15 Easy Easter Bread Recipes for Beginners
These easy Easter bread recipes are perfect for beginner bakers who want fresh, homemade bread to add to the Easter bread basket for a special holiday brunch.
If it is a holiday meal, you can bet you'll find warm, fresh bread on my family table.
It's no secret that my husband and I love to bake homemade bread, after all, we wrote a whole book about it!
So when Easter comes around, we definitely start to plan the perfect fresh dinner rolls, sweet breads, or cinnamon rolls we want to serve!
Looking for an easy bread recipe to start with? I've got you covered.
What are Easter Breads?
Easter is the perfect time to make a fresh, homemade bread for your holiday table.
Traditional Easter breads are often shaped and decorated with colored eggs or are simple loaves filled with dried fruits and nuts with a subtle sweetness.
At our home, an Easter bread falls into one of two categories:
- Sweet Breads for Brunch: Think cinnamon rolls, scones, and chocolate croissants.
- Savory Breads for Dinner: Think buttery pull apart rolls, crescent rolls, and traditional dinner buns.
I've included all our favorite recipes below to help you find a match for both of those needs!
How to Choose the Best Recipe
These easy Easter breads are the best recipes because they are perfect for beginner bakers.
Holiday cooking can be a stressful time, don't miss out on serving homemade fresh bread because you're feeling overwhelmed.
My favorite kitchen shortcut is to use our bread machine to make hands-off homemade breads while I'm busy working on other things for the feast.
Otherwise, I like to choose a fast and simple quick bread that doesn't require yeast and can be whisked together quickly and popped right into the oven.
If you have a bread maker, be sure to try one of the bread machine recipes below. I've labeled them so you know which ones to sample.
No bread machine? (They really are worth it!) No problem, just choose one of the no-yeast recipes listed below.
15 Easy Easter Bread Recipes
These Easter breads are perfect for beginner bakers working with a bread machine or stand mixer and can be baked ahead of the holiday brunch.
From dinner rolls to Easter loaves filled with festive spring flavors, you're sure to find the perfect bread here.
Carrot Cake Bread
This is one of my favorite bread machine recipes!
A sweet carrot cake bread has fresh grated carrots and spices that is a sliceable version of your favorite Easter dessert.
You can serve it with or without the cream cheese drizzle on the top.
For an Easter brunch, you could also prep the cream cheese glaze and serve it in a bowl on the side for guests to ice each slice.
Bread Machine Crescent Dinner Rolls
Homemade crescent rolls are so much more delicious than the canned variety and the recipe is made super easy by prepping the dough in your bread maker.
Learn how to shape these easy dinner rolls for your bread basket in just minutes.
Bread Machine Challah
Challah is a traditional bread served for Hannukah or Passover but the egg bread is perfect on the Easter table, too.
BONUS: The light and fluffy bread makes the most amazing fluffy french toast you've ever had.
Resurrection Rolls
Share the story of the meaning of Easter with your kids at a level they can easily understand by baking these easy Resurrection rolls together on Good Friday.
They have a sweet cinnamon sugar filling that would make them delicious to eat on Easter Sunday, too.
Cinnamon Swirl Bread
This sweet cinnamon swirl bread tastes just like a cinnamon roll but with less effort.
This is a great Easter bread if you don't have a bread machine and just want to bake a loaf in your oven.
Zucchini Bread
Fresh zucchini bread is a great choice for the Easter table because it is subtly sweet and showcases a delicious garden veggie. If you want a sweeter option, you could make my pineapple zucchini bread or this banana zucchini bread.
Whichever one you choose will pair perfectly with your brunch menu.
Almond Poppy Seed Bread
Almond poppy seed bread is a great quick bread for the Easter table.
For an extra dose of spring, add a little grated lemon zest to the batter or make a simple lemon glaze for spooning over the top.
Or you could always make my lemon poppy seed bread if you really want a burst of lemon.
Buttery Rosemary Rolls
Looking for something a little more savory to pass with the bread basket?
These rosemary pull apart rolls would be the perfect bun for making tiny ham sandwiches at the Easter dinner.
Grandma's Buttermilk Cornbread
If you're planning a glazed ham for your Easter menu, don't forget Grandma's buttermilk cornbread to go with it!
Serve these squares of fresh bread with butter and honey for a special touch.
Buttermilk Drop Biscuits
Buttermilk drop biscuits are a great dinner roll idea for the Easter bread basket and this recipe is the best because there are four simple flavor variations you can choose from.
No rolling or cutting is required, this recipe is easy enough the kids could help, too.
Make Ahead Hot Cross Biscuits
These hot cross biscuits are a favorite family tradition of mine, I prep the biscuits the night before but then bake them fresh in the morning.
Let them cool before adding those stunning cream cheese frosting crosses on top.
Easy Blueberry Scones
One bowl blueberry scones take just minutes to mix together and bake.
These are the lightest, fluffiest scones you've ever had and would be a perfect last-minute treat to bake for Easter morning.
Not in the mood for blueberries? You could try my fresh peach scones or these easy almond cherry scones instead.
3-Ingredient Chocolate Croissants
The kids will come running when these sweet puff pastry croissants come out fresh from the oven.
Filled with ooey-gooey chocolate, they are a perfectly poppable treat for Easter morning.
Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread
Your family will love tearing into a warm loaf of this fresh cinnamon pull apart bread.
Each little slice is coated in a crispy cinnamon sugar crackle that has an amazing texture.
Bread Machine Orange Rolls
Sunny and citrusy and not too sweet, these easy orange rolls can be prepped ahead and baked on Easter morning for a delicious fresh breakfast bun for Easter brunch.
More Easter Recipes
Planning a festive Easter brunch doesn't need to be stressful. I suggest you plan to host a fun and easy Easter potluck! Let your family and friends bring dishes to share.
If you know you'll have kids at your holiday table, be sure to check out these kid-friendly Easter dinner ideas.
