Yeast breads

Brioche A traditional French favourite, this sweet morning bread is ideally served warm with a lashing of butter and a thick fruit jam.
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Buttermilk biscuits These favourites from the American South are best served straight from the oven, split and filled with either sweet or savoury fillings.
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Cheesy garlic roll A fabulous savoury loaf to serve with salads or casual suppers, with a tasty mozzarella and spring onion filling hidden inside.
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Ciabatta This classic slipper-shaped, soft Italian bread, which is perfect with soup, is made by using a starter that is left to rise overnight.
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Croissants These may take some time to make, but much of that is taken up chilling the dough and the final result is well worth the effort.
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Crumpets Eaten for breakfast or at teatime, these classic English toasted crumpets are great with both sweet and savoury toppings.
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Crusty white loaf A basic white bread, which can be moulded into different shapes, or made into rolls. Great for breakfast or with a savoury sandwich filling.
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English muffins A soft traditional English bread, great for brunch, why not with the traditional 'Full English' now coming back into food fashion.
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Ficelles Ficelle also means a thin piece of string in French. These are traditional, very thin baguettes with a light, crisp crust.
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Focaccia This version of a traditional Italian-style bread is easy to make and is great to eat all on it's own or with a summer salad.
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Fougasse Fougasse is the French equivalent of the Italian focaccia. This version has crispy bacon and onion blended into the dough.
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Ham croissants These ham croissants are both delicious and easy to make, using ready-made dough.
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Herb and olive bread Bursting with Mediterranean flavours, this bread is delicious dipped in olive oil and perfect with your summer salads.
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Morning rolls Easy-to-make soft white rolls that are ideal for your morning breakfast.
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Moroccan spiced flatbreads Best eaten on the day they are made as a part of lunch or dinner, these breads are good as they are, or lightly chargrilled.
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Onion and herb loaf A delicious savoury loaf with herb-flavoured dough and a rich, tangy, fried onion filling, this bread is great all on its own.
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Plaited loaf This enriched fruit loaf makes a lovely teatime treat, and it?s also great toasted. Try replacing the raisins with cranberries and currants.
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Rye bread Breads made with rye flour are very popular in central and eastern Europe and are a healthy, filling lunchtime alternative.
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Sesame seed buns These little bread rolls are easy to make and perfect for sandwiches and your homemade hamburgers - a hit with the children.
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Seven-grain bread This healthy and chewy seven-grain bread includes millet, rolled oats, polenta, quinoa, brown rice, rye flakes and wheat.
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Sourdough bread with fennel seeds Despite the need for forward planning, this bread is easy to make and the leftover starter can be used to make more loaves.
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Spiced fruit buns These delicious sweetened rolls make a perfect afternoon snack with an interesting American-style variation with maple and pecan.
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Stottie cakes Not really cakes at all, but rather breads originating from north-east England. Also great for making bread and butter pudding.
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Walnut bread In France, this savoury bread - Pain aux noix - sliced, or in dinner rolls is a traditional accompaniment to the cheese course.
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Wholemeal bread This recipe uses a blend of white and wholemeal flour to make a lighter, moister loaf, which is great with simple butter and jam.
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Wholemeal rolls Healthy and served fresh out of the oven, these little wholemeal rolls are ideal with lunch or dinner.
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