Our Most Popular Bread Recipes Of All Time

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Updated on October 21, 2023

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

Fresh-baked bread is the ultimate comfort food. Think about it: your house fills with delicious smells, you've got an excuse to eat butter, and you look like a kitchen ace to others when you pull fresh-baked bread out of the oven. We often think of fresh-baked bread as a chore, something that requires a lot of time, but we've rounded up some easy bread recipes that are impressive but so simple that you'll think nothing of whipping one of these together.

Easy bread recipes are a great thing to have in your back pocket as they can take a hum-drum weeknight meal to next-level greatness: that soup and sandwich suddenly look a lot better when you've got a batch of Cheddar-Caramelized Onion Bread to serve alongside. Easy bread recipes aren't limited to savory uses, of course; turn a Saturday morning breakfast into something special with homemade biscuits. Whatever the occasion calls for, we've got an easy bread recipe for you.

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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

Bake these rolls together in a metal pan to create a stunning pull-apart display. This time-tested recipe is sure to be a dinner party hit.

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Cheddar-Caramelized Onion Bread

Cheddar-Caramelized Onion Bread — Hector Manuel Sanchez; Prop Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller; Food Styling: Katelyn Hardwick

Serve this fancy, flavorful bread with a generous smear of Whipped Sweet Potato Butter to make the ultimate dinner party side.

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Sausage Bread

Sausage Bread — Victor Protasio, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Kathleen Varner

This savory stuffed bread is best served with a side of marinara sauce or pesto for dipping.

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Buttermilk Biscuits

Our Favorite Buttermilk Biscuits on a plate with butter and jam — Will Dickey

Every Southerner should have at least one homemade biscuit recipe in their rotation. These biscuits taste just like Grandma's.

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Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread

Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread — Greg Dupree; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer

This recipe takes cinnamon toast to the next level. Plus, the recipe is super forgiving, so even if you don't get every step perfect the first time, you'll still produce a delicious and beautiful bread.

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Pull Apart Pizza Bread

Pull Apart Pizza Bread — Alison Miksch

Ditch the frozen pizza—the kids will absolutely adore this creative take on pull-apart bread. The secret ingredient to this speedy bread? A can of biscuits.

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Easter Egg Bread

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

There's no better way to celebrate Easter than with a traditional homemade braided loaf that's also steeped in symbolism.

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Homemade Crescent Rolls

50 Best Thanksgiving Homemade Crescent Rolls — Beau Gustafson

Ditch the pre-made dough: Once you taste these homemade crescent rolls, you'll never go back to the store-bought stuff.

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Sweet Potato Rolls with Cane Syrup Glaze

Sweet Potato Rolls — Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Sweet potato adds a fluffy texture and stunning orange color to these photo-ready rolls. They're the ideal roll to accent your Thanksgiving table.

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Pimiento Cheese Flatbread

Southern Living Pimento Cheese Flatbread on a board to serve with extra pimento cheese — Victor Protasio; Food Stylist: Ruth Blackburn; Prop Stylist: Christina Daley

Store-bought pizza dough is the secret to the extra-effortless flatbread recipe infused with Southern flavors.

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Angel Biscuits

Angel Biscuits — Emily Laurae

These Angel Biscuits taste like a bite of heaven. They use salted butter, buttermilk, and shortening to create the perfect texture.

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Pumpkin-Buttermilk Biscuits with Crispy Ham and Honey Butter

Pumpkin-Buttermilk Biscuits with Crispy Ham and Honey Butter — Photo: Victor Protasio; Propr Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

In the fall, we're sneaking pumpkin into all of our favorite recipes, including these beautiful Pumpkin-Buttermilk Biscuits.

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Yeast Rolls

Thanksgiving Yeast Rolls — Iain Bagwell

These yeast rolls showcase a stunning swirl that will draw eyes at your next dinner party.

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Pull-Apart Butter Roll Loaves

Pull-Apart Butter Roll Loaves on a marble serving dish — Photo: James Ransom; Food Styling: Ruth Blackburn; Prop Styling: Christine Keely

This accordion-like bread loaf is a fun way to present homemade bread on the holiday table. Pass it around and watch as the buttery layers unfurl in tender sheets.

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No-Knead Buttermilk Bread

No-Knead Buttermilk Bread — Greg Dupree; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer

With no kneading required, this might be the easiest bread recipe in our collection.

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Apple Cinnamon Bread

apple cinnamon bread — Photographer: Jennifer Causey Food Stylist: Melissa Gray Prop Stylist: Christina Daley

Spiraled with apples and warm cinnamon spice, a toasted slice of this yeasted bread for breakfast is something we all want to wake up to.

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Challah Bread

Challah — Micah A. Leal

Made for Jewish holy celebrations and the observance of the Sabbath, Challah is a braided bread made from an enriched dough that bakes up velvety tender and slightly sweet.

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Sally Lunn Bread

Sally Lunn Bread

This slightly-sweet bread goes beautifully with a variety of meals—we love serving it with chili, but we're also snacking on this bread all day long.

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Raisin Bread

Raisin Bread — Southern Living

Raisin Bread has graced Grandma's pantry for as long as we can remember, and store-bought loaves simply can't compare to homemade bread.

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Cherry-Pecan Swirl Bread

Cherry-Pecan Swirl Bread — Greg Dupree; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer

A little bit of kneading will reward you with this beautifully swirled bread studded with dried cherries and toasted pecans.

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Cloverleaf Rolls

Southern Living Cloverleaf Rolls ready to serve out of the pan — Morgan Hunt Glaze, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster

The three separate sections of these rolls form a clover-like pattern. Aside from looking beautiful, it makes these rolls extra easy to pull apart and share with loved ones at the dinner table.

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Southern Soda Bread

Southern Soda Bread — Photo: Jennifer Davick

Soda bread is a bread made with baking soda instead of yeast. So, if you're not ready to learn how to work with yeast just yet, this might be a great recipe to start out with.

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