¾ hours' rising
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Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1857 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,857
40 minutes
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Cheesy Garlic-Potato Monkey Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
349 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
349
Time: 2½ hours, plus overnight rising
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Speedy No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
3093 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,093
45 minutes, plus 4½ hours' rising
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