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10 Foolproof Bread Recipes Everyone Can Bake

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By Martin (Dad What Cooks) Created April 15, 2025 Updated November 28, 2025

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I've collected my favourite easy bread recipes that anyone can make. All you need are a few ingredients and some time.

Each of these recipes have comprehensive step by step stages and offer hints to help you succeed in getting a perfect loaf. With the included troubleshooting tips you will soon be making these simple homemade bread recipes every day.

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If you are looking to get started in the world of breadmaking then this post will help you decide what to bake. Get started with the basics using my breadmaking ultimate guide and then use these recipes to improve your bread making techniques.

Why These 10 Recipes Are Perfect for Beginners

These recipes are the basic varieties of bread which can be made with minimal ingredients. Most of the breads in this list consist of flour, water, salt and yeast but as you can see, they make a wide variety of types.

For further information on bread and baking be sure to take a look at my comprehensive guide to bread making to learn more.

10 Easy Bread Recipes Everyone Can Bake

A basic fluffy white loaf

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Chicken salad sandwich and tomatoes on the vine.
The simple white fluffy loaf recipe. Perfect as an easy to make loaf of bread and is an idea loaf for a beginner to learn to bake.
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Shaobing Flatbread

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shaobing Chinese flatbread recipe
It may look an exotic bread, but this is one of the easiest breads I have ever made and appears in the top 50 favourite breads of the world and is certainly one of my favourites from the breads of the world category. The sesame topping helps give this eastern bread additional layers of flavour.
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Simple Pizza Dough

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Pizza dough balled up on tray.
This is a simple pizza dough recipe which you will come back to time and time again. The simple pizza dough can be converted into anything from a basic garlic dough ball to a full on spicy nduja pizza. Get your own pizza parlour running in your back yard with this fresh dough and a garden pizza oven.
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Sandwich Loaf In A Pullman Tin

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Thick slices of bread and a bread knife.
Using a Pullman loaf tin gives you a bread which looks like you bought it from a shop. Its a uniform professional looking loaf of bread that people won't believe you baked yourself.
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Guinness Brown Bread Without Treacle

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Guinness bread on a cooling rack.
A quick and easy recipe for a loaf of Guinness bread.
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Easy Homemade Naan Bread

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Cooked naan breads on a plate.
A quick and easy recipe which can be made same day or overnight.
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Ciabatta Bread Recipe (No Kneading Required)

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fresh no knead ciabatta bread rolls baked
Making a tasty ciabatta gives you some amazing bread for dipping into bread oils, olive oil or balsamic vinegar. This recipe does not require kneading and is a method which can be done in the background while you are doing other things.
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Simple Challah Bread UK Recipe

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challah bread
One of the most beautiful breads that has ever been made (in my opinion). This recipe is for a plaited bread, slightly sweeter that a regular loaf and offers a nice shine and sesame seasoning thanks to the egg wash glossed on before baking.
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Ninja Foodi 15 in 1 White Bread

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Sliced white bread on a chopping board.
Make a tasty white loaf using you Ninja Foodi 15 in 1 air fryer.
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White Pitta Bread Recipe

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Pitta cut in half on a plate with butter.
The simple white pitta bread is a tasty and easy bread to make. The pocket of steam which bellows during cooking is what gives the bread its distinctive pouch appearance. These work really well as a sandwich bread for lunch times or a family picnic.
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These recipes are all yeast based breads and can be made within a few hours.

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