15 Easy Breads for Beginners
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Bread baking can be intimidating, but no more! These 15 easy bread recipes for beginners will build your confidence with flavor packed loaves in no time!
Baking bread doesn’t have be scary or intimidating anymore. Working with yeast may seem like a frought journey in baking, but simple steps and mindfulness will keep you on the road to success. There are lots of ways to start bread baking and below are my tried and true favorites.
Whether you are making a sourdough bread for beginners, or my famous rosemary sea salt sweet potato rolls, these easy bread recipes will keep you coming back for more as you build your skills and venture into new areas of baking.
What Kind Of Easy Bread Recipes Are Included?
Below are 15 of my best easy bread recipes, sorted in order of difficulty, so you can work your way down the list, improving on skills as you bake! The No Fuss Five Minute Pizza Dough is made in a food processor, and you can use it right away, or let it rest and begin to rise for a fluffier pizza crust.
Of course there is a cornbread recipe that I love with rosemary and lots of cheddar cheese. And an apricot cranberry pecan shaped loaf that is BETTER than the cranberry rye at Costco. Trust me on that one. Oh, oh and the sourdough bread for beginners is a mix of sourdough starter and yeast to ensure foolproof results in a fraction of the time!
My Keys to Working With Bread
Use Instant Yeast For Most Everything – it is quicker to activate so you know within minutes if your yeast is good. It’s perfect for most recipes, and beginners
Active Dry Yeast – takes longer to activate, but is good for long resting breads because it keeps chugging for longer. If you have a dough that rises overnight (that uses yeast) active dry is best.
Warm is better than hot – Using liquid that is too hot is going to kill your yeast and not allow your dough to rise. Keep liquids between 100-110 degrees to ensure they activate the yeast without doing it harm.
Thermometer Must Haves – a reliable instant read thermometer is your best friend. It will tell you how hot your liquids are, and it is a perfect indicator for if your bread is done! I love this Thermapen. It’s worth the money! But don’t forget the all important oven thermometer, too! A properly calibrated oven will make your life so much easier.
Let it Rest – As tempting as it is, do not cut into your loaves right out of the oven. Allow 2 hours to cool before you break into a freshly baked loaf. This allows the structure of the bread to set. Cutting it too early will disrupt that and make the dough gummy.
15 Easy Bread Recipes For Beginners
No Fuss Five Minute Pizza Dough
No fuss five minute pizza dough just requires a food processor to make excellent crispy crusted dough, with a soft center! Perfect for family pizza night!
You can let this rest and rise as well for a fluffier pizza dough!
Easy Rosemary Cheddar Cornbread
Baked to perfection, this easy rosemary cheddar cornbread is a wonderful compliment to any cold weather meal! Make it in cast iron or a baking pan!
Roasted Garlic Sourdough Focaccia Bread
Easier to make that traditional sourdough, this roasted garlic sourdough focaccia bread is a great beginner’s recipe to bread making!
No Knead Dill Bread
This crusty dill bread is a great yeast bread for beginners, and it’s packed with flavor!
Easy Rustic Sourdough Bread
An old-fashioned rustic loaf that doesn’t take all day to make—imagine that! This sourdough bread is perfect for beginners.
Easy Cinnamon English Muffin Bread
The best way to start learning bread making! This easy cinnamon English muffin bread is wonderfully toastable, and filled with cinnamon flavor.
How To Make Multigrain Bread
Make two soft and fluffy loaves of hearty homemade multigrain bread with this easy to follow step by step recipe! With a new year comes resolution, lose 15 pounds, call your mother more, what have you. I’m resolving to learn all of those pesky tips and tricks that no one seems to talk about anymore,
Apricot Cranberry Pecan Bread
Full of dried fall inspired fruits and toasty pecans, this apricot cranberry pecan bread is a wonderful welcome into fall bread making! And it smells utterly delicious!
Ultimate Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
With their spirals of fluffy dough, pumpkin spice brown sugar filling, and a slathering of cream cheese frosting, your fall isn’t complete without making these festive Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls!
Honey Multigrain Bread
This rustic honey multigrain bread is slightly sweetened and full of hearty grains with a hearty crust and soft interior.
Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Never throw those bananas away again, make a giant loaf of this Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Banana Bread today! Tender, chocolatey, and better than your mama’s! There, I said it! Dish Count :: 2 Mixing Bowls, 1 Loaf Pan Someone in our house keeps asking me to buy bananas for his lunch, and only about half
Roasted Tomato and Olive Focaccia Bread
Soft and pillow, crispy edged roasted tomato and olive focaccia bread is the perfect addition to any soup, or dinner plate. Learning to bake bread can be intimidating, but rest assured this focaccia is simple, and packed of flavor. You will never need to buy it again. I’m not sure what I like most about
Gooey Apricot Orange Twisted Coffee Cake
A perfect sweet bread with warm apricots and orange this gooey apricot orange twisted coffee cake will be a big hit at your next tea time or for the holidays.
Lemon Almond Poppy Seed Babka
A spring twist, this lemon almond poppyseed babka is perfect with coffee or tea, or for holiday celebrations!
Perfect for a slightly more advanced-beginner, but gorgeous to make!
European Tea Bread – Czech Vanocka
Perfect for tea drinking or coffee dunking, this flaky on the outside, and soft on the inside bread is lightly flavored with plump raisins, slivered almonds, and simple citrus flavor that compliments every drink. Keep this on hand for special occasions or every day eating!
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