Date Night Bread Recipes to Make with Your Sweetie

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💘 It’s Date Night! 💘

Experiential date nights are a great time to learn something new with those you love. How about trying one of these four date night bread recipes to make with your sweetie? These are fun and easy recipes (rated by skill level below) so you can choose one that’s right for you and that special someone, sweetie, friend, kids, or just by yourself to learn something new!

My recipes are all written with great care and very specific instructions. Therefore, they are easy to follow for any bread baker, novice, apprentice, or expert. Come along and give them a try and you will find that with minimal effort, you can be eating great, homemade bread in your very own home! How great is that?

Bread Baking Gifts: Essential Equipment

Looking for a gift idea that can be used for years to bake bread with those you love? Here are three inexpensive tools that I use daily and that I highly recommend. Buy one and wrap it up with a printed copy of one of these date night bread recipes and you have a beautiful experiential gift for that special someone. Looking for something else or a bread cookbook? Check out my Recommended Products page.

A bench scraper slices and portions dough, slides under dough after it is formed to move to a pan, plus makes quick work of cleaning up dough stuck to your countertops.

A kitchen scale measures ingredients precisely, absolutely essential for the “chemistry” of baking.

A Danish dough whisk is a fantastically strong piece of kit for mixing thick bread doughs by hand, no-knead bread doughs, & cookie dough.

Four Date Night Bread Recipes, In order of Difficulty, Least to Most

1. A Pesto Flavored Flatbread

Pesto Flatbread
Pesto Flatbread

This Pesto Flatbread is particularly easy and quick especially if you use a store-bought pesto. On a difficulty scale of 1 to 5, I would rate it a 1. I really enjoy the Mezzetta brand of Italian sauces, but any good quality pesto will do fine. Don’t forget to pick up some pizza sauce, too! This flatbread makes a perfect appetizer. Just drizzle with some olive oil and serve alongside a charcuterie board of olives, cheeses, and deli meats. It’s even a great receptacle for toppings, such as pizza sauce, cheese, veggies, salami, etc. Broil for a few minutes, then slice diagonally, sprinkle with fresh basil, and you have an attractive flatbread pizza appetizer.

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2. Naan Flatbread Appetizer with Apple Cranberry Chutney

Naan flatbread with apple cranberry chutney
Naan Flatbread with Apple Cranberry Chutney

This Naan Flatbread is quick and easy. I would rate this recipe a 1 out of 5 on a difficulty scale. To make it even easier, make only the flatbread without the chutney. However, do not worry, the chutney is super easy, too! The naan flatbread does double duty as a great flatbread pizza, too. So make a bunch and get the whole family involved making their own mini-pizzas or stash some away in the freezer for quick meals.

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3. Anpan Sweet Buns – International Flavor!

Sweet Roll Baked to a Golden Brown
Inside of the Anpan
Anpan Buns cooling on wire rack
Anpan Sweet Red Bean Paste Rolls

Want to take a culinary “trip” to Japan with your sweetie? Try making these Anpan Sweet Buns. They are wildly popular in Japan and found in most bakeries. I would rate these a 3 out of 5 for difficulty. The added difficulty comes from making the filling and then placing the filling and forming the dough ball around it. No worries, though! I provide step-by-step instructions with pictures. The filling can sometimes be found pre-made in Asian grocery stores if you want to skip this step. Or, make your own according to the recipe from dried adzuki beans, which you can find in the dried beans section of specialty bulk food shops, at an asian foods store, or by ordering online. These buns are soft, delicious, and a real international treat!

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4. Bread for Two

Small Loaf of Bread
A small loaf of bread for two or use as a soup bowl.

A rustic and simple white bread recipe that makes perfectly small rounds for two. I would rate this recipe as a 2 out of 5 in difficulty, only because forming the boules takes a little practice. Serve as is or turn these into bowls by cutting off the top, scraping out the inside, and adding your favorite soup. Recipe makes four small boules, one or two for now, and the rest in the freezer for later. What could be better?

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Bonus! Chocolate Sourdough with Dark Chocolate Bits & Cranberries

Up Close Picture of a Mini Chocolate Sourdough Boule
Chocolate Sourdough with Dark Chocolate Bits and Cranberries

What would a Date Night list of recipes be without some chocolate? I include here a fun flavored Chocolate Sourdough recipe. I would rate this recipe a 4 out of 5 on the difficulty scale. Only because you must have a sourdough starter to make this recipe. If you do not have a sourdough starter and are still looking for a fun bread with chocolate flavor – try the Chocolate Twist, a medium difficulty bread made with chocolate and Nutella – oh so delicious.

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Sharing Is Caring

Why not make someone else’s day by bringing them some delicious bread that you and your special someone made? Treat a solo neighbor or a single friend with some of these yummy breads and they are sure to remember it as a wonderful gift! Take a picture of your efforts and post to Twitter, FB, or IG, be sure to tag @christinasbreadbakes. I love to see your fresh baked goodies! Happy baking, Bread Bakers.

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46 thoughts on “Date Night Bread Recipes to Make with Your Sweetie”

  5. Bobbie

    I’ve always been a little intimidated to make sourdough, but the chocolate bread looks amazing! I think my husband and I will give this a try.

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  11. Emily Flint

    I love this list! I want all of them for V-day but that pesto bread is calling my name. Thanks for putting this one together!

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  12. Dawn Conklin

    I can’t wait to try the Anpan sweet buns, they look and sound amazing! My hubby doesn’t enjoy cooking but my daughters love to make breads with me. These all look amazing, but these sweet buns are calling my name.

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  15. Kayla DiMaggio

    I love this! My husband and I love to make food together, however we have never made bread together. We can’t wait to try some of these!

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  17. Colette

    Making bread together with your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day would be the perfect date. I would love to try the anpan sweet buns; it looks delicious! Well, pretty much everything here is so delicious! Thanks for the great tips!

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  23. Leslie

    I love this idea! Hmm, the boyfriend and I may have to try out those sweet buns. I enjoy cooking with him, he keeps everything fun. Thank you for sharing.

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