Preview: Check out this collection of the best bread machine recipes you can mix up in your bread machine or bread maker. Most are easy. A few are advanced.
Since bread machines are my thing, I gathered up all of my best bread maker recipes into one place to make it easy for you. No more scouring the web for mind-numbing hours looking for a recipe that may or may not be good.
You won’t need the user’s manual you got with your bread machine when you use one of my recipes. I’ll guide you step-by-step on how to make the best bread machine recipes while using a bread machine to do what it does best.
No worries if you don’t have a bread machine or bread maker as some call them. Nearly all of my recipes have alternate directions for stand mixers, food processors, or making bread by hand.

If you are looking for a specific recipe but don’t see it here, please send me an email (address below). I’ll add it to my list. A good number of the recipes you see here were created and tested in response to a reader request.
How to get the best bread when using a bread machine:
When I bake bread, I want it to be the best. It has to be worth the trouble and all those steps it takes to burn up the calories.
When the ingredients are dumped in a machine, mixed, and then baked right there in the machine, it’s not always the best. Many times, it’s downright awful.
But don’t blame your bread machine or bread maker. After all, it doesn’t have a brain. Human intervention is often required to make the very BEST bread that tastes good, looks good, and compares favorably with anything you can buy at a bakery.
In my book, bread makers are the best kneading machine in the world. So I use them to mix and knead the dough. When the dough cycle completes, grab the dough and work it into the shape of your choice.
Let it rise and stick it in your oven. Don’t take it out until it’s perfectly baked throughout (use a quick-read thermometer if you need to) and golden brown.
“Bread machines don’t have a brain.”
You’ll be amazed at how simple most of these recipes are. Even beginners will likely find success, especially if you read and follow all the tips. But you’ll also find some more advanced recipes like the Ciabatta above, Triple-Flavor Monkey Bread, or Bread Machine Brioche. There is truly something for everybody.
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Crusty French Bread (Mixed in a Bread Machine)
A simple, crusty French bread you can mix up in your bread machine and bake in the oven for the freshest bread ever
The Softest Bread Machine Dinner Roll Recipe
These homemade rolls are everything you could want in a dinner roll: light, airy, flavorful, and versatile. Plus, thanks to a Tangzhong-inspired modification, they stay fresh for 2-3 days with no preservatives
Bread Machine Sourdough Dinner Rolls
These chewy sourdough bread rolls are easy to mix and knead with a bread machine. Instructions for making a starter with yogurt or yogurt whey are included.
Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls with Chocolate Icing
Dark chocolate cocoa flavors the rich dough to make fabulous cinnamon rolls that will remind you of chocolate doughnuts with chocolate frosting.
Oatmeal-Sunflower Bread Recipe
Oatmeal-Sunflower Bread has a mild, non-assertive but nutty flavor that's perfect for sandwiches and toast.
Sweet-Milk Soft White Bread: Worth the Splurge
Baby Boomers who remember Wonder bread will love this stuff. It makes the best peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Crusty Round Bread (made in a bread machine)
Crusty Round Bread (made in a bread machine); Two-step process slowly develops yeasty flavor resulting in a chewy texture with a close crumb.
Bread Machine Ciabatta
Because ciabatta starts life as a very slack and sticky dough, the bread machine is a useful tool to mix and knead the dough.
Hearty Bread-Machine Rye Bread
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.
Baked Corn Dogs or Cornbread Twists
A hot dog wrapped with a yeasty cornbread dough or make the same dough and twist the strips into cornsticks to go with a hearty soup like chili or stew.
How To Make Brioche with a Bread Machine
Now you can make classic brioche in your bread machine, then shape it by hand to meet your specific needs before baking in a conventional oven.
Bread Machine Rosemary Parmesan Focaccia
Bread Machine Rosemary Parmesan Focaccia is easy to mix and knead in a bread machine, then shaped by hand and baked in a conventional oven.
Homemade Whole Wheat Rolls
Whole Wheat Rolls are sturdy but soft and tasty, making them suitable for buns or mini-sliders.
Sweet Hawaiian-Style Rolls
A sweet and soft roll in the same style as my favorite Hawaiian bread at the grocery store. Instructions for mixing and kneading in a bread machine, then shaping by hand and baking in a conventional oven.
Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls with Honey Butter Glaze
Light and fluffy dinner rolls made with sweet potatoes and baked with a honey-butter glaze. Great slider buns without glaze.
