Time to change into your baggiest sweatpants—the ones with the no-longer-elastic waistband.

• 45 M
• 3 H, 15 M
• 51

Rich, slightly sweet, and chewy in a good way, this stunner of a loaf is New York’s answer to France’s brioche.

• 45 M
• 4 H
• 8

An easy, foolproof, ever so slightly sweet corn bread that comes together as quickly as it disappears. Just watch it.

• 20 M
• 45 M
• 28

“Heavenly.” “The best cornbread we’ve ever had.” “Like eating cake.” “Stop me before I make another!” That’s what folks are saying about this unconventional cornbread.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 49

There’s cornbread. And then there’s cornbread enhanced with bacon, corn, and good ol’ bacon drippings. Just as God intended.

• 35 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 32

Sorta like a slice of pizza that’s folded in half to form a pocket, a calzone is a doughy bundle of indulgent loveliness. This one melds sausage, broccoli rabe, and ricotta cheese.

• Quick Glance
• 1 H, 15 M
• 3 H
• 0

This homey chocolate bread pudding transcends its arguably homey origins of brioche, milk, cream, sugar, eggs, and bittersweet chocolate.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 4

Orbs of deep-fried cornbread awesomeness that are crisp and burnished brown on the outside, cakey and tender on the inside, and truly irresistible through and through.

• Quick Glance
• 45 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 2

Stale bread? Itsoaks up a tangy vinaigrette in this interpretation of an Italian classic from the Barefoot Contessa herself. You’re welcome.

• 35 M
• 35 M
• 6

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?

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 20 M
• 7

Beautiful burger buns. Were ever three words joined in such harmonious sequence? Actually, let’s add buxom and buttery.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 40

Mmm. Buttery brioche. Incomparable to the store-bought stuff when made from scratch. And a heck of a lot easier to make than you’d imagine.

• 40 M
• 3 H, 15 M
• 2

These baking powder biscuits morph boring pantry staples into stunningly tender, buttery, pull-apart biscuits that scream to be eaten hot from the oven.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 25 M
• 2

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

• 30 M
• 45 M
• 25