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Breads

Bread changes a meal through crust, crumb, and the way it carries other flavors. Dinner rolls, cornbread, flatbreads, muffins, biscuits, and yeast loaves give this collection several starting points. Choose a dough or finished bread suited to the meal, whether you want something to slice, tear, fill, or serve warm alongside another dish.

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  • Bagels

    Bagels offer a chewy bread with a shape suited to slicing and filling. The collection includes a bagel preparation and spinach-and-cheese bagel rings for a different savory approach.

  • Biscuits

    Garlic cheddar biscuits, savory slab biscuits, and blueberry-ginger variations offer different ways to work flavor into a tender bread. Browse biscuits for a meal accompaniment or a breakfast serving.

  • Cornbread

    Cornmeal gives these breads a distinct texture, with pumpkin, chiles, and other additions changing their character. The collection includes sweet-leaning and savory cornbreads for serving beside a meal.

  • Croissants

    Croissants depend on folded layers of dough and butter for their distinctive pastry structure. These recipes include dough preparations and finished croissants for cooks ready to work through the stages.

  • Doughs & Bread Bases

    A prepared dough is the starting point for a loaf, dumpling, or pizza. These bread bases gather foundational recipes, including pizza dough and family dumplings, for building another dish.

  • Flatbreads & Tortillas

    Flour tortillas, skillet naan, cottage cheese flatbread, and arepas offer breads with different grains and textures. Browse flatbreads for wrapping, filling, or serving alongside a meal.

  • Muffins

    Muffins bring fruit, spices, crumbs, or cream cheese into an individual baked serving. Apple, lemon, and cinnamon preparations offer different starting points for breakfast or a small sweet bite.

  • Quick Breads

    Quick breads use approaches that avoid a long yeast rise, with sweet and savory flavors represented here. Tomato-herb bread and pumpkin cornbread show the range of the collection.

  • Rolls & Buns

    Dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, and garlic knots bring dough into portions made for sharing. Choose a savory bread for the meal or a filled, sweet roll for another serving occasion.

  • Scones

    Scones can carry savory ingredients as readily as fruit. Bacon and dried tomato, ham and cheddar, and blueberry-buttermilk recipes offer three distinct directions for these portioned bakes.

  • Yeast Breads & Loaves

    Yeast doughs develop into loaves and other breads through mixing, resting, and baking. Soft pretzels and bacon bread offer starting points for cooks interested in the texture that fermentation can build.

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  • The Cheesecake Factory’s Brown Bread

    The Cheesecake Factory’s Brown Bread

    The Cheesecake Factory has been serving up slices of its famous cheesecakes since 1978. Perhaps just as famous is the iconic Cheesecake Factory bread—especially that soft, tender brown bread. It’s…

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  • Spinach and Cheese Slab Biscuits

    Spinach and Cheese Slab Biscuits

    These pillowy biscuits are stuffed with spinach and cheese, but they work equally well with any other vegetable you care to throw at them. Swap the spinach for…

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  • Blueberry-Ginger Slab Biscuits

    Blueberry-Ginger Slab Biscuits

    These pillowy biscuits are layered with blueberry jam and chewy candied ginger, but feel free to use any other combination of preserves and nuts or dried fruit. Consider…

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  • Savory Caprese Bread

    Savory Caprese Bread

    No-yeast, just moist, soft bread made with fresh basil, fresh mozzarella cheese, and sun-dried tomatoes. Ingredients 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1 cup bread flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda…

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  • Herbed Tomato Quick Bread

    A savory bread that comes together quickly using fresh tomatoes and basil. Perfect for using summer produce!Prep Time15 minsCook Time1 hrTotal Time1 hr 15 minsServings: 10 slices Ingredients 3 cups all purpose flour 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder…

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  • Fresh Tomato Bread

    This fresh tomato bread is a great way to use tomatoes and is delicious with any summer meal. My family loves this with baked spaghetti. Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour…

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  • Zucchini “Tortillas”

    Zucchini “Tortillas”

    This recipe can also be adapted to using different types of “bread crumbs” and it has worked great (almond flour, crushed pork rinds, etc.). Use crushed pork rinds…

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  • Pan De Campo

    In 2005 pan de campo was declared the state bread of Texas. Pan de campo also known as “camp bread” or “cowboy bread” originated with the vaqueros of…

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  • Gary’s Dumplings

    Gary’s Dumplings

    Homemade chicken and dumplings harken back to my childhood and chilly days when we devoured those cute little balls of dough swimming in hot, rich broth. Ingredients 2…

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  • Flour Tortillas

    Flour Tortillas

    Ingredients 4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 3/4 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 1 1/3 cup warm water Procedure Add the flour,…

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