15 Bread Recipes To Complete Your Easter Meal

These Easter bread recipes will bring joy to your Southern table.

By

Mary Shannon Wells

Updated on September 4, 2024

Easter Egg Bread — Photo: Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Ruth Blackburn, Prop Stylist Heather Chadduck

Whether your family celebrates Easter with a festive brunch or dinner meal, there’s always room for a breadbasket. If you’re looking for a festive Easter bread recipe, we’ve got an option for every Southern table. You don’t need sourdough starter skills to add a bread recipe to your Easter menu. Some of our best Easter bread ideas are easy enough for the kids to help you bake them from start to finish. Whatever you’re serving this Easter, no one will protest the addition of fresh bread.

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Cinnamon Roll Bunnies

Cinnamon Roll Bunnies — Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Ruth Blackburn, Prop Stylist Heather Chadduck

No yeast is required, folks. This is the cutest thing you can do with a can of store-bought cinnamon rolls for Easter.

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Carrot Cake Muffins

Carrot Cake Muffins — Micah A. Leal

Instead of baking and assembling a layer cake, enjoy carrot cake flavor from your breadbasket with this easy and festive muffin recipe.

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Resurrection Rolls

Resurrection Rolls - Southern Living — Victor Protasio; Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Stylist: Lydia Pursell

These magic rolls make for an exciting afternoon of baking with the kids that will also teach them the biblical story behind the Easter holiday.

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Hot Cross Buns

hot cross buns - southern living — Molly Bolton

This bread recipe is an Easter favorite. Often served with just butter and jam, these sweet buns can also be used as sandwich buns for an egg sandwich at breakfast the next morning.

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Jamaican Easter Spice Bun

Jamaican Easter spice bun — GABRIELA HERMAN

Cookbook author and blogger Shanika Graham-White shares her richly spiced update on the classic Jamaican spice bun she grew up baking at Easter.

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Carrot Cake Bread

Southern Living Carrot Cake Quick Bread — Victor Protasio; Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf

If you’re searching for a new way to indulge in carrot cake this Easter, our quick bread recipe gets you all the flavor with less effort. Plus, it makes two loaves, so you can serve one and gift one.

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Ham Biscuits

Buttermilk Biscuits with Ham — Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Torie Cox; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas

Ham is often the centerpiece of an Easter meal, but don’t most things taste better sandwiched between a fluffy buttermilk biscuit? We sure think so.

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Snickerdoodle Doughnut Hole Muffins

Snickerdoodle Doughnut Hole Muffins — Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Want your home to smell amazing for arriving Easter guests? Take this reviewer’s word for it and make these delightful muffins: “These have made a huge hit with young and old! Kitchen aroma is divine!”

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Citrus Pull-Apart Bread

Best Lemon Recipes Citrus Pull-Apart Bread — Hector Sanchez; Styling: Caroline M. Cunningham

Because it makes two loaves, we developed this sunny recipe with sharing in mind. It’s an ideal gift for your Easter hosts that they can choose to serve immediately or save for breakfast the next day.

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Make-Ahead Yeast Rolls

Southern Living Make Ahead Freezer Friendly Yeast Rolls in a basket to serve — Greg DuPree, Food Stylist: Micah Morton, Prop Stylist: Kathleen Varner

If you’re looking for a classic bread recipe to have on the Easter table, here’s your ticket. You can prep and freeze them up to three months in advance to cut down on hands-on time spent in the kitchen on your holiday.

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Hummingbird Bread

Southern Living Hummingbird Bread sliced on a platter to serve topped with pecans — Jessica Furniss

We’ve reimagined our famous Hummingbird Cake in plenty of inventive ways, and this quick bread makes a deliciously sweet Easter hostess gift or accompaniment to your meal, regardless of what time of day your family is gathering.

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Angel Biscuits

Angel Biscuits — Emily Laurae

The name of these heavenly little biscuits feels appropriate for Easter, don’t you think? Our favorite vessel for getting perfect texture is a cast-iron skillet, but you can use a sheet pan if your skillet is otherwise occupied for your meal.

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Raspberry-Almond Muffins With Honey Butter

Raspberry-Almond Muffins with Honey Butter — Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis

The reviews for these fruit-studded muffins are all five stars for a reason, y’all. “These are amazing!” wrote one reviewer. “Tried making them for the first time tonight and they turned out so well I don't have to make any adjustments! Will for sure be making them again - winner recipe!!”

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Cloverleaf Rolls

Southern Living Cloverleaf Rolls in a basket to serve — Morgan Hunt Glaze, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster

How precious are these cloverleaf rolls? They taste heavenly with a swipe of butter or a drizzle of honey next to your Easter ham or lamb.

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Easter Egg Bread

Easter Egg Bread — Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Ruth Blackburn, Prop Stylist Heather Chadduck

It’s not a roundup of bread recipes for Easter without this beautiful Easter egg bread. It’s a labor of love, but the results are so worth it.

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