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55+ Homemade Bread Recipes

Listen, there’s nothing—and I do mean nothing—that compares to the smell of yeast blooming in a warm kitchen or the sound of a shatter-crisp crust singing as it cools on the counter. If you’ve been looking for the real deal, you’ve found the motherlode.

I’ve curated our very best yeast-leavened bread recipes, ranging from the legendary Jim Lahey no-knead bread to the crusty Portuguese papo secos I grew up eating. Whether you’re a sourdough obsessive maintaining a decades-old starter or a beginner just trying to get a simple sandwich loaf on the table, these recipes are designed to work every single time.

A round dish filled with Ukrainian garlic bread rolls, topped with garlic-parsley oil
Several cooked papo-secos on a wire rack.

Papo Secos ~ Portuguese Rolls

4 hrs

Halved slices of sourdough stacked on top of each other on a white and grey marble surface.

Sourdough Bread

12 hrs 30 mins

A baked loaf of focaccia with red onion and rosemary with two wedges cut from it.

Focaccia with Red Onion and Rosemary

18 hrs

Three pieces of mkate wa ufuta (Zanzibar sesame bread) with some sesame seeds sprinkled around it.

Zanzibar Sesame Bread ~ Mkate Wa Ufuta

1 hr 30 mins

A loaf of Jewish rye bread, cur in half, one half balancing on the other

Jewish Rye Bread

16 hrs 20 mins

Five classic brioche rolls on a wire rack, three in metal tins, two removed from the tins.

Brioche

4 hrs 30 mins

A Mason jar filled with rye sourdough starter.

Rye Sourdough Starter

7 d

A partially sliced loaf of buttermilk sandwich bread on a wooden cutting board with a bread knife lying beside it.

Buttermilk Sandwich Bread

1 hr 30 mins

A loaf of English muffin bread with two slices cut from the end on a wooden board.

English Muffin Bread

1 hr 45 mins

A paper bag filled with loaves of pane Francese.

Pane Francese

5 hrs

A baked pain d'epi on a piece of parchment paper.

Pain d’Épi

2 hrs 15 mins

A browned loaf of homemade sandwich bread in a metal loaf tin.

Homemade Sandwich Bread

11 hrs 30 mins

A loaf of Jim Lahey's pane bianco on a white wooden board.

Jim Lahey’s No-Knead Sourdough Bread

1 d 11 hrs 40 mins

Three boules of pain au levain (French-style sourdough).

Pain au Levain

21 hrs

Cast-iron pot with a loaf of Jim Lahey's no-knead whole-wheat bread on a gray background.

Jim Lahey’s No-Knead Whole-Wheat Bread

13 hrs 30 mins

A loaf of ciabatta, sliced, and filled with large air holes.

Ciabatta

4 hrs 20 mins

A person slicing a loaf of milk rye bread on a wooden cutting board.

Milk Rye Bread

12 hrs 30 mins

Two loaves of no-knead artisan bread, one with two slices cut from it and a dish of butter nearby.

No Knead Artisan Bread

5 hrs

A partially sliced loaf of multigrain bread on a wooden board.

Multigrain Bread

4 hrs

A bowl lined with a napkin and filled with pull-apart rolls.

Buttery Pull-Apart Rolls

2 hrs

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