Homemade Bread Bowls Recipe (2024)

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1. Carrie Ransom says:

   I used to work in a cafe that made these...sooo good! Haven't had one in so long, so really excited to come across this. Plus it looks easy too, can't wait to try it out!

2. Sue says:

   I love bread bowls!

   Congrats to you all on your cookbook; it looks super! How very exciting!

3. 2justByou says:

   MMmmm....Hubby loves soup in bread bowls! Thanks for the recipe, and for all the soup suggestions. =0)
   ~Kim
   http://2justByou.blogspot.com

4. LisaK says:

   Getting ready to make these right now but am wondering if you need to let the dough rise after the mixing before punching down and forming into the balls??

5. Six Sisters says:

   Hi Lisa!

   You only have to let them rise after they are rolled into balls. :) Thanks!

6. SH says:

   This is fantastic!! I'd love to make these - with your tomato/tortellini soup recipe inside!

   Sheree
   The Hartungs Blog
   thehartungs.blogspot.ca

7. tumbleweed-contessa says:

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   I'm inspired. I have never tried a bread bowl before. I think I'll have to do that. I have some Tumbleweed Contessa chili just dying to be put in one of these! Thanks.

   Linda (The Contessa)

8. Dielle says:

   Ooo, this is definitely what we're having for dinner! With a creamy chicken broccoli soup. Thanks for the recipe! Have you done them with wheat flour? I decided to try it half & half with fresh ground wheat flour and AP flour.

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10. Christy says:

    I just made these for dinner tonight (potato soup) and can not wait to dig in, just waiting on my husband to get home!! The smell so good it's not funny and my kids are dying to get theirs! Thanks for sharing this easy recipe!!

11. Kayla DeLeon says:

    These are amazing!! Thank you so much for your recipe! I have realized I use your recipes a lot on my blog! I give you a mention every time =)
    http://chickwhocooks.blogspot.com/2013/04/bread-bowls.html

12. Alex says:

    I tried this tonight for my family, it didn't turn out as well as I hoped. I let the bread rise once as directed, and unfortunately it deflated in the oven. I haven't tasted the bread yet, but they're basically discs. Next time I make this I will definitely let it rise once before shaping, and then once after shaping into balls. Thanks for the recipe though!

13. Kerry says:

    My mom loves this recipe (and now bread bowls) to pieces, and she even wants to make them now! Thank you so much for posting this, they turned out great when I made them, and I'm working on making my own recipe to fit my own needs.

14. LisaD says:

    I'm getting ready to make these to serve beef stew in. My husband wanted beef stew, and my youngest daughter requested bread bowls... It's not even cold in SC yet!

15. Rachel says:

    I made these for a missionary dinner and they flopped. :( I was so bummed! I was hoping they would rise nicely and be fluffy, but they barely rose and turned out flat. We could barely get any soup into the bowls. Any ideas what went wrong?I've been baking/cooking since my youth, and I cook every meal (I mean every single meal) from scratch, so it's not like I don't know how to follow a recipe. I'm at a loss... please help!

16. Rachel T. says:

    I made five batches of these this week. I had the bestLuck when I didn't let them rise too much into the discs. Also I put themThem in a slightly warm oven to rise and my baking time was aShorter than recipe

17. Betsy says:

    Mine just came out of the oven and they rose to double size but I don't see how even doubling in size is enough to make these big enough to hold soup! Mine aren't as big and round as the picture. Are you positive they don't need 2 risings? I've been toying with all kinds of yeast dough recipes lately and every single one of them require 2 risings.

18. Meggan says:

    I made these for my loaded baked potato soup the other week and they were awesome! I am making them again tonight! Thank you for sharing! :)

19. Barb says:

    I followed directions and mine didn't rise, they were flat disks. But they tasted good, we just sliced them and dipped in our soup. I am wondering if they should rise twice.

20. Terry says:

    What a great blog! You six sisters are so cute! How fun it would be to have so many sisters, (coming from only boys!) ha.. Love your recipes! About to try the bread bowls. I think they will turn out great! Keep up the good blog!

