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Bread recipes are a favorite of mine to collect. There’s just something special about warm fresh bread straight out of the oven. This list of the best bread recipes is soon to be your go-to.My favorite bread recipes from this list are the french bread recipe, the beer bread, and the dinner rolls! Mmmmm.

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French Bread Recipe

This French bread recipe creates a soft bread with a delicious crust. It’s one of my favorite bread recipes. The ingredients you’ll need are simple, just flour, yeast, sugar, and oil.

Beer Bread

This no-knead beer bread reminds me of an old-timey magical romantic adventure, or something you might get served to you in an old Western tavern. I love that it takes so little effort and that’s why it’s part of my bread recipes collection!

Dinner rolls

Dinner rolls usually take a long time to make, but these come together in just thirty minutes from start to finish! It’s like this list is made up of magical bread recipes, they’re so good!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (5)Aloha Bread

These soft and sweet Hawaiian bread rolls are incredibly easy to make and so yummy! Eat them alongside dinner or use them to make ham & swiss sliders! M’mmm…

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (6)Amazing Homemade Rolls

I don’t know about you, but I grew up having a side of bread with my evening meals. Dinner just doesn’t seem complete without it! Crescent rolls is definitely a no brainer on this list of bread recipes!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (7)Bacon Cheese Rolls

Can you imagine dipping one of these bad boys into a bowl of homemade potato soup or broccoli cheese soup? I can, and I’m drooling just thinking about it.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (8)Buttermilk Dinner Rolls

These rolls are the perfect way to use up that leftover buttermilk in your fridge. And check out that yummy golden brown crust – perfection!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (9)Cheesy Bread

No kneading, no rising, no yeast??! This sounds perfect! Cheese and beer baked in a bread sounds like the perfect combo of comfort to me.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (10)Cheesy Garlic Baguettes

Nothing pairs better with an Italian meal than some fresh garlic bread right out of the oven. This is so easy to make, you might find yourself wanting to make it every day!

Bread Recipes – Tools that will help!

  • Oil mister– This is the perfect gift for folks who want to make sure they know exactly what they’re spraying on their pans. We like to put olive oil in ours, but you could use anything from vegetable oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, or whatever you like! Just pump the top a few times and it sprays a fine mist of the oil you chose.
  • Silicone baking mats– Nothing sticks to these! Whaaaa?! Perfect for baking sugary cookies, or cheesy croissants. You know why? Because nothing sticks to these!!!
  • Bakers half sheet– It’s cool, we only have about six of these bakers half sheets because they’re good for absolutely everything. Cookies? Yes! Steak? Yes! Cake? Oh yeh! Roasted veggies? Uhhhh huh!
  • 6.5 Quart dutch oven– This enameled cast iron dutch oven can go from stove top to oven, and look beautiful doing it. Perfect for chilis, roasts, breads, and stews. Mine is yellow, what color will you choose?

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Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (11)Cheesy Green Chile Cornbread

Cornbread as a side for chili is an absolute MUST. This cornbread has got a little bit of ooomph to it!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (12)Classic Dinner Rolls

You just can’t go wrong with the classics. Honestly, I think everybody should have a recipe like this in their back pocket 😉

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (13)Copycat Outback Steakhouse Honey Wheat Bushman Bread

If you like the bread at Outback Steakhouse, you’re going to love this one. It’s a little heartier and a little more filling, but that’s exactly what you should want in a bread!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (14)Copycat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Let’s be real here for a second. Red Lobster’s Cheddar Bay Biscuits are the best thing on the menu…THIS is actually the true star of the meal. But now you can skip the restaurant prices and make it at home!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (15)Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls

I’m not sure what it is, but these rolls are really just one of the best things EVER. Must be the hint of sweetness from the honey, then slathered with some melty butter – heaven.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (16)Easy Homemade Cheesy Breadsticks

These totally remind me of the cheesy breadsticks that you can get at your favorite pizza place. But waayyyy better.

Bread recipes – More collections like this!

