Recipe Collection
Holiday Bread Recipes
The breads that make the table feel like a holiday. Hot cross buns, babka, king cake, paska, and stollen, with make-ahead timing and dual measurements so the day itself stays calm. Bake something worth gathering around.
19 recipes
Irish Soda Bread
Crusty, tender, and on the table in under an hour
A rustic Irish soda bread with a crackling crust and tender crumb. Ready in under an hour with pantry staples.
Mandarin Holiday Muffins
A Late-Night Bake Worth Sharing
Soft mandarin orange muffins with craisins and walnuts, baked in tall tulip cups. These café-style muffins are perfect for holiday gift-giving.
Pumpkin Spice Bread
Incredibly Moist Fall Quick Bread
Moist pumpkin spice quick bread with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and clove. Oil instead of butter keeps every slice tender for days.
Sourdough Pumpkin Spice Waffles | Baking Great Bread at Home
Crispy-Outside, Fluffy-Inside Discard Waffles
These overnight sourdough pumpkin waffles are crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and packed with warm autumn spices. The long fermentation breaks down the flour for easier digestion while developing complex, slightly tangy flavor that pairs beautifully with the pumpkin and maple.
Baba Wielkanocna — Polish Easter Cake
Poland's tall, golden Easter bread — rich with egg yolks, citrus, and tradition
Baba Wielkanocna is the Polish Easter cake — a tall, egg-rich enriched bread baked in a Bundt pan and finished with a bright lemon glaze.
Cinnamon Babka
Swirled, pull-apart enriched bread with a buttery cinnamon-sugar filling
A rich enriched dough filled with cinnamon sugar and butter. Mix Friday night, shape Saturday morning, bake cold for perfect layers every time.
Colomba-Inspired Easter Loaf
Italy's Easter dove bread — made approachable for the home baker
A home baker's take on Colomba Pasquale — the Italian Easter dove bread. Orange-scented enriched dough with candied peel and a crunchy almond glaze.
Easter Bunny Bread
A soft, golden enriched loaf shaped like a bunny — your Easter table centerpiece
Soft enriched Easter Bunny Bread shaped into a classic bunny face. Make one showpiece loaf or individual bunny rolls. Yeasted and sourdough versions included.
Henry's Paska Easter Bread
A soft, buttery Easter bread with a little citrus and a lot of meaning
Henry's Paska — soft, buttery, lightly sweet Easter bread with citrus zest in every slice. Sourdough and yeasted versions both included.
Holiday Chocolate Babka
Rich Buttery Swirled Gift Bread
Rich, buttery {{babka}} swirled with dark chocolate and a hint of cinnamon. This makes the perfect holiday gift bread, whether you bake it as two full…
Hot Cross Buns
Soft, Spiced, Fruit-Studded Easter Buns with a Traditional Flour Paste Cross
Pillowy spiced buns filled with currants and candied orange peel, topped with a traditional baked flour paste cross and finished with an apricot-orange glaze.
King Cake: A Mardi Gras Tradition Worth Mastering
Two Recipes, One Journey: Commercial Yeast & Sourdough Versions
"Henry, is king cake really bread?" I get this question every Carnival season. The answer is yes, absolutely. King cake is an {{enriched-dough}}, same…
Pumpkin-Shaped Savory Bread
Soft, Savory Loaf with Real Pumpkin Purée and Rosemary
Soft, savory bread made with real pumpkin purée and rosemary, shaped with kitchen twine into pumpkin segments. A showstopper centerpiece for fall.
Sculpted Easter Bunny Bread
A sculpted sourdough-style yeasted loaf shaped into an adorable Easter bunny
A crusty, sculptured Easter bunny bread shaped from a single boule — no extra dough needed. Cold overnight proof makes shaping easy.
Sourdough Hot Cross Buns
Overnight Spiced Buns with Natural Fermentation and a Traditional Flour Paste Cross
Spiced, fruit-studded hot cross buns made with 100% sourdough. A sweet levain controls the sour, tangzhong keeps them soft, and the flour paste cross goes on before baking.
Sourdough Round Challah | Baking Great Bread at Home
Honey-sweet, naturally leavened challah braided into a ring.
Honey-sweet sourdough challah braided into a round loaf. Naturally leavened, cold-retarded overnight, finished with black and white sesame.
Special Round Challah
Glossy, honey-sweet challah you can bake in one afternoon—or slow-ferment overnight with sourdough.
Glossy, honey-sweet challah you can bake in one afternoon—or slow-ferment overnight with sourdough. Enriched dough with honey and eggs, shaped into a beautiful braided circle.
Tsoureki — Greek Easter Braid
The aromatic, pull-apart Greek Easter bread you'll make every spring
Tsoureki is the traditional Greek Easter braid — enriched with eggs and butter, scented with mahlab and mastic, braided golden and beautiful.
Valentine's Zebra Bread
Soft Tangzhong Milk Bread with Natural Pink Swirl
A soft, pillowy milk bread with a stunning pink-and-white swirl pattern, made with natural roasted beetroot for color and the tangzhong method for that stay-soft texture.