23 Biscuits, Rolls, and Popovers for Your Thanksgiving Bread Basket
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You don’t, strictly speaking,needThanksgiving bread. And if you’re trying to simplify this year’s holiday meal, we won’t stand in your way. But a bigThanksgivingbread basket piled high with sweetly aromatic cornbread and rolls that release a puff of steam as you pull them apart can help your festive spread feel like a truly epic feast. (Freshly baked bread is a wonderful thing to contribute to the dinner if you’re attending as a guest.) Below, you’ll find a few of our favorite Thanksgiving bread ideas, including crusty loaves, pillowy buns, and the flakiestbiscuitsaround. You may want to make extra so you’ll be stocked up forleftover turkeyandhamsandwiches for the rest of the week.
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Parker House Rolls
Every household has its own Thanksgiving bread traditions—and for many, Turkey Day is not complete without a basket of buttery Parker House rolls. This version of the yeasted rolls first appeared inGourmetin 1999, but the original goes back to the 1870s.
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Skillet Cornbread
Fragrant cornbread can be the base of yourThanksgiving stuffing, but it’s also nice to have on the holiday table for nibbling by the slice or the square.
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Pull-Apart Bread With Pumpkin and Spinach
Who needs a floral centerpiece when you have Thanksgiving rolls that are this beautiful?
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Dinner Rolls Six Ways
This flexible dinner roll recipe gives you lots of options: go garlic-dill or shallot-cheddar, try olive-thyme or a nutty, seedy everything-bagel-inspired seasoning.
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Flaky, Buttery Biscuits
If your Thanksgiving bread basket doesn’t feel complete without flaky biscuits, start with this recipe frombaking icon Cheryl Day. Folding and stacking the dough gives it towering height and lots of buttery layers.
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Cheddar and Herb Gougères
You can freeze thechouxdough for these cheese puffs after piping, then bake from frozen on Thanksgiving day.
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Extra-Fluffy Sourdough Dinner Rolls
Thetangzhong technique, popular for milk bread,meets tangy sourdough in these superlative rolls. If you’re not hosting the meal this year, this is the ideal baking project to contribute to the feast.
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Porcini Popovers
Grind up some dried porcini mushrooms to add deep, woodsy flavor to these golden-brown popovers.
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Orange Sweet Rolls
The sweet citrusy flavor of these buns pairs wonderfully with the tart notes ofcranberry sauceorcranberry relish.
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Featherlight Yeast Rolls
土豆泥有助于使这些rolls from Edna Lewis extra fluffy and tender.
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Sesame Breadsticks
Part crisp, part chewy, and wonderfully seedy, these breadsticks are a nice addition to your pre-dinnerThanksgiving appetizerspread.
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Honey Brioche
This simple bread recipe from Patricia Wells can be baked as a loaf or as smaller rolls. Honey enriches the flavor and keeps the bread moist.
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Rosemary Olive Oil Bread
Olive oilgives this bread a plush texture—and any leftovers will be excellent for turkey sandwiches.
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Cathead Biscuits
These biscuits are fluffy, rather than flaky, and excellent with a smear of honey butter. If you cannot findbuttermilk powderand don’t have time to pick some up online, you can use store-bought buttermilk and skip the water.
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Honeychile Brown Butter Cornbread
Brown butteradds rich, nutty flavor to this Thanksgiving cornbread recipe. The key move: be absolutely sure to preheat your skillet before you add the batter.
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No-Knead Bread
This long-fermented bread is a reader favorite. You can add fresh herbs or toasted nuts to the dough if you like for Thanksgiving.
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Buttery Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls
A mountain of these soft dinner rolls just might disappear before thestuffingor themashed sweet potatoes.
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Bubble-Top Brioches
Keep your eye on these as they bake—if the tops are browning too quickly, you’ll want to cover them with foil.
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The Saturday White Bread
A simple crustyDutch ovenloaf lets all the other flavors of your Thanksgiving feast shine. If you only want to bake one boule, save the rest of the dough for later in the week.
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Stuffing Biscuits
All the herby flavors of the Thanksgiving classics come together in this fun biscuit recipe from Bon Appétit. These also make an excellent day-after-Thanksgiving breakfast. (Just add leftoverturkey gravy.)
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Photo by Caren Alpert21/23
Rosemary Garlic Potato Bread
A sturdystand mixerhelps make light work of this fluffy, garlicky loaf, but you can absolutely work the dough by hand.
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Shockingly Easy No-Knead Focaccia
Even if you’ve never baked bread before, you can handle this simple focaccia. There are directions here for a slow overnight rise and a quicker version in case you’ve run out of time.
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Cracked-Wheat Topknots
Here’s one more Thanksgiving bread that you’ll want to make every year from now on: part-bulgur rolls with flaky salt on top and a chewy, pretzel-like crumb.
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