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  • Chicken recipes
  • Brownie recipes
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  • Buttermilk recipes
  • Banana recipes
  • Casserole recipes

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (17)French Bread Dinner Rolls

So now that we know how to make French bread, the next obvious step is to learn how to make French bread rolls! I love it!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (18)Honey Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls

These rolls are soft and fluffy and sweet and delicious. They’re incredibly easy to make, too! Start to finish, you’ll be pulling them out of the oven in less than 45 minutes!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (19)Irish Potato Bread

The potato in this bread makes it incredibly soft and moist. Not only that, this recipe is super versatile – you can eat it as is or add any number of spices or herbs to the dough to get whatever flavor you want!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (20)Onion Dill Bread

This vintage recipe is super flavorful. It’s simple to make with some interesting ingredients, but it’s soft and fluffy and perfect for dipping in soups!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (21)Parker House Rolls

This recipe makes enough rolls for you to enjoy some for dinner tonight, and put the rest in the freezer for another time!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (22)Quick and Easy Wheat Rolls with Garlic Herb Butter

I love how super cute and round these are! That butter sounds delicious, though. The perfect compliment to this already amazing treat!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (23)Quick Peppery Cheddar Cheese Bread

This is the perfect bread to dunk in your bowl of soup! The pepper lends it a nice flavor, but doesn’t make it spicy at all, and it just pairs really well with the cheese.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (24)Savory Cheddar Cheese Olive Bread

I didn’t even know you could DO this with bread, but wow! Check out all the flavor! It’s filled with cheese and then topped with more cheese – who can resist?

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (25)Slow Cooker Rosemary Pull Apart Rolls

The most amazing thing about these pull apart rolls is that they are made on the counter in your slow cooker! Which leaves your oven free for the rest of dinner 🙂

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (26)Soft & Buttery Potato Bread

This potato bread is the perfect way to use up your leftover mashed potatoes (though if you’re like me, you don’t have leftovers too often. M’mm….mashed potatoes). You can use instant or homemade mashed potatoes, whichever you prefer.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (27)Spinach Feta Beer Bread

I just love this take on beer bread! Cheddar is my usual go-to, but the use of feta and spinach together sounds out of this world delicious!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (28)Sun Dried Tomato Mozzarella Bread

This bread makes the most amazing sandwiches! Slab some turkey and gouda in between and smear with a little bit of basil pesto and you have got yourself one tasty lunch 😉

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (29)Sun-Dried Tomato Olive Bread

There’s no yeast in this bread recipe, so you don’t have to be patient and wait for it to rise. It makes a super tasty appetizer, too!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (30)Sweet Potato Cornbread

I think this sweet potato cornbread is absolutely droolworthy. It would be so good served with some honey butter, or you can even cut it up and use it in your stuffing for the holidays!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (31)Sweet Potato Rolls

I am always looking for new ways to eat sweet potatoes – they’re one of my favorite foods! I think this dinner roll recipe is just perfect!

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (32)Whole Wheat Bread

It’s no secret that whole wheat bread is healthier for you than it’s cousin white bread. But HOMEMADE whole wheat bread takes it to a whole new level of healthy. This bread is dense with a rich texture which makes it perfect for serving alongside your favorite soup.

Best Easy Bread Recipes | Mama Loves Food (33)Whole Wheat Crusty Bread

I can’t imagine anything better than a slice of this fresh out of the oven, slathered with some butter and served with a big bowl of hot soup. It would be great for sandwiches, too!

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Bread Recipes - French Bread

One of my favorite bread recipes is French bread!

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Course: Bread

Cuisine: French

Prep Time: 1 hour hour

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 80kcal

Author: April Woods

Ingredients

  • 1 .25 ounce package active dry yeast
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • Cornmeal
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 teaspoon cold water

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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 80kcal

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What are 2 tips to successfully making quick breads? ›

6 Tips for Successful Quick Bread
  1. Tip 1: Follow the Recipe Closely. ...
  2. Tip 2: Don't Overmix the Batter. ...
  3. Tip 3: Use Room Temperature Ingredients. ...
  4. Tip 4: Preheat Your Oven. ...
  5. Tip 5: Don't overbake the bread. ...
  6. Tip 6: Let the bread cool before slicing.
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How did people bake in the Great Depression? ›

Unusual choices like mayonnaise, vinegar, and baking soda, or even canned tomato soup were swapped in to create rich and delicious baked goods. But even after the Great Depression ended and cooks found their pantries full again, many of these recipes stuck around as family favorites.

What are the ingredients in wonderbread? ›

Whole wheat flour, water, wheat gluten, high fructose corn syrup, contains 2% of less of: soybean oil, salt, molasses, yeast, mono and diglycerides, exthoxylated mono and diglycerides, dough conditioners (sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium iodate, calcium dioxide), datem, calcium sulfate, vinegar, yeast nutrient ( ...

