Sneak Preview: Discover 71 bread machine recipes designed for the DOUGH cycle of a bread machine and baked to perfection in a conventional oven. This approach ensures consistently excellent results, making you look like a pro!
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Since bread machines are my specialty, I’ve gathered all my best bread maker recipes in one place for you. No more endless searching for reliable recipes.
I use the bread machine’s DOUGH cycle for kneading, then shape the bread by hand and bake it in a conventional oven. This approach makes these the best bread with a bread machine.
With my recipes, you won’t need your bread machine manual. I’ll guide you step-by-step, covering shaping, pan size, oven temperature, and baking time. You’ll create bread you’re proud to share.
If you’re facing any issues, check the helpful posts at the bottom of the page.
No worries if you don’t have a bread machine or bread maker. Nearly all my recipes have alternate directions for stand mixers or making bread by hand.
Four Reasons These Bread Recipes Will Become Your Favorites
Delicious Flavor: Every recipe is tested repeatedly for fabulous taste.
But don’t blame your bread machine—it has no brain. Human intervention is needed to achieve the best results. It’s true. (Sorry if that bursts your bubble.) Professional-quality yeast bread can’t be made from start to finish with just the “START” button.
“Bread machines don’t have a brain to read dough or fingers to judge it.”
DOUGH Cycle Needed: My recipes only require a bread machine with a DOUGH cycle. Old or new doesn’t matter, as long as the motor is strong.
These Features Not Needed:My method does not require preheat cycles, multiple rest periods, or flour-specific options.
Bread Makers vs. Stand Mixers: Bread makers are worth it—they have timers (for convenience) and control the heat during rising. Stand mixers lack these features but are better for large batches (more than 4-5 cups per recipe).
Yes, You Can Make Good Bread with a Bread Machine
Simple Recipes: Even beginners can succeed with ease by following my tips.
Advanced Options: Try Ciabatta, Bread Machine Brioche, or Bread Machine Sourdough with no commercial yeast—something for everyone.
Free Bread Machine Course: Perfect for anyone looking to make share-worthy bread with a bread maker. Highly recommended!
Happy Bakers Speak Up
“Thank you for helping making bread so easy!”—ANA
“I’ve made the Ciabatta bread, the french bread and today the buttermilk sandwich bread. They have all come out PERFECT! The recipes are easy to follow and I love that I can weigh the ingredients. My husband couldn’t get enough of the french bread. He told me not to lose the recipe since it was the best I’ve made since I have tried several different recipes and this was by far the best! Thank you!! Can’t wait to try some other of your recipes.” —PATTY
“I have had to make all my bread, pizza, and roll doughs in my bread machines all the time now due to time constraints and your recipes have helped me make full use of my machines with good results. It was very helpful to realize I could do the dough in the machines and finish up in my oven, no holes in the bottom of the loaf, yay!!”—DIANA R.
Browse Here for Your Next Bread Machine Recipe
Explore a variety of recipes, from simple to advanced, and find the perfect one for your next baking adventure.
Easy Bread Machine French Bread Recipe for Everyday Baking
This easy Bread Machine French Bread recipe combines the convenience of a bread maker with the texture of oven-baked bread. Perfect for everyday meals, the recipe features a soft crumb and golden crust. Detailed instructions guide beginners and seasoned bakers alike through mixing, shaping, and baking. Includes a recipe for a mini bread machine and alternative methods for mixing like stand mixers or hand-kneading.
This 100% whole-grain loaf is mixed in a bread machine, shaped by hand, and baked in a conventional oven. Optional ingredients include peanut butter or sunflower butter and vital wheat gluten.
How To Make Perfect Bread Machine Pizza Dough Every Time
This pizza crust is made with a bread machine (although easily converted to a stand mixer recipe or by hand) and is simple enough for a beginner to make.
Make Spinach Parmesan Bread with a bread machine for effortless dough prep, then bake it in the oven for a golden crust. Parmesan and onion add bold flavor, while fresh spinach brings color without turning the loaf green. Perfect for sandwiches or toast!
Chocolate Babka Recipe Made Simpler with a Bread Machine
Surprise your family and friends with this Chocolate Babka. A bread machine makes mixing and kneading the rich dough a hands-off process. You take over the shaping and baking process for the best loaf possible.
