Want to Bake Bread at Home? Start with These 7 Beginner Bread Recipes

So, I hear you want to bake bread! That’s music to my bread-loving ears and I can’t wait to help you get started. Bread baking isn’t hard per se, but it can be intimidating. We’ve all been there, and I can tell you from experience that it’s easier than it seems. Even if you’ve never opened a package of yeast or taken your KitchenAid’s dough hook out of the box, don’t worry about a thing, you’ve got this.

Starting with the most simple bread recipes is the key to learning the basics and gaining confidence. These seven recipes, including no-knead bread, are far from complicated but are sure to result in seriously good loaves that might just rival your local bakery.

But before we get the recipes, let’s start with some helpful tips that will hopefully answer some of the common questions that are likely swirling around your mind. Because even if you’re working with basic loaves, there are sure to be questions that arise in the process. Am I using the right yeast? Is it rising properly? Did I knead the loaf too much? Did I knead it enough? Luckily, we’re here to help answer all of these and more.

• What’s the Difference Between Active Dry Yeast and Instant Yeast?
• Active Dry & Instant Yeast: Best Tips for Working with Yeast
• Longer-Lasting Yeast: Store Dry Yeast in the Freezer
• Bread-Baking Clinic: Under-kneading and Over-kneading
• How to Do the Windowpane Test When Kneading Dough

• How to Shape a Sandwich Loaf of Bread

• How to Tell When Bread is Done

Once you feel confident with the basic breads above, feel free to try experimenting with more. These roundups and recipes are sure to take you to the next level in your bread baking routine.

• 23 Homemade Breads to Fit Any Schedule

• 15 Bread-Making Tutorials

• How to Make Sourdough Bread
• How to Make Dutch Crunch Bread