Bread

Arepas are a quintessential part of Venezuelan cuisine. I grew up eating them daily in Caracas and I still make them at home on a weekly basis. This cornmeal cake that’s eaten like a sandwich is the daily “bread” in Venezuela.

This vegan banana bread recipe gives you a loaf that's moist, perfectly salty, and just sweet enough.

Flavored with cardamom and often filled with dried and candied fruits, this rich wheat bread is traditionally served for Christmas in Norway.

Our best panettone recipe, adapted from baker Jim Lahey, employs a long rise for a festive and flavorful holiday bread without much work.

This bread—loaded with a rum-spiked walnut filling—is the traditional Romanian celebration bread for Christmas.

These Slovak Christmas dough balls are traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve as part of a 12-course meatless meal.

With their slightly sweet flavor, light texture, and golden color, it's easy to see why these Swedish saffron buns have been enjoyed for hundreds of years.

This easy garlic bread recipe turns out a rich, buttery loaf topped with crispy Parmesan. Make it to accompany any soup, salad, or pasta.

These soft and buttery sourdough rolls are perfect for Thanksgiving or any holiday meal.

This recipe for Parker House rolls produces a golden brown crust, a fluffy interior, and a buttery flavor that makes the buns perfect for any occasion.

This crispy fried bread is the perfect accompaniment to scoop up gravies and vegetable dishes in a thali.

This easy bread pudding recipe gets an even easier sauce.

Melon pan is a traditional sweet bun from Japan made of an enriched dough with a crispy cookie layer on top.

Despite the name, the pineapple bun has no pineapple—it’s a soft milk-bread bun with a sweet, buttery, crackly cookie-like top that, after it’s baked, resembles pineapple skin.

Traditional injera takes a week to make, since you need four days to make the sponge, plus another three to prepare the batter.

Turkish pide is a popular summer snack; this version uses sheep’s-milk cheese.

This leavened Persian flatbread is at its best when eaten fresh.

Meet mlaoui—msemen’s rebellious younger brother—a flaky skillet-fried Moroccan flatbread.

These gozleme are stuffed with a mixture of three different cheeses to mimic the feta-like Turkish white cheese that’s often used for these flatbreads.

These sesame flatbreads can be made ahead and frozen—or, if you plan ahead, made fresh for breakfast.

Kulcha is a type of lightly leavened flatbread from India that’s traditionally made in a tandoor oven. This kulcha recipe is adapted for a cast-iron skillet.

Thepla is a quintessential Gujarati flatbread that goes with anything—mango lassi, a cup of chai, or achar for dipping.

These easy Moldovan flatbreads are made by mixing the filling into the dough rather than stuffing it.

The fillings for plachinda often include a salted fresh cheese, as well as spring onions and dill.