Easy Breakfast Bread Recipes & Ideas

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The best thing to do with day-old croissants, whether homemade or storebought? Split them in half, slather them with a brandy-spiked, almond-scented cream, top them with even more almonds, and bake them until the aroma coming from the oven makes you swoon.

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Make Garlic Knot Croissants and Live Briefly in Opulence

The most luxurious garlic knots use laminated dough for even more butteriness.

Cardamom Baked French Toast

To make this twist on baked French toast, inspired by the Swedish cardamom-infused buns called kardemummabullar, you’ll spread slices of tender, eggy challah with a sugary cardamom butter, then toast them until light gold. Next, the spiced toasts get soaked in a peppercorn-spiked custard that enhances the cardamom flavor even more before it’s topped with melted butter and Swedish pearl sugar and baked. Related: More French Toast Recipes

Zucchini Breakfast Bread

From the irresistibly crunchy turbinado sugar crust to the perfectly moist and tender crumb, this super-simple zucchini bread delivers maximum breakfast delight. Studded with pecans and oats and perfumed with orange zest, cinnamon, and allspice, it makes a perfect grab-and-go breakfast. If you want to treat yourself, do like we do: Slather it with butter and give it a quick toast in a skillet. If you’re lucky enough to have leftovers, cut it into cubes, toss with butter, and toast them for topping yogurt or ice cream.

Scallion-Corn Muffins

Kansas City, Missouri, chefs Colby and Megan Garrelts say that if you can measure and stir, then you can make a mean cornbread. These deliciously moist muffins get fantastic flavor from corn kernels and scallions. Slideshow: More Muffin Recipes

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English Muffins & Crumpets

Sometimes, there's nothing better than toasting an English muffin and letting a sliver of butter slowly melt into those distinctive nooks and crannies. And that's just an English muffin at its simplest. Imagine what you can do when you start to really get creative. Crumpets are similar to English muffins, but are softer and spongier. They’re traditionally flat on the top with small pores and a chewy texture, served with butter, jam or honey. Here, our best recipes for thes morning breads.

Almond Crescents

Dorie Greenspan’s Eastern European–inspired cookies, sometimes called kipfel, have the perfect buttery crumb and a nutty bite from almond flour. For the holidays, we dust them with confectioners’ sugar, but they are also great dusted with granulated sugar and eaten year-round. Slideshow: More Almond Recipes

Healthy Muffin Recipes

Make muffins healthier by including ingredients such as bran and carrots, and using natural sweeteners, such as honey. Here, our best healthy muffin recipes, from vegan banana-walnut muffins to carrot-bran muffins.