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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.

Brioche — Photograph by Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Paige Hicks.

Recipes

Brioche
Lisa Donovan
75 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
75
14 1/2 hours
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Easy Banana Bread
Lidey Heuck
1041 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,041
1 hour 25 minutes
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classic
No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
20344 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
20,344
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Flour Tortillas With Honey and Butter
Lisa Donovan
81 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
81
1 hour
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Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
10502 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
10,502
1 hour 15 minutes
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Quick and Easy Yeast Rolls
Yossy Arefi
109 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
109
About 2 hours 40 minutes
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Salted Butterflake Rolls
Sohla El-Waylly
109 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
109
7 hours 40 minutes
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easy
Apple Bread
Yossy Arefi
177 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
177
About 1 ½ hours, plus cooling
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Updated No-Knead Bread
J. Kenji López-Alt
2485 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,485
1 hour, plus 14 to 20 hours’ resting
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Meera Sodha’s Naan
Sam Sifton, Meera Sodha
2582 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,582
90 minutes
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Garlic Bread
Ali Slagle
3685 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,685
30 minutes
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Crumpets
Lidey Heuck
246 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
246
About 1½ hours
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Maple Milk Bread
Eric Kim
1207 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,207
1 hour 5 minutes, plus rising
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Milk Bread Pull-Apart Rolls
Naz Deravian
210 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
210
About 3 hours 10 minutes, plus 1 1/4 hours’ cooling
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Bao Buns
Vivian Chan-Tam
101 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
101
2 hours 25 minutes
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Low-Knead Sandwich Bread
J. Kenji López-Alt
272 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
272
4 hours, plus 13 hours’ to 3 days’ resting
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3494 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,494
1 1/2 hours
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My Favorite Challah
Joan Nathan
4704 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,704
1 hour
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Croissants
Claire Saffitz
2658 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,658
24 hours, largely unattended
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Classic Zucchini Bread
Alison Roman
2794 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,794
1 hour 15 minutes
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Excellent White Bread
Melissa Clark
2785 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,785
4 hours 15 minutes
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Agege Bread
Yewande Komolafe
245 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
245
1 1/2 hours, plus rising and cooling
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Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
7952 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,952
About 45 minutes plus about 3 hours' resting and rising
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Anadama Bread
Melissa Clark
286 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
286
2 hours
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Everything Parker House Rolls
Erin Jeanne McDowell
753 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
753
40 minutes, plus 2 1/2 hours’ rising
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Traditional Irish Soda Bread
Melissa Clark, Darina Allen
2609 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,609
About 1 hour
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No-Knead Dinner Rolls
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1727 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,727
45 minutes, plus rising
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Japanese Milk Bread
Julia Moskin
2411 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,411
1 1/2 hours, plus about 3 hours’ rising and cooling
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Tartine’s Country Bread
The New York Times, Chad Robertson
1989 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,989
2 weeks (or 2 days with active starter)
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Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread
Melissa Clark
589 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
589
4 hours 15 minutes
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New York Deli-Style Rye Bread
Julia Moskin, Stanley Ginsberg
411 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
411
About 4 hours 30 minutes
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Classic Brioche
Alison Roman
651 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
651
1 hour, plus a day's rising
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Homemade Pita Bread
David Tanis
4364 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,364
About 2 hours
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Cheddar Beer Bread Rolls
Erin Jeanne McDowell
2368 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,368
25 minutes, plus rising
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Sourdough No-Knead Bread
Sam Sifton, Jim Lahey
2550 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,550
12 to 24 hours
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Irish Brown Soda Bread
David Tanis, Rachel Allen
651 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
651
About 1 hour
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Barmbrack (Irish Sweet Bread)
David Tanis, Rachel Allen
171 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
171
2 hours
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Pain au Chocolat
Claire Saffitz
294 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
294
About 4 hours, largely unattended
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Maple White Bread
Florence Fabricant
231 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
231
3 hours
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Blue Cheese Swirl Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
435 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
435
1 hour, plus 1 3/4 hours' rising
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easy
Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1722 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,722
40 minutes
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Cheesy Garlic-Potato Monkey Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
329 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
329
Time: 2 1/2 hours, plus overnight rising
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Speedy No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
2725 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,725
45 minutes, plus 4 1/2 hours' rising
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Chocolate-Cherry Sourdough Bread
Tejal Rao, Francisco Migoya, Nathan Myhrvold
488 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
488
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' rising
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Sourdough Rye
Mark Bittman
160 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
160
5 hours, plus 5 days' storing
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healthy
Country Bread With Apples
Martha Rose Shulman
145 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
145
40 minutes baking, plus 16 1/2 hours for fermentation
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Hot Cross Buns
Genevieve Ko
766 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
766
4 1/2 hours
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Grilled Lebanese Flatbread
Mark Bittman
661 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
661
1 1/2 hours
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