Honey Whole Wheat Bread
This recipe for Honey Whole Wheat Bread will make one fabulous loaf of whole wheat bread. "Healthy" never tasted so good.
Cranberry-Lemon Dinner Rolls--A Bread Machine Recipe
A light and fluffy dinner roll with lemon and cranberry flavors that go perfectly with turkey or ham; a delicious way to put cranberries on your Thanksgiving menu
Soft Garlic Sticks
This is a bread machine recipe for yeasted garlic bread sticks that taste similar to the ones at Olive Garden.
Bread Machine Bear Claws
Mix up these rich sweet rolls in your bread machine. They are really just fancy looking cinnamon rolls with icing and almonds on top. Crazy easy.
How To Make Cinnamon Rolls with the Tangzhong Technique
These cinnamon rolls are so soft, flaky, buttery, and ooey-gooey, they probably won't last more than one day. But if you have leftovers, you'll be surprised how yummy they are.
Really Crusty Bread Rolls | A Bread Machine Recipe
Crusty dinner rolls with a soft interior. A cornstarch glaze is the secret.
Cracked Wheat Berry Bread -- A Bread Machine Recipe
A nubby, crunchy loaf with cracked wheat berries you can easily make in your bread machine
Steakhouse Orange Rolls From a Bread Machine
Distinctly orange-flavored sweet yeast rolls similar to those served at one of my sister's favorite steakhouses in Alabama.....mixed and kneaded in a bread machine
Healthy Banana Bread You Can Make in Your Bread Machine
Break out of your same old banana bread routine. Use those old bananas to make this Banana Whole Wheat Yeast Bread in your bread machine. It's slightly sweet with a sugar-cardamom mixture sprinkled over the top.
CPK Honey Whole Wheat Pizza Dough from Your Bread Machine
CPK Honey Whole Wheat Pizza Dough gets a make-over with directions and amounts appropriate for a bread machine.
My Favorite Pizza Dough
My Favorite Pizza Dough is made in a bread machine (although easily converted to a stand mixer recipe or by hand) and is simple enough for a beginner to make.
My Best Cinnamon Rolls: Inspired by Pecan Twirls
My Best Cinnamon Rolls are traditional cinnamon rolls with cream cheese --includes a secret ingredient. Written for mixing in a bread machine.
Cornmeal Dinner Rolls
Cornmeal Dinner Rolls | A Bread Machine Recipe makes a yeast roll formulated to be mixed and kneaded in a bread machine with just enough cornmeal to add a slight but interesting crunch to the crust.
Rosemary Bread Machine Recipe with Dried Cranberries and Pecans
This bread machine recipe is a sweet and savory loaf with a crispy crust. The cherries, pecans, and rosemary complement each other.
Herb and Garlic Yeast Rolls
These rolls are a soft but slightly chewy dinner roll that will make your house smell like a chic little Parisian cafe as they bake. Wonderful with a Thanksgiving turkey.
Golden Egg Bread with Dried Fruit
Golden Egg Bread with Dried Fruit has a light texture that works well for bread pudding, sandwiches, and eating out of hand.
Browned Butter and Rosemary Yeast Rolls
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.
Whole Wheat Apple Pie Yeast Bread
A sweet yeast bread to mix and knead in a bread machine, then baked in a conventional oven
Sweet Rum-Raisin Yeast Rolls
Get out your bread machine to make these fluffy and light rolls flavored with rum or rum extract and raisins.
Lemony Pull-Apart Bread
A simple pull-apart bread flavored with lemon and orange zest that you can make in your bread machine
Poppy Seed Yeast Rolls
Poppy Seed Yeast Rolls are light and airy poppy seed dinner rolls with a touch of sweetness.
White Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls (Bread Machine)
Light and soft white whole wheat dinner rolls will be the star of the party.
Triple-Flavor Monkey Bread
Monkey Bread (yeast) with 3 different flavors: butter, cheese, cinnamon-sugar; mixed and kneaded in a bread machine
Potato-Cheese Yeast Rolls
A bread machine recipe for potato yeast rolls laced with chewy Cheddar cheese. Make the night before and refrigerate if more convenient.
Bread Machine Monkey Bread
A pull-apart, brioche-like yeast bread, mixed and kneaded in a bread machine, then baked in the oven in a bundt pan.
Steakhouse Rolls--Another Bread Machine Recipe
Steakhouse Rolls are like rolls you might be served at a steakhouse. Directions for mixing and kneading in a bread machine are included.
