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26 Easter Bread Recipes You’ll Want To Make Every Year

Updated on February 25, 2026

From brunch classics like hot cross buns and muffins to braided Easter bread for your dinner table, these special holiday recipes are perfect for rounding out your menu.

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Our Best Bread Recipes for Easter

Easter bread is a tradition around the world. And it's no wonder when you consider all the special meals and gatherings that happen on Easter Sunday. From brunch before the big egg hunt to dinner with family and friends, a loaf of braided bread or a few freshly baked hot cross buns are always welcome at the table. In fact, bread is the perfect side to round out your menu. Want to bake something special for your table? You can't go wrong with any of the recipes in this roundup, but we're particularly fond of these adorable bunny buns. With just a few twists and pulls, you can turn regular Easter rolls into a fun and festive treat.

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Easter Bread

This light and airy bread is just sweet enough to go along with your traditional Easter dinner. (Add up to 1/2 teaspoon almond extract with the eggs if you prefer it a little sweeter.) Make it the day before, and if you have any left over, make amazing French toast with it the day after!
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Hot Cross Buns

Dress up traditional hot cross buns by adding plumped currants and drizzling with a lemon zest-spiked glaze.
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No-Knead Peasant Bread

With its crisp golden crust and soft, airy center, this no-knead loaf is a beautiful addition to any Easter bread basket. Simple to make yet impressive to serve, it’s perfect for tearing and sharing alongside holiday favorites.

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Ham and Cheese in Puff Pastry

Ina bakes thin layers of Black Forest ham, Gruyere and Dijon mustard between two sheets of puff pastry. She recommends cutting a few slits in the top sheet to allow steam to escape.
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Paska

This traditional Eastern European bread makes an appearance each year at Easter. Depending on which country’s recipe you’re using, the level of sweetness can vary, it can include raisins (or not) or be drizzled with a sweet royal icing. Some are even baked in coffee cans, giving them straight sides lined with ridges. Whatever variety you’re making, the base is a rich and slightly sweet dough that is perfect for spring.

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Potato Rolls

Soft, fluffy and lightly sweet, these tender rolls bake up golden with a delicate crumb that’s perfect for any holiday spread. Serve them warm from the oven and watch them disappear from the bread basket in no time.

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Lemon-Thyme Biscuits

Liven up this simple biscuit batter by adding finely grated lemon zest. The bright citrus flavor complements the earthiness of the thyme.
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Brown Butter and Sage Pull-Apart Bread

This is one of Ree’s favorite breads during the winter holidays but the flavors work wonderfully with ham, too. The loaf is made with frozen dinner rolls, so it's a breeze to pull together — yet still impressive.

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Herbed Fan-Tans

If you make your own dinner rolls from scratch, you'll love this simple upgrade. Adding fresh, chopped herbs to the dough and brushing the rolls with butter results in a tender, flavorful bread that effortlessly pairs with Easter ham or lamb.

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Cashew-Coconut Dinner Rolls

Elevate simple dinner rolls with two special touches: cashew butter adds richness and a little bit of coconut oil lends a subtle sweetness that's excellent alongside a holiday roast.

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Drop Biscuits

Ree's warm, buttery drop biscuits would make an excellent addition to any Easter table. Serve with butter and your favorite preserve.
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Greek Easter Bread

Greek Easter bread, known as tsoureki, makes a stunning addition to any Easter spread. Gently press the red eggs into the dough before baking, but remember, they're purely for decoration.  
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Popovers

These popovers are excellent when served with butter and jam. The recipe can also be made in a 12-cup mini-popover pan (baking times and temperatures will remain the same).
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Pull-Apart Chocolate Chrysanthemum Bread

Set this warm, chocolate-filled bread on your table for brunch and let your friends and family dive in. You don't need to make a specific number of circles with the cutter, just fit as many as you can into your cake pan.

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No-Yeast Dinner Rolls

We make these quick easy homemade dinner rolls without yeast when we've run out of the baker's standby or don't have the time for yeast to work its magic. Slightly reminiscent of biscuits, they are easier to make and not as crumbly. Feel free to split the leftovers and use for ham sandwiches the next day.

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Classic Cinnamon Rolls

These homemade cinnamon rolls are guaranteed to make a picture-perfect addition to your Easter spread.
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Banana Crunch Muffins

The key to an easy brunch: make-ahead breakfast items. Ina prepares muffin mix the day before her party, then portions out the batter and bakes them the next morning.
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Quick Herb and Cheese Monkey Bread

Prepared biscuit dough is the base for this pull-apart loaf, which is formed by rolling the dough in olive oil and herbs before piling in a bundt pan, which helps turn the loaf crispy and golden brown.

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Hot Cross Buns

Make these sweetly spiced little yeast buns for an Easter gathering and watch as they disappear.
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Sticky Monkey Bread

Don't plan on having leftovers of this crowd-pleasing bread. Prepare a batch of Basic Sweet-Roll Dough the night before, then make this pull-apart bread on Easter morning.
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Powdermilk Biscuits

You'll love these simple, scratch-made biscuits with their light, fluffy texture and perfectly golden-brown tops.

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Berry Scones with Orange-Honey Butter

You can prepare Tyler's orange-honey butter the old-fashioned way –– by sealing the ingredients in a Mason jar and shaking vigorously for 10 minutes –– or by using a food processor. Just remember to strain out the buttermilk once the mixture separates, as you'll need it to make the scones. 

 

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake

The buttery, crunchy streusel topping takes this coffee cake recipe to new heights. 
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Easiest Muffins

Made with jsut 3 simple ingredients, these muffins will save the day when you need a last-minute bread for your Easter brunch or dinner.

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Strawberry Muffins

Ina's tip for the perfect muffin texture: Don't overmix the batter or the muffins will be tough. When you have a good mix, you can put anything you like in them –– blueberries, raspberries or strawberries are nice.
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