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As the weather gets colder and cozy vibes fill the air, it’s officially bread season! Get ready to turn your kitchen into a bread-baking wonderland with 10 creative recipes that will not only satisfy your carb craving, but also tickle your artistic side. From the whimsy of upside-down onion bread to the beauty of garden focaccia, the intricacy of lattice bread, and the colorful charm of tie-dye loaves, we’re about to prove that bread is easier to make than you think. Pro tip: check that your yeast is still active before you get baking!

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Recipe 1/4

Birthday Enchiladas

60 Min

Easy

6-8 Servings

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 pounds (680g) pork ribs, divided into individual ribs
  • 1 small carrot (2 ounces; 60g)
  • 1 small yellow onion, halved (4 ounces; 120g)
  • 5 black peppercorns
  • 2 bay leaves

Directions:

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Recipe 1/10

Web Bread

5 minutes

Easy

1 loaf

Ingredients:

  • Premade sourdough bread
  • 1 cup Cocoa powder

Directions:

  1. Roll out your pre-made sourdough bread on a lightly floured surface, shaping it into a smooth, round ball.
  2. Press a textured metal fruit bowl firmly into the dough, ensuring an even imprint. Then, sift cocoa powder over the surface of the dough.
  3. Lift the bowl to reveal the web-like pattern imprinted on the dough.
  4. Place the prepared sourdough bread in the oven and bake it at the specified temperature.
  5. Enjoy this creative touch on your sourdough bread.

Recipe 2/10

Garden Focaccia

2 hours

Easy

1 loaf

Ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 teaspoon yeast OR 200g sourdough starter/1 cup sourdough starter
  • 6 1/4 cups flour
  • 3 cups water
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 5 mini bell peppers
  • 10 sprigs cilantro
  • 7 cherry tomatoes

Directions:

  1. Mix all bread dough ingredients in a bowl.
  2. Let sit out at room temperature for 1 ½ hours or doubled in size.
  3. Place in an oiled 9×13 pan and punch down the dough with fingers. 
  4. Put desired toppings of mini bell peppers, cilantro, and cherry tomatoes to create a garden effect and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown in a 450 degree oven.

Recipe 3/10

Lattice Bread

4 hours

Easy

1 loaf

Ingredients:

  • 2 ¼ teaspoons yeast
  • 8 cups flour
  • 2 ½ cups water
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder

Directions:

  1. Mix all ingredients (without cocoa powder) together and let rest for 2 hours.
  2. Mix 2 cups of dough with cocoa powder. Set aside.
  3. Shape the rest of the dough into a batard or oval shape.
  4. Roll out chocolate dough into a disk with about ¼ inch thickness. Using a butter knife, make little slits, stretch out dough to create a lattice design. Place on top of the oval shaped dough.
  5. Let rest for 1 hour.
  6. Bake in a 425 degrees oven for 50 minutes to 55 minutes or until done.

Recipe 4/10

Crisscross Bread

1 hour

Easy

1 loaf

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon yeast
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup warm milk + 1 tablespoon milk
  • ½ tablespoon sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Sesame seeds

Directions:

  1. Mix all ingredients together and let rest for 30 minutes.
  2. Shape dough into a disk. Use fingers to create a crisscross pattern. 
  3. Brush milk on dough and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
  4. Bake in a 425 degrees oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Recipe 5/10

Chocolate Babka

2 hours

Easy

1 loaf

Ingredients:

  • For the bread:
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons yeast
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • ⅔ cup warm milk
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • For the filling:
  • 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ⅓ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

  1. Mix yeast, flour, milk, eggs, sugar and salt in a bowl until it forms a ball.
  2. Add in butter and mix thoroughly. 
  3. Let rest for 1 hour or until the dough doubles in size.
  4. In the meantime, put chocolate chips over a double boiler and melt. 
  5. Take it off the heat and mix in cinnamon, butter and vanilla extract. Set aside.
  6. Divide dough to eight balls and roll out into circles with a ¼ inch thickness.
  7. Place some of the filling on the flattened piece and fold.
  8. Place all eight pieces together to create flower design.
  9. Bake in a 350 degrees oven for 30 minutes or until done.

Recipe 6/10

Cinnamon Buds

1 hour 30 minutes

Easy

12 cinnamon buds

Ingredients:

  • For the bread:
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup lukewarm milk
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • ⅓ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • For the filling:
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • ⅓ cup unsalted butter, softened

Directions:

  1. Mix yeast, flour, milk, eggs, sugar and salt in a bowl until it forms a ball.
  2. Add in butter and mix thoroughly. 
  3. Let rest for 1 hour or until the dough doubles in size.
  4. In the meantime, mix in cinnamon, butter and light brown sugar. Set aside.
  5. Roll out dough into a rectangle with a ¼ inch thickness. Evenly spread sugar mixture.
  6. Fold dough into thirds and cut into 24 pieces about 1 inch thick.
  7. Stack two pieces on top of each other. Using a chopstick, flatten the middle, fold in half and use chopstick to twist into a cinnamon bud.
  8. Bake in a 350 degrees oven for 25 – 30 minutes.

Recipe 7/10

Tie Dye Bread

2 hours

Easy

8 rolls

Ingredients:

  • For the bread:
  • 1 ½ teaspoons yeast
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • For the topping:
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 of your favorite colored food dyes

Directions:

  1. Mix all bread ingredients together. Let rest for 1 hour.
  2. In the meantime, mix all topping ingredients together. Separate into two bowls and add one color of food dye into each bowl. Place both mixtures into a piping bag.
  3. Divide dough into 8 pieces and carefully roll into a ball with the palm of your hand.
  4. Let rest for 30 minutes.
  5. Pipe the topping onto the rested dough.
  6. Bake in a 350 degrees oven for 25 – 30 minutes or until done

Recipe 8/10

Spikey Bread

5 minutes

Easy

1 loaf

Ingredients:

  • Pre-made sourdough bread

Directions:

  1. Begin by taking your sourdough bread and rolling it into a ball on a surface lightly dusted with flour.
  2. Using a pair of kitchen scissors, carefully make cuts into the dough from the top to the bottom and from side to side, creating a spiky effect.
  3. Place the prepared sourdough bread in the oven and bake it at the temperature specified. 
  4. Once baked, enjoy your sourdough bread with a creative touch.

Recipe 9/10

Upside Down Bread

2 hours

Easy

1 loaf

Ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 teaspoons yeast OR 200g sourdough starter/1 cup sourdough starter
  • 6 1/4 cups flour
  • 3 cups water
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 red onion, sliced
  • 7 cherry tomatoes
  • 2 Tbsp unsalted butter

Directions:

  1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Let sit out at room temperature for 1 ½ hours or doubled in size.
  2. Once the dough has risen, take a cast iron skillet on medium Heat and add sliced red onions and cherry tomatoes with 2 tablespoons of butter cubed. 
  3. Let cook for about 5 minutes then remove from the heat.
  4. Place focaccia bread dough over top of the cooked vegetables and place into an oven at 450° for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Recipe 10/10

Olive Focaccia Bead

2 hours

Easy

1 loaf

Ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 teaspoon yeast OR 200g sourdough starter/1 cup sourdough starter
  • 6 1/4 cups flour
  • 3 cups water
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ¼ cup castelvetrano olives (green olives)

Directions:

  1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
  2. Let sit out at room temperature for 1 ½ hours or doubled in size.
  3. Place in an oiled 9×13 pan and punch down the dough with fingers. 
  4. Add a drizzle of olive oil and castelvetrano olives and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown in a 450 degree oven.

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