Food and Recipes Bread 15 Bread Recipes To Complete Your Easter Meal These Easter bread recipes will bring joy to your Southern table. By Mary Shannon Wells Mary Shannon Wells Mary Shannon is a Digital Editor and has been on the Southern Living team since 2017. She helps run the brand's social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok, where she's happily behind the scenes. When she's not ruffling feathers with an etiquette poll via Instagram Stories, she's writing content for the website and assisting in various print projects like gift guides and home stories. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on June 28, 2024 Close Photo: Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Ruth Blackburn, Prop Stylist Heather Chadduck Whether your family celebrates Easter with a festive brunch or dinner meal, there’s always room for a breadbasket. If you’re looking for a festive Easter bread recipe, we’ve got an option for every Southern table. You don’t need sourdough starter skills to add a bread recipe to your Easter menu. Some of our best Easter bread ideas are easy enough for the kids to help you bake them from start to finish. Whatever you’re serving this Easter, no one will protest the addition of fresh bread. 40 Easy Easter Lunch Ideas For A Special Spring Meal 01 of 15 Easter Egg Bread Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Ruth Blackburn, Prop Stylist Heather Chadduck It’s not a roundup of bread recipes for Easter without this beautiful Easter egg bread! It’s a labor of love, but the results are so worth it. Get The Recipe 02 of 15 Cinnamon Roll Bunnies Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Ruth Blackburn, Prop Stylist Heather Chadduck No yeast is required, folks! This is the cutest thing you can do with a can of store-bought cinnamon rolls for Easter. Get The Recipe 03 of 15 Carrot Cake Muffins Micah A. Leal Instead of baking and assembling a layer cake, enjoy carrot cake flavor from your breadbasket with this easy and festive muffin recipe. Get The Recipe 04 of 15 Resurrection Rolls Victor Protasio; Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Stylist: Lydia Pursell These magic rolls make for an exciting afternoon of baking with the kids that will also teach them the biblical story behind the Easter holiday. Get The Recipe 05 of 15 Hot Cross Buns Molly Bolton This bread recipe is an Easter favorite. Often served with just butter and jam, these sweet buns can also be used as sandwich buns for an egg sandwich at breakfast the next morning. Get The Recipe 06 of 15 Jamaican Easter Spice Bun GABRIELA HERMAN Cookbook author and blogger Shanika Graham-White shares her richly spiced update on the classic Jamaican spice bun she grew up baking at Easter. Get The Recipe 07 of 15 Carrot Cake Bread Victor Protasio; Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf If you’re searching for a new way to indulge in carrot cake this Easter, our quick bread recipe gets you all the flavor with less effort. Plus, it makes two loaves, so you can serve one and gift one. Get The Recipe 08 of 15 Ham Biscuits Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Torie Cox; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas Ham is often the centerpiece of an Easter meal, but don’t most things taste better sandwiched between a fluffy buttermilk biscuit? We sure think so! Get The Recipe 09 of 15 Snickerdoodle Doughnut Hole Muffins Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller; Food Styling: Torie Cox Want your home to smell amazing for arriving Easter guests? Take this reviewer’s word for it and make these delightful muffins: “These have made a huge hit with young and old! Kitchen aroma is divine!” Get The Recipe 10 of 15 Citrus Pull-Apart Bread Because it makes two loaves, we developed this sunny recipe with sharing in mind. It’s an ideal gift for your Easter hosts that they can choose to serve immediately or save for breakfast the next day. Get The Recipe 11 of 15 Make-Ahead Yeast Rolls Greg DuPree, Food Stylist: Micah Morton, Prop Stylist: Kathleen Varner If you’re looking for a classic bread recipe to have on the Easter table, here’s your ticket. You can prep and freeze them up to three months in advance to cut down on hands-on time spent in the kitchen on your holiday. Get The Recipe 12 of 15 Hummingbird Bread Jessica Furniss We’ve reimagined our famous Hummingbird Cake in plenty of inventive ways, and this quick bread makes a deliciously sweet Easter hostess gift or accompaniment to your meal, regardless of what time of day your family is gathering. Get The Recipe 13 of 15 Angel Biscuits Emily Laurae The name of these heavenly little biscuits feels appropriate for Easter, don’t you think? Our favorite vessel for getting perfect texture is a cast-iron skillet, but you can use a sheet pan if your skillet is otherwise occupied for your meal. Get The Recipe 14 of 15 Raspberry-Almond Muffins with Honey Butter Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis The reviews for these fruit-studded muffins are all five stars for a reason, y’all. “These are amazing!” wrote one reviewer. “Tried making them for the first time tonight and they turned out so well I don't have to make any adjustments! Will for sure be making them again - winner recipe!!” Get The Recipe 15 of 15 Cloverleaf Rolls Morgan Hunt Glaze, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster How precious are these cloverleaf rolls? They taste heavenly with a swipe of butter or a drizzle of honey next to your Easter ham or lamb. 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