21. Mercury says:

    Has anyone tried making a GF version of this with GF flour? My hubby has ibs and has to eat gf bread and I'm finding it very difficult to make at home. And he loves/misses rolls like this so I would hate to make it regular for me and our son and him miss out on bread bowls :(

22. Rachel says:

    These turned out beautiful!! Golden brown, and just the right size! I can't wait to fill them with broccoli cheese soup tonight!

23. Pattie says:

    I just came across this recipe and want to make it with home made clam chowder. Since I am freezing some of the soup, can the bread bowls be frozen before baking and then baked as needed? I guess I'd have to thaw before baking, but I'd like to bake them fresh as needed. Any suggestions?

24. Cyd says:

    We haven't frozen the bread dough. We make it and then cook them. If you freeze the dough, you would have to thaw and let them rise before baking.

25. Christy says:

    I made these today with the chicken chili soup recipe from your cookbook. Delicious! They didn't look like what I was expecting from a "bread bowl" as they were flatter, but I was still able to cut the tops off and fill with the soup. I think this recipe would also make wonderful hamburger buns, making 8 or maybe even 10 smaller balls of dough. It was certainly one of the fastest yeast recipes I've ever made. Thank you!

26. Sarah says:

    Is there a trick to shaping these? The bread is delicious and airy and the recipe was quick but my bread bowls turned out to be small bread loaves. They were like 2 inches high and 5 inches wide. How you you get them to rise up instead of out?

27. Wendy says:

    No egg in the bread bowl recipe??? And don't let it rise twice??? I've made many yeast bread recipes and always have egg and rise twice. Don't want to get that wrong and waste 6 cups of flour.... Thanks for the recipe!

28. Sue says:

    I made these tonight and my bread also turned out pretty flat, like others have noted above. I was wondering if it was because I put the melted butter into the yeast and water mixture when it was hot, just after I melted it. Maybe that killed some of the yeast? Next time I would try maybe letting the butter cool for a while or adding it after the flour. We didn't put soup into the bowls but the bread went well with our soup. Thanks!

29. Jaqueline Jimenez Reyes says:

    I just made them I let them rise twice I like the flavor,soft, goooood but they arent like the picture!!mine are a little bit flat!!

30. Missy says:

    I made these this evening for my family with a chicken stew and they absolutely LOVED them! My husband was actually kind of upset there wasn't extra bowls for him to take for his lunch lol. I've made all kinds of bread recipes that were labor intensive and required a ton of ingredients. This one is by far the easiest one I've ever come across and made! Definitely will be my go-to bread recipe for roll, loaves and bowls :) Thank you ladies for sharing!!

31. Brittney Shaw says:

    Love. I've made these for years. Anyone saying they didn't be rise. 1 was your yeast fresh? 2 I always used the yeast in a jar not package.

32. Aquaguard Service Center says:

    YUM!!!! These bread bowls look beyond delicious! Thank you for posting detailed pics! It definitely helps!! Going to give these bread bowls a try!!!

33. BetsyD says:

    Had made these three times now (including tonight) and have never had a problem with them rising. My guess is that others are either killing the yeast with hot butter or not using fresh yeast. Yeast in the jar is far better than packets. No second rise is needed. My son requested these for a third year in a row for his bday dinner-- bread bowls with Chicken Parmesan soup. Thank you, Six Sisters for sharing a recipe that is a memory for my 4 boys!

34. Cyd says:

    Hi Betsy, Thanks for taking the time to send us a sweet comment. What a fun idea for a birthday dinner. Happy Birthday to your son! Have a great week!

35. Aquaguard Ro says:

    thanks for sharing this post it's mouth-watering I really enjoyed it

36. Anita Venegas says:

    Hello. I've made this bread bowl recipe many times, and love them! I was wondering though if this dough would make a good pizza dough, and how would I modify it?

37. Cyd says:

    This will make a great pizza dough too. Just roll it out for your pizza.

38. Crystal says:

    I make these all the time. If they collapsed, it wasn't because they needed another rise. It is because you let them rise too much before putting them in the oven.