What are 3 good qualities of quick bread? ›

Quick breads should have an interior that has even, small air cells, rather than large air cells, which is referred to as tunneling. Biscuits should be flaky with medium-fine, even air cells. The quick bread should be tender and moist, with a pleasing and well-blended flavor.

Is oil or butter better in quick breads? ›

For each type of quick bread, different fat is used. To make a quick bread that is a batter style, oil is typically used (but melted butter can also work). While for dough, butter is used. For this type of quick bread you want to use a cold butter so it stay solid.

What is the main thing to avoid when making quick breads? ›

Quick Bread Basics

Overmixing your batter will cause a tough batter and an equally tough finished product. You do not want to develop the flour's gluten (protein). You want what is known as a tender crumb that will be achieved if you just combine ingredients without overmixing.

What did the homeless eat in the Great Depression? ›

Hoover Stew

The ingredient list consists of macaroni noodles, hot dogs, corn, and canned tomatoes. The dish received its name after being common within homeless shelters or shantytowns, nicknamed Hoovervilles. Hoovervilles got their name from the president at the time of the Great Depression, Herbert Hoover.

How many loaves of bread can you make with a 5 lb bag of flour? ›

My 5-lb. bags of flour (2&1/4 kg) make me about 6 loaves.

How did they make bread in the old days? ›

Early humans made bread by mixing crushed grains with water and spreading the mixture on stones to bake in the sun. Later, similar mixtures were baked in hot ashes. The ancient Egyptians are credited with making the first leavened bread. Perhaps a batch of dough was allowed to stand before it was baked.

What is bunny bread? ›

Bunny Bread Old Fashioned Sandwich Bread is the bread you can count on to provide you with soft texture and great taste. Bunny Bread was born in Anna, IL in 1947. The original operation involved daily deliveries to nearby homes using Ford Model T trucks and eventually expanded into a major regional bakery.

Why did they stop making Wonder Bread? ›

On August 28, 2007, Interstate Bakeries announced it would soon end production of Wonder Bread in the Southern California market, leading to a loss of 1,300 jobs. This was due to a decline in sales, as Southern Californians in particular were partial to whole-grain breads and "premium" loaves.

What is Pullman bread made of? ›

Two pound loaf of square, pullman-style bread made with a blend of enriched and whole wheat flour. The hearty 5/8 inch thick slices help you build a bigger sandwich.

What is the key to making good bread? ›

12 tips for making perfect bread
  • Use the right yeast. ...
  • Store your yeast properly. ...
  • Treat salt with care. ...
  • Take your time. ...
  • Try different flours. ...
  • Consider vitamin C. ...
  • Practice makes perfect. ...
  • Don't prove for too long.

What is the muffin method? ›

The purpose of this method is to limit the amount of gluten production during the mixing process, keeping quick breads light and tender. To achieve this, the dry ingredients are combined in one bowl, the wet ingredients are combined in a separate bowl, and then the two mixtures are combined together.

What happens if you leave an egg out of bread? ›

Bread with no egg looked as normal as any other white loaf. It had puffed up evenly and had a nice crust colour and a soft texture. The interior was soft but quite tight. This could be made lighter by skipping the pre-shaping or folding steps making the dough looser.

What are 2 ways to tell that the quick bread is done baking? ›

HOW TO TEST BREAD FOR DONENESS
  1. CHECK THE BREAD'S INTERNAL TEMPERATURE. Insert a kitchen thermometer an inch or two into the middle of your bread and read the internal temperature. ...
  2. CHECK THE BREAD'S COLOR. ...
  3. CHECK THE BREAD'S TEXTURE. ...
  4. TAP THE BOTTOM OF THE BREAD. ...
  5. TESTING WITH A TOOTHPICK.

What are 2 tips for keeping bread fresh? ›

For best results, keep your bread away from excess heat and humidity. Keep it away from the stove, off the top of the fridge, away from the fruit bowl etc. Years ago, we used to keep our bread in a plastic bag, in a drawer nestled in-between the dishwasher and fridge.

What are the 2 mixing methods used to make quick breads? ›

WHAT ARE THE 3 MIXING METHODS FOR QUICK BREADS?
  1. Muffin Method: Combine the sugar, liquids, eggs and melted fat all at once, then add the dry ingredients and mix until fully combined.
  2. Creaming Method: This method opts for softened fat rather than melted.

What makes a successful bread? ›

To determine whether bread is of good quality, there are several factors and characteristics you can identify. For example the crust must be crisp and of a darker tone than the inside, a strong flavour and taste due to the flour, as well as a pleasant smell. What's also important is that the conservation is longer.

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