Yule bread recipes

The classic northern European holiday bread, sweet, buttery and warmly spiced with cardamom. A winter tradition at our house.

It is the midwinter solstice tonight (well officially the morning of the 22nd) the shortest day and longest night. It’s nice to think that the nights are getting longer once more but I miss the darkness of early evenings and cozy nights in as it starts to fade, and the summer sun bringing with it its urge to do things outside and stay up later. Such is life though. Things move round each year and its something we just need to relax into and enjoy. There isn’t much folk-lore existing around…

Cheesy Garlic Star Bread with herbs made using yeast, garlic, and herb cheese. Basted with a garlic butter topping with herbs. Perfect for the Holidays!

This star bread is simple and easy to make;its so soft and fluffy, filled with cinnamon sugar and its a beautiful twisted bread for your holiday table.

This Scottish yule bannock is halfway between a traditional yule bannock and a modern day shortbread. The flavours are perfect around Christmas with cinnamon, allspice, mixed peel and cherries and the beremeal adds a nutritious traditional element. Traditionally yule bannocks were made with oatmeal and our modern day shortbread originally came from the traditional yule bannock. These yule bannocks are made with beremeal from Orkney.

Easy Bread Recipe. Instructions and tutorial for this Herb & Cheddar Wreath. Perfect for Thanksgiving bread, Christmas bread, Holiday Baking, or any occasion! Cute Printable Recipe, too!

Norwegian julekake is a rich, light, and highly flavored bread perfect for the holiday season and beyond!

When we lived in California, a friend made these for us at Christmas. Once we moved here, I found myself missing those light, moist loaves, dotted with candied fruit and blanketed with thick frosting. So I hunted up this recipe and started making them. The cardamom gives the bread a wonderfully distinctive flavor. —Carol Mead, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Julekage or Julekake, traditional Scandinavian Christmas bread. A rich, flavorful bread served at Christmas in many Scandinavian countries.

Sticky buns meet fluffy dinner rolls in this unique crowd-pleaser. Soft buns with fragrant rosemary and a gooey, satisfying honey butter bottom are a not-too-sweet and savory baked treat. Inspired by bollos de romero at Panadaria Rosetta.