This recipe yields light, airy, and slightly sweet dinner rolls that you can easily mix in your bread machine. Shape them by hand and par-bake days or weeks in advance. Store the rolls in the refrigerator or freezer and bake them just before serving for maximum freshness.
Irresistible Yeast Cornbread Rolls: A Bread Machine Recipe
These are interesting yeasty cornbread rolls that are mixed and kneaded in a bread machine. The cornmeal adds an interesting crunch to the crust and the texture.
This hearty seeded bread blends sprouted wheat flour and bread flour for structure and nutrition. A touch of cinnamon and honey adds warmth without overpowering. The dough is mixed and kneaded in your bread machine, then shaped by hand and baked in the oven for a chewy, golden crust. Toasted seeds inside and out bring color, texture, and flavor to every slice.
This slightly sweet and spicy cheese loaf is extremely munchable. Once it cools, cut or slice it into chunks for snacks or make toasted cheese sandwiches with your preferred jelly. It’s a sweet and savory treat.
Rustic Crusty Bread: A Simple Bread Machine Recipe You’ll Love
This Crusty Bread Machine recipe (made in a bread machine) produces a rustic loaf of bread that involves making a sponge the night before. Overnight, the dough develops a deep, yeasty flavor in addition to a soft texture with a close crumb. Use the DOUGH cycle to mix the dough, then bake in your oven for a fabulous loaf you will be excited to share.
These potato hamburger buns (mixed in a bread machine) are guaranteed to make your next outdoor party more memorable. They are soft but sturdy buns and flavorful without tasting like dessert. A fresh potato is the secret ingredient.
Celebrate fall flavors with this amazing recipe for Pumpkin Brioche Cinnamon Twist made with the help of a bread machine. Don’t miss the helpful recipe secrets inside the post. Yield: one delightful loaf.
Easy No-Salt Focaccia Bread Recipe with a Bread Machine
This salt-free focaccia crust is made with a bread machine (although easily converted to a stand mixer recipe or by hand) and is simple enough for a beginner to make.
Bread Machine Hot Cross Buns: Make Good Friday Special
Soft, spiced, and slightly sweet, these Bread Machine Hot Cross Buns are a traditional Good Friday favorite. Made with warm spices, raisins, and a tender dough, they are easy to prepare using a bread machine, stand mixer, or by hand.
This Buttermilk Bread Machine recipe makes a soft white sandwich loaf. Skip the hassle of kneading. Let your bread machine do the job instead. Shape the dough by hand and bake in your oven for a blue-ribbon loaf.
Best Oatmeal Bread Machine Recipe with Sunflower Seeds
This Oatmeal Bread Machine recipe has a mild, non-assertive but nutty flavor thanks to the sunflower seeds. It’s perfect for sandwiches and toast. Make the dough in a bread machine and bake it in your oven.
Make Sourdough Bread (Without Yeast) Using a Bread Machine
Make no-yeast sourdough bread effortlessly with your bread machine’s DOUGH cycle for mixing and kneading. Shape the dough by hand and bake it in a conventional oven to achieve a crisp crust and artisan-style appearance. With a 72% hydration level (excluding the starter), this recipe delivers a light, airy loaf with classic sourdough character.
Bread Machine Cinnamon-Raisin Bread with a Unique Twist
This recipe makes a sweet cinnamon swirl bread with or without raisins. Use your bread machine to mix and knead the dough, but bake in your conventional oven for the best crust.
Japanese Milk Bread Rolls (Bread Machine + Tangzhong)
These soft and layered dinner rolls are shaped into tender spirals that pull apart beautifully. A quick Tangzhong paste helps the dough hold moisture and stay fresh longer. The bread machine handles the mixing, and the shaping is easy and fun.Try the chocolate version for dessert or substitute whole wheat flour for a fiber boost.
Baking Sourdough Dinner Rolls with a Bread Machine
These chewy sourdough rolls have a crisp crust and a slightly tangy flavor. Let your bread machine do the mixing and kneading before shaping and baking them in the oven. Perfect for sandwiches, soups, or simply enjoying warm with butter.
Bread Machine Garlic Breadsticks: Baked to Golden Perfection
These bread machine garlic breadsticks are golden on the outside, tender inside, and brushed with a savory garlic butter glaze. Perfect for pairing with pasta, soup, or a simple dipping sauce..
