Editors’ Collection

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.

Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Heather Greene.

Recipes

Hot Cross Buns
Genevieve Ko
852 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
852
4½ hours
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Grilled Lebanese Flatbread
Mark Bittman
700 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
700
1½ hours
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Whole-Wheat Date Bread
Melissa Clark
346 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
346
1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling
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Not-Quite-Whole-Grain Baguettes
Mark Bittman
439 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
439
4 hours
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Choco Pan de Coco
Tejal Rao, Bryan Ford
726 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
726
2 hours, plus fermentation
or to save this recipe.
Sourdough Starter
Oliver Strand, Peter Reinhart
2289 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,289
4 to 8 days
or to save this recipe.
Whole-Wheat Quinoa Bread
Martha Rose Shulman
408 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
408
2 hours
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Healthy
Walnut Bread
Florence Fabricant
325 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
325
3½ hours, plus cooling
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All Whole-Wheat Sandwich Bread
Mark Bittman
232 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
232
At least 3 hours, largely unattended
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Smoked Bread With Maple Butter
Melissa Clark, Pearl & Ash
27 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
27
1 hour, plus rising time
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Ciabatta
Emily Weinstein, Sarah Black
315 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
315
About 6 hours
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Hamburger Buns
Claire Saffitz
195 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
195
1 hour 45 minutes, plus 6 to 26 hours’ resting and proofing
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Whole-Wheat Seeded Loaves
Martha Rose Shulman
168 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
168
About 5 hours 15 minutes, plus the overnight soak for the seeds
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Pane Integrale (Whole-Wheat Bread)
Christine Muhlke, Jim Lahey
399 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
399
3 hours, plus 18 hours for rising
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Salt-Rising Bread
Tejal Rao
431 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
431
1¼ hours, plus at least 12 hours’ rising
or to save this recipe.
All-Purpose Enriched Bread
Claire Saffitz
977 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
977
1 hour 45 minutes, plus 6 to 26 hours’ resting and proofing
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Sweet Potato Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
183 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
183
2 hours, plus proofing and chilling
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Cheesy Beer Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
384 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
384
1½ hours
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Coco Bread
The New York Times, Adam Schop
89 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
89
About 3 hours
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Nordic Whole-Grain Rye Bread
Julia Moskin, Claus Meyer
430 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
430
2 days
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