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A round loaf of crusty bread with a couple slices of bread on brown parchment paper.

Easy Crusty Bread

7-photo picture collage of cream potato and ham soup, Lion House rolls, chicken sheet pan fajitas, chicken quinoa bowl, chicken tetrazzini, creamy pasta skillet with kielbasa, and asian chicken lettuce wraps.

2023 Readers’ Favorite Dinner Recipes

Baked garlic parmesan breadsticks on a large baking sheet with a silicone mat.

The Best Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks

A close-up of a large baking sheet of hot cross buns frosted with an "X"

Hot Cross Buns

A bowl lined with a striped kitchen towel filled with The Best Dinner Rolls.

The Best Dinner Rolls

An orange roll sitting on a stack of four small white plates. On the left of the plates is a fork sitting on a white and blacked checked kitchen towel. In the upper right hand corner is a whole orange.

Easy Homemade Orange Rolls

A piece of Focaccia bread held above the Focaccia bread loaf sitting on a wire rack.

Focaccia Bread Recipe

Cheesy garlic breadsticks sitting on parchment paper with a small bowl of pizza sauce on the right side.

The Best Cheese Breadsticks

A picture showing 3/4 of butterscotch monkey bread sitting on a white plate.

Overnight Butterscotch Monkey Bread

A roll split in half with strawberry jam on one side of the roll sitting on a white plate with a yellow cloth napkin above the plate in the background.

French Bread Rolls

A hand holding a slice of french bread, you can see the rest of the loaf in the background.

Easy French Bread

sheet pan of parker house rolls, folded over like a pocket roll, they are nicely browned on top and in rows

Mom’s Best Dinner Rolls

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Homemade Pizzeria-Style Pizza Dough

a photo of homemade scones fry bread. they are on a blue plate.

Homemade Scones (Fry Bread)

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Ninety Minute Rolls

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Lion House Rolls

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