Mix up a savory, herb-infused Tomato Basil Bread using your bread machine for kneading, then shape and bake it in the oven for the best texture and crust. Perfect for sandwiches and toast!
A finely-textured loaf of soft white bread–mixed, kneaded, and proofed in a bread machine, but shaped by hand and baked in a conventional oven for the best of both worlds.
Bread Machine Challah: A Braided Beauty for Any Table
Bread Machine Challah, a traditional Jewish bread, is a golden, eggy, tender, and only slightly sweet yeast bread you can mix and knead in your bread machine. This is an easy, dairy-free version.
Authentic Ciabatta Bread Machine Recipe with Biga Starter
This rustic ciabatta starts with an overnight biga for flavor and chew. After mixing the dough in your bread machine, let it rise in a container, shape it gently into two flour-dusted logs, and bake on a lined baking sheet to create the classic airy texture and crisp crust.
How to Make a Hearty Rye Bread Recipe (Bread Machine)
This dense and hearty rye bread boule is flavored with molasses and caraway seed. Make a “sponge” the night before in your bread machine, then add the remaining ingredients the next day. This simple step will give you a better texture and more complex flavor.
A soft, chewy cornbread dough made with Jiffy Mix and yeast is perfect for twisting into cornbread breadsticks or wrapping around hot dogs for a fun baked corn dog variation. The DOUGH cycle on a bread machine makes it easier.
Buttery brioche rolls made from bread machine dough, shaped into two-ball pull-apart rolls, and baked in a muffin pan for a tender, layered texture. Before getting started, I recommend taking a moment to read the entire recipe from start to finish.
Bread Machine Focaccia with Rosemary and Parmesan is an easy, beginner-friendly recipe that uses a bread machine to mix and knead the dough. Shape it thick or thin, customize the toppings, and enjoy freshly baked focaccia in no time. Includes tips for hand or stand-mixer methods.
This classic Cuban bread gets a boost of flavor from lard and a soft but chewy texture thanks to a balanced flour blend. The bread machine handles all the mixing and rising—just shape, slash, and bake. Heads up: For the best flavor, make the preferment the night before. Or skip it if you don’t have time.
A sweet and soft bread in the same style as my favorite Hawaiian bread at the grocery store. The instructions are for mixing and kneading in a bread machine, then shaping by hand and baking in a conventional oven.
Bread Machine Dinner Rolls: A Tested and Approved Classic
This recipe produces a light and airy, slightly sweet dinner roll you can mix up in your bread machine. Shape by hand and bake in your conventional oven for the best of both worlds. See the post above for many hints to help you be successful with this recipe.
These soft, golden rolls are made with mashed sweet potatoes and kneaded in your bread machine for convenience. Bake them plain or brush with honey butter for a warm and lightly sweet finish.
This Honey Wheat Bread Machine Recipe is a great way to add more whole grains to your diet while still enjoying a lighter, flavorful loaf. Perfect for sandwiches and toast!
Leftover Cranberry Sauce Yeast Dinner Rolls: a Bread Machine Recipe
Put that leftover cranberry sauce to good use. Make this Cranberry Yeast Bread into a loaf, dinner rolls, or slider buns. The lemon and cranberry flavors go perfectly with turkey or ham. It’s also a delicious way to put cranberries on your Thanksgiving menu.
These cinnamon rolls are pillowy, flavorful, and built to last. The Tangzhong method makes the crumb more tender than a typical homemade roll, and the bread machine simplifies prep. You’ll love the balance of cinnamon and brown sugar with just a hint of clove.
Crusty Bread Machine Rolls with a Secret Cornstarch Glaze
Bake these crusty rolls using your bread machine and a secret cornstarch glaze for an exceptionally crispy crust and soft interior. Perfect alongside soups, stews, or simply with butter.
Healthy Yeasted Banana Bread: A Bread Machine Recipe
Break out of your same old banana bread routine. Use those old bananas with lots of black specks on the peel to make this Banana Yeast Bread with whole wheat flour in your bread machine. It’s slightly sweet with a sugar-cardamom mixture sprinkled over the top.
Mix this chewy honey whole wheat pizza dough in your bread machine, then chill overnight for best texture. Press into a pizza pan, add toppings, and bake in a hot oven for a golden, crisp crust.
My Best Cinnamon Rolls are traditional cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing. Written for mixing in a bread machine. These are super popular on my blog and with my family.
