Holidays & Occasions Christmas Christmas Recipes 20 Christmas Bread Recipes By Alana Al-Hatlani Alana Al-Hatlani Alana Al-Hatlani is an Assistant Food Editor at Southern Living. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on August 19, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Margaret Monroe Dickey; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke Christmas baking is almost a professional sport, with cookies, cakes, and pies, our ovens get a good work out this time of year. Lower on the baking roster around the holidays is bread, but from Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls to Hurry-Up Homemade Crescent Rolls, there are plenty of festive breads to add to the baking line up, as oven room allows. Get the kids involved and have them help form dinner rolls or measure the flour for Monkey Bread. Just like Christmas cookies, homemade breads, both sweet and savory, make excellent, thoughtful gifts during the holiday season. They're also impressive additions to potlucks and Christmas buffets, especially the beautiful wreath-shaped breads. Crack out the yeast or maybe the bread machine and dive into these Christmas bread recipes bound to spread holiday cheer. 01 of 20 Christmas Tree Pull-Apart Bread Southern Living Recipe: Christmas Tree Pull-Apart Bread Family will never know this beautiful appetizer starts with store-bought pizza dough and marinara. The recipe can be formed into any shape, but we're partial to the Christmas tree, of course. 02 of 20 Cranberry Eggnog Bread Photo: Jen Causey Recipe: Cranberry Eggnog Bread Cranberry and eggnog are classic Christmas flavors and we've brought them together in this festive quick bread. Add a little rum to the glaze for extra holiday cheer. 03 of 20 Grammy Rolls Peter Frank Edwards; Prop Styling and Floral Design: Sara York Grimshaw Recipe: Grammy Rolls Christmas dinner may be the main event, but breakfast is the most important meal of the day and with these Grammy Rolls you can treat it as such. This take on monkey bread is full of cinnamon and just the right amount of sweetness for post-present refueling. 04 of 20 Christmas Sweet Roll Wreath Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Margaret Monroe Dickey; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke Recipe: Christmas Sweet Roll Wreath These cranberry pecan sweet rolls are similar in flavor to another Christmas favorite: Panettone. It's not the quickest recipe, but well worth the effort. 05 of 20 No-Knead Buttermilk Bread Greg Dupree; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer Recipe: No-Knead Buttermilk Bread You might not consider yourself an accomplished bread baker, but with this easy no-knead bread recipe, everyone will think you are. Grab that trusty dutch oven, crank up the oven to 500°F, and get to mixing. 06 of 20 Christmas Wreath Pastry Southern Living Recipe: Christmas Wreath Pastry Change up your Christmas dessert traditions with this beautiful Christmas wreath. Filled with dried cherries, almond paste, and orange liqueur, it's the perfect special occasion treat to enjoy on Christmas Day. 07 of 20 Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread Greg Dupree; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer Recipe: Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread This bread has the same cinnamon goodness as a cinnamon roll, but in a buttery pull-apart bread. It will look impressive at Christmas brunch, but lucky for you, is a quite forgiving bread recipe. 08 of 20 Sausage Bread Victor Protasio, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Kathleen Varner Recipe: Sausage Bread Stuffed with sausage and gooey cheese, this bread will become your go-to Christmas party appetizer. Thanks to store-bought pizza dough, it's also quick to pull together. 09 of 20 Praline Pull-Apart Bread Beth Dreiling Hontzas; Styling: Caroline Murphey Recipe: Praline Pull-Apart Bread Gooey, sweet, and nutty, when this Praline Pull-Apart Bread hits the breakfast table on Christmas morning, everyone will think they got an extra gift from Santa this year. 10 of 20 Spiced Apple-Pecan Swirl Bread Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner Recipe: Spiced Apple-Pecan Swirl Bread Even if you are total beginner when it comes to working with yeast, you can make this impressive swirled bread. Crunchy nuts, sweet and tart apples, and an apple cider glaze make this bread as delicious as it is beautiful. 11 of 20 Caramel-Glazed Monkey Bread Iain Bagwell Recipe: Caramel-Glazed Monkey Bread It might be a bit of a messy breakfast, but the kids will love using their fingers to pick apart chunks of this sweet and sticky bread. 12 of 20 Make-Ahead Yeast Rolls Laurey W. Glenn Recipe: Make-Ahead Yeast Rolls Between Christmas breakfast, lunch, and dinner there is a lot to get done in the kitchen, with this recipe you can make sure the dinner rolls are squared away in advance. 13 of 20 Hurry-Up Homemade Crescent Rolls Beau Gustafson; Styling: Sissy Lamberton Recipe: Hurry-Up Homemade Crescent Rolls If popping open a can of Crescent Rolls is a holiday tradition in your house, try your hand at a batch from scratch. You may never go back to the store-bought stuff, again. 14 of 20 Sweet Potato Rolls Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Sweet Potato Rolls Mashed sweet potatoes are the secret to these soft and fluffy rolls. If you're bored with plain biscuits or dinner rolls for Christmas try these gorgeous orange-hued rolls instead. 15 of 20 Sorghum-Pecan Monkey Bread Muffins Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Sorghum-Pecan Monkey Bread Muffins Prepare these mini monkey breads the night before Christmas and wake the house up the next morning with the smell of toasted pecans and cinnamon. 16 of 20 Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Alison Miksch; Styling: Lydia Degaris Pursell Recipe: Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Tie a ribbon around this bread because it makes a great holiday gift for friends and family. Remember to only mix the batter just until the dry ingredients are incorporated, otherwise you might get misshapen loaves. 17 of 20 Cheddar-Caramelized Onion Bread Hector Manuel Sanchez; Prop Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller; Food Styling: Katelyn Hardwick Recipe: Cheddar-Caramelized Onion Bread Swap out the cornbread for this savory bread on the table this year. Served with Whipped Sweet Potato Butter, nobody will mind that the cornbread is missing. 18 of 20 Lagniappe Bread Rolls Johnny Autry; Prop and Food Styling: Charlotte L. Autry Recipe: Lagniappe Bread Rolls This recipe, from New Orlean's Mosquito Supper Club, is a cajun-style bread roll made with whole wheat flour and honey, for a touch of nuttiness and sweetness. 19 of 20 Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Emily Laurae / Southern Living Recipe: Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Gingerbread really is more of a cake, but it's also a true Christmas classic. It makes a great gift as well as an easy Christmas day dessert. 20 of 20 Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls Photo: Hector Sanchez Recipe: Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls It wouldn't be Christmas morning without cinnamon rolls, right? Making them from scratch might mean waking up before the rest of the house to mix the dough, but we assure you they are worth the effort. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit