Mommom’s Chocolate Bourbon-Spiked Banana Bread

No matter what its title, this little life-changer of a recipe isn’t quite Mommom’s, er, your grandma’s banana bread. It’s better.

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• 25 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 14

Bite-Size Bacon and Cheese Scones

Cute as a button, and not much bigger, these buttery, bacony, cheesy scones are the most diminutive and darned good baked thing we’ve had in recent memory.

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• 30 M
• 45 M
• 26

Semolina Pizza Dough

A little semolina goes a looooong way in lending this dough an easy-to-knead workability and a surprisingly tooth-sinking texture. (You heard us. Tooth-sinking.)

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• 20 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 1

Buttermilk Drop Biscuits

“The best biscuits I’ve ever had.” That’s what many, many of our testers are saying about these very simple, very old-fashioned, very buttery biscuits.

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• 15 M
• 35 M
• 19

Feather Light Rolls

These exceptionally airy pull-apart rolls bake up crisp on the outside, tender on the inside, and, yes, light as a feather through and through.

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• 20 M
• 2 H
• 7

Ciabatta

Every once in a while, along comes a loaf of bread that’s so rustic, so toothsome, so memorable it ruins every other bread experience. Here’s that loaf.

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• 30 M
• 4 H, 20 M
• 9

Banana Bread French Toast

That’s right. A behemoth stack of French toast made from–believe it–thick-sliced banana bread. Sort of makes you believe in Santa, too, doesn’t it?

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• 20 M
• 20 M
• 5

Flaky Croissants

Trust us. When there’s an obscenely buttery, flakey, made-from-scratch croissant before you, you’ll be glad you didn’t run out to the corner bakery.

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• 45 M
• 3 H
• 22

Jamaican Fried Dough | Festival

Slightly sweet and pleasantly dense, these Jamaican dumplings with the festive name are adept at mopping up all manner of savory sauces.

Chocolate Babka

Best babka ever! Holy Cow! Holy Babka! Those are just some of the responses we’re hearing ’bout this indulgent loaf of butter-y, chocolate-y, Jewish-y goodness.

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• 1 H
• 4 H
• 12

Pumpkin Quick Bread

Home cook and storybook savant T. Susan Chang explains how she eventually came around to baking this quick, fragrant, subtly sweet loaf from a gourd of fairy tale proportions.

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• 20 M
• 2 H
• 14

Cinnamon Rolls

It never ceases to confound us when something as common as cinnamon rolls turn out divinely inspired. Want to know what we mean? Just make these.

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• 45 M
• 3 H, 15 M
• 15

Buttermilk Sandwich Loaf

A fast-rising home-baked white sandwich loaf that tastes–dare we say it?–better than mom’s. Way better. And just wait ’til you toast it.

Rachel’s Very Beginner’s Cream Biscuits

Scandalously simple. Ethereally airy. Magical. That’s just a sampling of what folks are saying about these two-ingredient Southern cream biscuits. See for yourself.

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• 15 M
• 30 M
• 53

Cinnamon Toast with Butter and Honey

Everything you remember from childhood–crisped (but not burnt) at the edges, slathered with butter, sprinkled with cinnamon, and, if you were fortunate, drizzled with honey.

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• 3 M
• 3 M
• 3

Brioche

Is there a more perfect breakfast? These glorious, golden brown brioche get their glow from lots of egg yolks and a healthy amount of butter.

Spoon Bread

From the cooking icon Edna Lewis, this light, airy spoon bread whispers, in that inimitable Southern way, to be included on tables everywhere. Even in the North.

Carrot Muffins

These little lovelies contain sugar and spice and everything nice–including an oh-so-buttery oat streusel and a batter so enticing you’d never, ever guess it’s good for you.

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• 20 M
• 55 M
• 17

Sticky Pecan Bites

These one-bite indulgences, mini-sticky rolls of sorts, are the fastest way we can think to get a caramel-y, buttery, nutty sticky bun fix. Are you in?

Blue Cheese Tartine

A blur of sweet, smoky, creamy goodness, this tartine of sourdough, a schmaer of blue cheese, and a dribble of honey makes basic bruschetta seem humdrum.

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• 10 M
• 15 M
• 15