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27 Fall Bread Recipes To Bake This Year

27 Fall Bread Recipes To Bake This Year

Updated August 27, 2020

Linda Pugliese

When you think about fall baking, what do you imagine? We imagine cozying up on our screened porches on a weekend morning, wrapped under a plaid blanket, holding a cup of hot coffee, enjoying the steaming slice of coffee cake that we just pulled from the oven. Perhaps you imagine gathering around the family dinner table with a large pot of hearty chili and a basket of fresh, homemade dinner rolls. Whatever fall baking recipe you choose, these delicious bread recipes will suit the occasion. Coffee cakes coated in sugary glazes and smothered in rich caramel, icebox dinner rolls perfect for sopping up Thanksgiving gravy, classic poppy seed muffins, moist banana bread recipes, and countless fluffy dinner rolls recipes – these bread recipes and baking recipes are the soul-soothing and heart-warming classic Southern comfort desserts, just like your grandma used to bake. That is, as long as your grandma baked Bananas Foster Coffee Cake with Vanilla-Rum Sauce.

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Pumpkin Bread

Micah A. Leal

Recipe: Pumpkin Bread

Classic pumpkin bread is usually first on our baking list as soon as the temps dip below 80 degrees. This easy recipe requires just 10 minutes of hands-on time, two bowls, and a whisk to pull together.

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Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread

Greg Dupree; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer

Recipe: Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread

Eating this bread will be just as fun as baking it. Layering dough rectangles creates a unique and forgiving finish.

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Cherry-Pecan Swirl Bread

Greg Dupree; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer

Recipe: Cherry-Pecan Swirl Bread

A homemade dough, cherry-pecan filling, and glaze with orange zest create an impressive bread that's equally as beautiful as it is delicious.

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Chocolate Marble-Pumpkin Spice Bread

Linda Pugliese

Recipe: Chocolate Marble-Pumpkin Spice Bread

Chocolate lovers will adore this decadent take on pumpkin bread. The marbled loaf starts with one basic batter that's split and flavored.

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No-Knead Buttermilk Bread

Greg DuPree

Recipe: No-Knead Buttermilk Bread

Baking bread in a cast-iron Dutch oven makes a crisp golden crust with no kneading required.

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Chocolate Monkey Bread

Photographer: Jennifer Causey Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen

Recipe: Chocolate Monkey Bread

Make monkey bread even more decadent with a homemade chocolate glaze.

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Apple Bread

Micah A. Leal

Recipe: Apple Bread

You probably already have most of the ingredients for this bread recipe on hand in your pantry.

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Caramel-Glazed Monkey Bread

Iain Bagwell

Recipe: Caramel-Glazed Monkey Bread

Caramel glaze is the finishing touch that makes this fresh baked bread irresistible. It's best enjoyed when served warm.

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Sweet Potato Cornbread

Recipe: Sweet Potato Cornbread

Add a touch of sweet flavor to cornbread by adding two cups of mashed sweet potatoes.

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Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread

Alison Miksch; Styling: Lydia Degaris Pursell

Recipe: Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread

When preparing this bread for the oven, make sure not to over-mix your batter. This can cause your loaves to be misshaped.

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Mini Pecan Monkey Bread Loaves

Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Mini Pecan Monkey Bread Loaves

Frozen yeast rolls help these miniature loaves come together with less effort on your part.

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Apple Butter-Pecan Quick Bread

Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl Jones; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Apple Butter-Pecan Quick Bread

This seasonal bread can also be prepared in muffin form.

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Praline Pull-Apart Bread

Beth Dreiling Hontzas; Styling: Caroline Murphey

Recipe: Praline Pull-Apart Bread

You'll need just seven ingredients and 15 minutes of prep time to create this indulgent pull-apart bread.

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Apple Muffins

Photo: Stephen Devries; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Apple Muffins

Cozy up with warm apple cider and one of these tender apple muffins to kick off fall the right way.

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Apple Cider Doughnuts

Jennifer Causey

Recipe: Apple Cider Doughnuts

These lightly spiced doughnuts are extremely moist from the combination of apple butter, cider, and grated apples. Be sure to use apple cider, and not apple juice.

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Apple Crumb Muffins

Photo: Stephen Devries; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Apple Crumb Muffins

You’ll savor every last bit of the sweet crumb topping on these classic apple muffins.

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Caramel Apple Coffee Cake

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Caramel Apple Coffee Cake

This cake is down-home delicious and so easy you won't believe you started from scratch.

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Sugar-and-Spice Apple Muffins

Photo: Stephen Devries; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Sugar-and-Spice Apple Muffins

These sugar-and-spice apple muffins are soft, tasty, and remind us of an apple-cake donut or a fall churro.

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Gluten-Free Banana Bread

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Gluten-Free Banana Bread

This bread is so tender, you won't believe it's gluten-free. For best results, use a light-colored pan. Or, turn your dark pan into a shiny one by wrapping the outside of it with heavy-duty aluminum foil.

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Potato Rolls

Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Potato Rolls

These dinner rolls are also terrific for sandwiches.

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Caramelized Apple Toffee Muffins

Photo: Stephen Devries; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Caramelized Apple Toffee Muffins

These chewy, crunchy, oh-so-good apple muffins can be enjoyed from breakfast to dessert.

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Our Favorite Buttermilk Biscuit

Photo: Brian Woodcock

Recipe: Our Favorite Buttermilk Biscuit

Our Test Kitchen baked hundreds of biscuits until we landed on our all-time favorite, no-fail recipe that will impress new cooks and old pros alike.

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Sally Lunn

Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Sally Lunn

The no-knead recipe came from England, but Southerners have been starry-eyed for the brioche-like loaf for decades.

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Angel Biscuits

Photo: Alison Miksch

Recipe: Angel Biscuits

Nestle these yeast biscuits snug together in the pan and they'll rise even higher when baked. You don't have to use all the dough at once—refrigerate in an airtight container up to 5 days.

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Bananas Foster Coffee Cake with Vanilla-Rum Sauce

Photo: Alison Miksch

Recipe: Bananas Foster Coffee Cake with Vanilla-Rum Sauce

Substitute extra cream for rum in the sauce, if you prefer.

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Sweet Potato Biscuits

Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Sweet Potato Biscuits

Serve these from-scratch biscuits warm with butter, honey, and jam, along with two platters—one with seared slices of country ham and pepper jelly and another with deli ham and pimiento cheese.

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Rosemary Focaccia Bread

Hector Sanchez; Styling: Caroline M. Cunningham

Recipe: Rosemary Focaccia Bread

Pair this flavorful herb bread with Turnip Green Pesto for a mouth-watering appetizer.

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27 Fall Bread Recipes To Bake This Year

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Pumpkin Bread

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Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread

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Cherry-Pecan Swirl Bread

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Chocolate Marble-Pumpkin Spice Bread

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No-Knead Buttermilk Bread

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Chocolate Monkey Bread

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Apple Bread

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Caramel-Glazed Monkey Bread

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Sweet Potato Cornbread

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Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread

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Mini Pecan Monkey Bread Loaves

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Apple Butter-Pecan Quick Bread

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Praline Pull-Apart Bread

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Apple Muffins

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Apple Cider Doughnuts

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Apple Crumb Muffins

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Caramel Apple Coffee Cake

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Sugar-and-Spice Apple Muffins

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Gluten-Free Banana Bread

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Potato Rolls

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Caramelized Apple Toffee Muffins

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Our Favorite Buttermilk Biscuit

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Sally Lunn

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Angel Biscuits

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Bananas Foster Coffee Cake with Vanilla-Rum Sauce

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Sweet Potato Biscuits