A fragrant rosemary bread with dried cranberries and toasted pecans, made easy with your bread machine. Shape the dough by hand and bake for a crisp, golden crust.
These rolls are soft but slightly chewy dinner rolls. They will make your house smell like a chic Parisian cafe as they bake. Wonderful with a Thanksgiving turkey.
Bread Machine Fruit Bread: Soft, Sweet, and Packed with Flavor
This bread machine fruit bread has a soft, egg-enriched crumb with bursts of dried fruit. The dough is mixed and kneaded in the bread machine, then shaped and baked in the oven for the best texture. Ideal for toast, French toast, or even bread pudding!
Christmas Dinner Rolls with Brown Butter and Rosemary Recipe
You’ll find this festive ring of rosemary yeast rolls difficult to resist. They also make wonderful slider buns for leftover ham, turkey, or roast beef.
Mix and knead this sweet yeast bread in a bread machine, use your preferred method of shaping, then bake it in a conventional oven. Your fans will love it!
Buttery orange-scented yeast rolls filled with zest and sugar, mixed in a bread machine, and finished with a creamy citrus glaze. Inspired by the iconic Alabama original.
These lightweight dinner rolls come with with a touch of sweetness. The seeds add interest and texture. Make the dough in a bread machine, then bake in your oven for the best of both worlds.
White Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls (Bread Machine Instructions)
These rolls are made with 100% white whole wheat flour, mixed in a bread machine, and shaped by hand. They’re lighter in flavor than traditional whole wheat rolls and bake up soft and golden—great for holidays or everyday meals.
This party bread is made with Monkey Bread yeast dough that is mixed and kneaded in a bread machine. While rolling out the dough, use three different flavors: butter, cheese, and cinnamon-sugar. My grandkids go crazy for this bread.
This soft and tender pull-apart Monkey Bread starts with dough made in your bread machine. After shaping and coating each piece in melted butter (with or without cinnamon sugar), it’s layered into a bundt pan and baked until golden. A classic comfort food with sweet and savory possibilities.
This Brown Bread Recipe is dark-colored bread like we used to get at the local Steak and Ale. Directions for mixing and kneading in a bread machine are included.
Mix dough with Tangzhong paste in a bread machine, shape into rolls filled with cheese, proof, and bake. Easily adaptable for stand mixer or handmade methods (see recipe notes).
This Bread Machine Pretzel Dough recipe creates soft, chewy buns or rolls perfect for sandwiches or enjoying solo with mustard. The dough is mixed using the bread machine, shaped into rolls, boiled in a baking soda bath, and baked to golden perfection. Dairy-free and versatile, it can also be shaped into classic pretzels.
How to Make Pull-Apart Yogurt Rolls With a Bread Machine
These fantans are made with yogurt and mixed in a bread machine or stand mixer. They are shaped like pull-apart brown-and-serve rolls from the grocery store.
Braided Cardamom Bread is a sweet, spiced yeast bread mixed in a bread machine and hand-braided before baking. It’s soft, aromatic, and perfect for pairing with coffee or tea.
Savor this Sally Lunn-inspired Blueberry Bread swirled with juicy berries. Made with a bread machine and baked to golden perfection in a conventional oven. Try it today!
This recipe for Seeded Rolls makes dinner rolls or buns mixed and kneaded in the bread machine, Roll in a snail shape, top with seeds, and bake in a conventional oven.
Multigrain Burger Buns Recipe Made Easier with a Bread Machine
These multigrain burger buns combine a soft, enriched dough with the hearty texture of 7-grain cereal. The addition of mashed potatoes helps them stay fresh longer, making them perfect for burgers, barbecue, or even breakfast sandwiches. Let your bread machine do the work, then shape and bake them to golden perfection.
These Oatmeal Rolls are soft, light, and fluffy with just enough oatmeal to give a little chew and make them interesting. Honey adds the right amount of sweetness.
Please email me if you want a specific recipe but don’t see it here (address below). I’ll add it to my list. Many of the recipes you see here were created and tested in response to a reader request.
Paula Rhodes, owner
As a retired home economist, I created Saladinajar.com to share my belief that you don’t have to be a chef to find joy in creating homemade food worth sharing. Bread machines (used in an unconventional way), homemade yogurt, and quick microwave recipes are my specialty.