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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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  • On-the-Go Breakfast Muffins

    On-the-Go Breakfast Muffins

    Ingredients 1 pound bulk Italian sausage 7 large eggs, divided use 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup 2%…

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  • Refreshing Stale Bread in the Oven

    Moisture and gentle oven heat can temporarily improve a stale crusty loaf. This is a texture fix—not a way to make spoiled bread safe. Check the loaf first…

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  • Apple Pie Bread

    You have just found your new favorite bread. Apple pie and bread together…how can it get any better? Ingredients 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened 1 cup brown…

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  • Biscuits and Gravy Casserole

    Biscuits and Gravy Casserole

    A different take on traditional biscuits and gravy, this easy breakfast casserole is a fun way to mix things up at the breakfast table. Ingredients 1 can large,…

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  • Cheddar-Bacon Monkey Bread

    Ingredients 1 tablespoon dry ranch salad dressing and seasoning mix 5 tablespoons butter, melted 2 12 ounce cans (20 biscuits total) refrigerated buttermilk biscuits 1 cup finely shredded cheddar cheese 1 3 ounce…

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  • Pizza Buns

    Pizza Buns

    Rolled up like a cinnamon roll, these taste as good as they look. Ingredients 1 (13.8-ounce) tube refrigerated pizza dough 8 (3/4-ounce) slices American Cheese 2 ounces sliced…

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  • Cheesy Garlic Bread

    Cheesy Garlic Bread

    Ingredients 1 French bread baguette (18 inch) 1/3 cup butter, softened 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano leaves 1/4 teaspoon dried basil leaves 1/4 teaspoon black…

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  • Cornbread Biscuits

    Add your own signature spin with a few teaspoons of your favorite herb, such as thyme or rosemary. Ingredients 3 cups self-rising soft-wheat flour 1/2 cup yellow self-rising…

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  • Strawberry Biscuits

    Strawberry Biscuits

    Ingredients 1/2 cup (4 oz.) salted butter, frozen 2 1/2 cups (10 oz.) self-rising flour 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup chilled heavy whipping…

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  • Buttery Bubble Bread

    Buttery Bubble Bread

    Homemade bread can be time-consuming, difficult and tricky to make. But this fun-to-eat monkey bread, baked in a fluted tube pan, is easy and almost foolproof. If I’m…

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