The Breads Cookbook: 1,352 Artisan & Everyday Bread Recipes from Simple Loaves to Sourdough

1,352 Recipes. The Most Satisfying Thing You Can Bake.

There is nothing quite like pulling a loaf of fresh bread from the oven. The crust, the smell, the weight of it in your hands — baking bread from scratch is one of the most rewarding skills a home cook can have. The Breads Cookbook gives you 1,352 recipes covering every style of bread imaginable, from a quick 30-minute soda bread to a long-fermented sourdough you’ll be proud to slice at the table.

Inside you’ll find:

• Classic sandwich loaves and everyday white bread

• Sourdough — starter maintenance, scoring, and baking in a Dutch oven

• No-knead and beginner-friendly yeast breads

• Quick breads — banana bread, zucchini bread, beer bread

• Dinner rolls, slider buns, and soft pull-apart breads

• Flatbreads — naan, pita, focaccia, lavash

• Artisan loaves — rye, whole wheat, multigrain, seeded

• Enriched breads — brioche, challah, milk bread

• International breads from around the world

Every recipe includes tips on yeast, hydration, proofing, and troubleshooting — so even if you’ve never baked bread before, you’ll come away confident and well-fed.

Author’s note:

“Bread baking slowed me down in the best possible way. There’s a patience to it — the waiting, the watching, the way the dough changes under your hands — that I found genuinely meditative. The payoff, every single time, is worth every minute. This collection is my invitation for you to find that out yourself.”

— John Joy

1,352 recipes. Full table of contents. Every bread worth baking, in one place.