Food and Recipes Quick and Easy Dinner Our Most Popular Bread Recipes of All Time By Southern Living Editors Southern Living Editors Since 1966, the editors of Southern Living have been carrying out the mission of the brand: to bring enjoyment, fulfillment, and inspiration to our readers by celebrating life in the South. We inspire creativity in their homes, their kitchens, their gardens, and their personal style. We are a friend they can trust, a guide to the seasons, a helping hand during the holidays, and a relentless champion of the Southern way of life. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on July 16, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Iain Bagwell Fresh-baked bread is the ultimate comfort food. Think about it: your house fills with delicious smells, you've got an excuse to eat butter, and you look like a kitchen ace to others when you pull fresh-baked bread out of the oven. We often think of fresh-baked bread as a chore, something that requires a lot of time, but we've rounded up some easy bread recipes that are impressive but so simple that you'll think nothing of whipping one of these together. Easy bread recipes are a great thing to have in your back pocket as they can take a hum-drum weeknight meal to next-level greatness: that soup and sandwich suddenly look a lot better when you've got a batch of Cheddar-Caramelized Onion Bread to serve alongside. Easy bread recipes aren't limited to savory uses, of course; turn a Saturday morning breakfast into something special with our Homemade Orange Rolls. Whatever the occasion calls for, we've got an easy bread recipe for you. 01 of 21 Make-Ahead Yeast Rolls Laurey W. Glenn Recipe: Make-Ahead Yeast Rolls Bake these rolls together tin the pan to create a stunning pull-apart display. This time-tested recipe is sure to be a dinner party hit. 02 of 21 Cheddar-Caramelized Onion Bread Hector Manuel Sanchez; Prop Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller; Food Styling: Katelyn Hardwick Recipe: Cheddar-Caramelized Onion Bread Serve this fancy, flavorful bread with a generous smear of Whipped Sweet Potato Butter to make the ultimate dinner party side. 03 of 21 Fig Bread Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck; Food Styling: Erin Merhar Recipe: Fig Bread The fresh perfume of this Fig Bread will fill your whole house—its lovely scent is sure to wake up hungry holiday guests. 04 of 21 Overnight Yeast Rolls Southern Living Recipe: Overnight Yeast Rolls Make these rolls the night before a holiday or dinner party, then just pop them in the oven on the day of for a quick, easy side. 05 of 21 Amy Grant's Banana Nut Bread Southern Living Recipe: Amy Grant's Banana Nut Bread Banana bread without nuts would simply be incomplete. Amy Grant's recipe uses Southern-favorite pecans to add texture and toasty flavor. 06 of 21 Buttermilk Biscuits Jennifer Davick Recipe: Favorite Buttermilk Biscuits Every Southerner should have at least one homemade biscuit recipe in their rotation. These biscuits taste just like Grandma's. 07 of 21 Pull Apart Pizza Bread Alison Miksch Recipe: Pull Apart Pizza Bread Ditch the frozen pizza—the kids will absolutely adore this creative take on pull-apart bread. The secret ingredient to this speedy bread? A can of biscuits. 08 of 21 Caramel Glazed Monkey Bread Iain Bagwell Recipe: Caramel Glazed Monkey Bread Kids and adults alike cannot resist a sticky, sweet monkey bread, and this caramel-glazed version is ultimately indulgent. 09 of 21 Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Alison Miksch; Styling: Lydia Degaris Pursell Recipe: Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Pumpkin, honey, and beer, all baked into a steaming bread loaf? This bread will be your new go-to fall recipe. 10 of 21 Easter Bread Micah A. Leal Recipe: Easter Bread There's no better way to celebrate Easter than with a traditional homemade braided loaf that's also steeped in symbolism. 11 of 21 Orange Rolls Southern Living Recipe: Orange Rolls These Orange Rolls are a time-honored Alabama tradition and certainly worth making from scratch. 12 of 21 Homemade Crescent Rolls Beau Gustafson Recipe: Homemade Crescent Rolls Ditch the pre-made dough: Once you taste these homemade crescent rolls, you'll never go back to the store-bought stuff. 13 of 21 Apple Bread Micah A. Leal Recipe: Apple Bread Applesauce and fresh Granny Smith Apples come together in this moist, apple-packed loaf. 14 of 21 Sweet Potato Rolls with Cane Syrup Glaze Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Sweet Potato Rolls with Cane Syrup Glaze Sweet potato adds a fluffy texture and stunning orange color to these photo-ready rolls. They're the ideal roll to accent your Thanksgiving table. 15 of 21 Angel Biscuits Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Ginny Branch Stelling; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Angel Biscuits These Angel Biscuits taste like a bite of heaven. They use salted butter, buttermilk, and shortening to create the perfect basic biscuit. 16 of 21 Raisin Bread Southern Living Recipe: Raisin Bread Raisin Bread has graced Grandma's pantry for as long as we can remember, and store-bought loaves simply can't compare to homemade bread. 17 of 21 Pumpkin Bread Micah A. Leal Recipe: Pumpkin Bread You'll want to bake extra loaves of this bread to gift to teachers, neighbors, friends, and family. 18 of 21 Sally Lunn Bread Recipe: Sally Lunn Bread This slightly-sweet bread goes beautifully with a variety of meals—we love serving it with chili, but we're also snacking on this bread all day long. 19 of 21 Pumpkin-Buttermilk Biscuits with Crispy Ham and Honey Butter Photo: Victor Protasio; Propr Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Pumpkin-Buttermilk Biscuits with Crispy Ham and Honey Butter In the fall, we're sneaking pumpkin into all of our favorite recipes, including these beautiful Pumpkin-Buttermilk Biscuits. 20 of 21 Banana Bread Southern Living Recipe: Banana Bread Bring new life to those almost-overripe bananas with this classic Banana Bread recipe. 21 of 21 Yeast Rolls Iain Bagwell Recipe: Yeast Rolls These yeast rolls showcase a stunning swirl that will draw eyes at your dinner party table. Was this page helpful? 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