Cheesy-Crusted Yeast Rolls
Cheesy-Crusted Yeast Dinner Rolls are a light and fluffy dinner roll with melty cheese on the inside and crusty cheese on the outside.
Bread Machine Pretzel Buns
Pretzel Buns are even better than they look. They will take your sandwiches to a new level. Or eat the buns by themselves or with a little bit of mustard.
Bread Machine Challah
Easy to mix up and knead in your bread machine. Twist it yourself. A great idea for Easter.
Yogurt Fantans (Made in a Bread Machine)
Just like Brown-n-Serves, only way better. Impossible not to enjoy eating these pull-apart rolls.
Cardamom Yeast Bread With a Secret Ingredient (Another Bread Machine Recipe)
There are no words to describe how addictive this recipe is. The cardamom is so mild but perfectly complements the sweetness of the bread.
Blueberry-Stuffed Sally Lunn Bread (Mixed in a Bread Machine)
A fabulous recipe when you want to out-do yourself
Seeded Twirly Buns (made with a Bread Machine)
You pick the seeds you want to use for these fun dinner rolls.
Twisted Cinnamon-Pecan Breakfast Yeast Bread
All the flavors of a cinnamon roll wrapped up in a delicate and sweet dough. Especially nice for a ladies breakfast, brunch, or shower
7-Grain Homemade Hamburger Buns (Bread Machine)
These buns will make you welcome at any cook-out, picnic, or barbecue.
Honey and Oat Dinner Rolls
Honey-Oatmeal Dinner Rolls have just enough oatmeal to give a little chew and make them interesting. Sturdy slider buns perfect for hamburgers.
A Texas-Sized Cinnamon Roll from a Bread Machine
Try this really big cinnamon roll that fills an 8-inch round pan adding a fun twist to a holiday cinnamon roll tradition
Looking for some advice for using your bread maker?
- 6 Bread-Machine Secrets You Need To Know To Make Marvelous Bread: Beginners should start here.
- How To Use a Bread Machine to Make Fabulous Bread: Learn about my philosophy of using a bread machine for what it does best.
- How to Choose a Bread Maker: This is a buyer’s guide to purchasing a bread machine. Find out how to match your needs with the right bread machine.
- 5 Surprising Reasons I Don’t Bake Bread in My Bread Machine: Read about the unconventional way I use my bread machine.
- How to Convert a Yeast Bread Recipe for Use in a Bread Machine: Do you have a favorite recipe you want to make in your bread machine? Now you can.
- How To Rescue Bread Dough When You Forgot To Add the Yeast: All may not be lost. If you have time, try this solution to save your bread.
If you have a question or problem you need help with, please write it in the comment section below so I can respond back. You can also email me privately: paula at saladinajar.com.
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Susan
Wednesday 25th of November 2020
I am looking for a persimmon bread machine recipe... All the searches yielded to oven made recipes. Hopefully, you have experimented on a bread machine and would like to share
Paula
Wednesday 25th of November 2020
Hi Susan,
I'm curious to try this. Have you made a persimmon bread recipe that you liked? If so, send it over and I'll convert it for you. Almost any regular bread recipe can be mixed up and kneaded in a bread machine, then baked in the oven. That's the way I do ALL my bread. If you want to try to convert it yourself, see this post for more help.
Here's another thought: I have a wonderful banana yeast bread recipe I make with a bread machine (but I do bake it in the oven for a superior loaf). I wonder if you could substitute persimmons for bananas.
Margie Kaminski
Wednesday 18th of November 2020
Paula, Do you have a book with these recipes? If not - I would hope you're thinking about it! Thanks for all the help!
Paula
Wednesday 18th of November 2020
Hi Margie,
Thanks for your kind words. No book. But I do print them off and keep them in a special box.
George
Sunday 26th of July 2020
Hi Paula, do you have a recipe for katsiburry (I have no idea how to spell it, so I hope this will help). Thanks. Org
Paula
Sunday 26th of July 2020
Hi George,
I have never heard of "katsiburry." Google evidently hasn't heard of it either so I'm at a loss. Can you describe it?
Lora
Sunday 19th of July 2020
Great share. That's now in my to-do recipe collection.
Paula
Sunday 19th of July 2020
Fantastic Lora. Let me know your favorites.
Beth manuela
Tuesday 7th of April 2020
Thank you recipe am interested for baking