Fall Bread Recipes

By Southern Living
Photo: Hector Sanchez

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 of 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 with warm Vanilla-Rum Sauce.

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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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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 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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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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Apple Cider Doughnuts

Jennifer Causey

Recipe: Apple Cider Doughnuts 

Crystal blue skies, cool breezes, and falling leaves are all definite signs that it is apple-picking time. For many, a trip to the orchard is an all day event, returning home with baskets of apples and plans for pies, cakes, and breads. Next time you visit an orchard or a local farmstand, save one or two apples and try this recipe. These lightly spiced doughnuts are extremely moist from the combination of apple butter, cider, and grated apples. Be sure and use apple cider, and not apple juice. Fresh cider is raw apple juice that has not undergone a filtration process to remove coarse particles of pulp or sediment, so you will need to shake the jug before measuring.

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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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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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New Orleans Calas

Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: New Orleans Calas

The Calas Women, as they were called, peddled these hot breakfast fritters—whose name comes from the African word "kárá"—each morning in the French Quarter. The street vendors have vanished, so we honor them here with a classic rice-dough recipe too delicious to ever disappear.

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Icebox Dinner Rolls

Photo: Iain Bagwell

Recipe: Icebox Dinner Rolls

You always need a good dinner roll recipe, and this is especially true on Thanksgiving when you know you can’t leave one single drop of gravy on your plate—it might be impolite. This recipe is traditionally Southern, so it uses shortening, which gives these biscuits their fluff, richness, and flavor. Brushed with melted butter before baking, these will emerge from your oven a gorgeous golden-brown. They will smel so delicious and look so divine they may not even make it to the table before being devoured. This coveted dinner roll recipe is one you'll want to keep in the family.

Cooking Video: Icebox Dinner Rolls

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Caramel Apple Fantans

Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Caramel Apple Fantans

Use any firm cooking apple, such as 'Jonagold' or 'Honeycrisp,' or a combo for extra flavor and texture.

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Poppy Seed-Ginger Muffins

Photo: Melina Hammer

Recipe: Poppy Seed-Ginger Muffins

To thin the glaze, add more orange juice.

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Potato Rolls

Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Potato Rolls

These dinner rolls are also terrific for sandwiches.

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Rosemary Focaccia Bread

Photo: 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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Sally Lunn

Photo: 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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Sorghum-Oat Bread

PHoto: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Sorghum-Oat Bread

Be sure the oat mixture has cooled before mixing with the yeast.

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Sweet Potato Coffee Cake with Caramel Glaze

Photo: Luva Trovato

Recipe: Sweet Potato Coffee Cake with Caramel Glaze

Sweet potato, orange zest, and ground cinnamon offer flavors of the season in this morning treat. Top it all off with a drizzle of Caramel Glaze.

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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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Ham-and-Swiss Sticky Buns

Photo: Iain Bagwell

Recipe: Ham-and-Swiss Sticky Buns

Stuff the dough deep into the muffin cups so that the tops rise into a cheesy dome while baking.

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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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Blueberry-Lemon Muffins

Recipe: Blueberry-Lemon Muffins

Sprinkle the tops of the glazed muffins with coarse sugar to add texture and a little sparkle.
 

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Cranberry-Orange Muffins

Photo: Alison Miksch

Recipe: Cranberry-Orange Muffins

Sprinkle the tops of the glazed muffins with coarse sugar to add texture and a little sparkle.

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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.

Watch: Our Best Ever Buttermilk Biscuit

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Graham Cracker Rolls

Photo: Alison Miksch

Recipe: Graham Cracker Rolls

"This roll recipe was discovered by my wonderful mother, who was an amazing cook and loved to try new recipes. It's still a favorite with my family because of the flavor that the graham cracker crumbs give the rolls." —SL reader Allison Fogle

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Grape Focaccia

Photo: Brian Woodcock

Recipe: Grape Focaccia

Don't be intimidated by homemade bread; even a beginner can master this simple baking sheet focaccia. It's an effortlessly gorgeous dish for entertaining, and the unexpected combination of sweet and savory flavors will impress. As an appetizer, serve the warm slab of bread, sliced, on a large cutting board with a few wedges of your favorite cheese. Try muscadines or figs in place of the grapes. For leftovers, spread the focaccia with peanut butter for a fresh, sophisticated spin on PB&J.

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Herbed Potato Flake Rolls

Photo: Alison Miksch

Recipe: Herbed Potato Flake Rolls

Like magic, packaged potato flakes give these fluffy beauties a lighter-than-air texture that makes them perfect for sopping up gravy. Trust us, they go fast.

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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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