A few days ago, we asked if bread is a necessary part of a big Thanksgiving spread. If your answer is a resounding YES, here are 15 recipes to fulfill your holiday bread basket needs, including classic potato dough dinner rolls, light-as-air cheese gougères, buttery angel biscuits, and a basic buttermilk quick bread with ten different flavor variations. More

As Cambria can attest, there are few things more disappointing than anticipating a warm slice of fresh-baked bread only to realize halfway through the recipe that your yeast is kaput. No tears, my friends! Yeast can be a tricky little scamp, but it need not be your foe. More

Avoiding animal products doesn't mean missing out on the holiday baking fun. Here are 10 favorite recipes for vegan cakes, breads, cookies and more, including no-knead cranberry-walnut pumpkin bread and simple vanilla almond sandies. More

The Thanksgiving prep has begun with dogeared recipes, phone calls to family members, and pie dough made and frozen. But recently the question of bread came up: do we need it? Do we want it? Will anyone miss the bread if it's not a part of the meal? More

Anyone else here think that the stuffing is the best part of Thanksgiving dinner? I love its mix of textures and flavors — crunchy roasted nuts with soft broth-soaked bread and chewy morsels of spiced sausage. Oh mama, that's good stuff! As the self-designated stuffing-maker in our house, I've tweaked and tested my recipe over the years until finally settling on this one easy method. More

Q: For Thanksgiving I'd like to make sourdough dinner rolls and am looking for a recipe that produces a soft, fluffy dinner roll with a hint of sweetness. I thought your readers might know an accurate and simple recipe for fantastic sourdough dinner rolls. I really want to amaze my family this year with my dish! More

This time of year I always crave a warm hearty bowl of soup and a flaky slice of bread to mop up all the goodness - this despite the fact that where I live (Texas) the daily highs are still hitting temps of 80 degrees. There's just something about seeing the golden shades of fall vegetables that makes me want to hunker down with a steaming bowl and pretend that, yes, maybe today a little rain will fall. (I actually just finished a bowl of tomato soup with some grilled cheese under these false pretenses.) In this spirit, we recently asked you for your favorite soup and sandwich combos, and in response, here are a few recipes to match your favorites! More

For the past few years I've been in charge of baking the bread for my family's Thanksgiving dinner. My sister usually hosts, but we all split cooking responsibilities, and bread has always been my thing. Due to popular request, I haven't strayed too far from a basic Parker House roll recipe (great for gravy dipping, even better for leftover sandwiches), but I'm really feeling the desire to switch it up this year. These buttermilk biscuits look delicious, and I can't wait to make them. More

As a Southerner, I am very picky about my cornbread, although not in the way one might think. Going against my region's tradition, I happen to like mine just a little bit sweet. (I know, the horror!) But more than that, I want my cornbread to be soft, tender, and above all moist, moist, moist. Dry cornbread is a total disgrace. More

There's nothing like seeing a picture of a perfectly crusty, gorgeously browned, flour-speckled artisan loaf to make you crave the real thing. In Flour Water Salt Yeast, Portland baker Ken Forkish takes the by-now-familiar template of no-knead breads baked in a Dutch oven and runs away with it. He delves into sourdoughs, encourages whole grains, and then has us end a long day of baking with a quick pizza or three. Need any more encouragement to roll up your sleeves and pull out the yeast? More