Homemade Bread Gifts

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Homemade bread gifts are special for any holiday or occasion! I’ll show you how to wrap round bread as a gift or pair bread with other goodies to create beautiful homemade bread gift baskets.

When you enjoy baking bread as much as I do, it’s only a natural progression to want to share that joy with others by gifting the bread.

Homemade bread gifts don’t have to be elaborate (unless you want to go all out!). Gift wrapping a single loaf of bread in a pleasing way is a great place to start. A gift basket is such a fun project to put together as well.

More from the Blog:

• Perfect Homemade Food Gifts for the Holidays
• How to Make a Christmas Cookie Decorating Kit to Gift

How to Wrap Round Bread as a Gift

It’s essential to allow bread to cool completely before you try to gift wrap it. This prevents condensation from forming in the packaging.

If you need to drop off a warm loaf to someone, you could simply wrap twine or baker’s string around the loaf. You could place the loaf in an open paper bag during transportation.

A gift tag adds a personal touch. I use Canva anytime I want to make my own labels or tags. They have stylish templates from graphic designers that can be customized easily.

For another idea, you can gift bagels, soft pretzels or a large sourdough loaf in a clear bread bag tied with a ribbon (wired ribbon will hold its shape) or in one of these kraft paper bags with windows.

I like how the bread can be seen through these bags.

A loaf of bread also looks lovely wrapped up in a tea towel and tied with twine. I used this linen tea towel which measures 17×26 inches.

Recipes for Homemade Bread Gifts

Any bread recipe that you are already comfortable baking would make a wonderful gift! Here are some recipe suggestions from my blog if you’d like more ideas:

• Cranberry Walnut Sourdough Bread
• Sourdough Danish Pastries
• Sourdough Soft Pretzels (salted or coated with cinnamon sugar)
• Sourdough Brioche Loaf
• Sourdough Bagels
• Sourdough Cinnamon Raisin Bread
• Cranberry Banana Bread

Homemade Bread Gift Baskets

Gift baskets make such thoughtful homemade bread gifts! I made gift baskets for my mom and mother-in-law for Mother’s Day this year.

I baked up a double batch of my Sourdough English Muffins so I would have plenty to add to both baskets.

I tucked in cloth napkins for a pop of color (which can be used in a basket to serve bread later), jars of fruit spread, and wooden spreaders.

For my mother-in-law I even included a bag of craft coffee beans (my mom has a Keurig, so she was gifted extra English muffins and no coffee!).

For one of these gifts, I used a gift basket kit that I found at World Market. The kit contained an empty basket with a pack of excelsior, a gift tag, and a large cellophane bag to wrap everything up.

For my second gift, I used a shallow wooden box I found in the “wood pile” section at Hobby Lobby (I previously used one of these same boxes for my Christmas Cookie Decorating Kit).

How to Make Your Own Homemade Bread Gift Baskets

Here are step-by-step instructions if you’d like to create your own homemade bread gift basket.

I’ve also included a printable how-to card at the bottom of this post if that would be helpful for you as you collect your supplies.

1. Collect Gift Basket Supplies

Here is what you’ll need to start creating the gift basket:

• A suitable-sized basket, or a shallow wooden box or large vintage bowl (Hobby Lobby or other craft store, or Ebay, would be good places to look for these.) For reference, the basket pictured is 11 inches in diameter and 5 inches tall without the handles.
• Natural wood excelsior basket filler
• A tea towel or cloth napkin for color
• Clear cellophane gift basket bag
• Gift tag
• Greenery, ticking stripe or frayed ribbon, baker’s string, raffia, or twine to wrap around items or close the cellophane around the top of the basket
• Fresh homemade bread (cooled, and packaged, if desired)

2. Choose Food Items to Pair With Your Homemade Bread

It’s nice to have enough items in the basket with the bread that nothing will fall over during transport or look sparse. It helps if your basket isn’t too large for your items.

The homemade bread is the star of the show. Decide what bread you will bake, then choose two or more food or non-food items to gift that compliment the bread.

World Market is my go-to when I’m looking for non-perishable packaged food items for gifting. Any speciality food store would be a good place to look as well.

• Cheese (preferably packaged so it doesn’t need refrigeration before opening)
• Salami or summer sausage
• Olives
• Speciality jams and jellies or spreads (think fruit butter, lemon curd, or mustard)
• Compound butter or flavored cream cheese
• Local honey, creamed honey, or raw honeycomb
• Finishing salts
• Olive oil
• Dipping oil (or olive oil paired with a dipping oil seasoning blend)
• Balsamic vinegar
• Wine
• Two craft beers
• Two bottles of gourmet soda
• Craft coffee beans
• Tea
• Chocolate
• Roasted or candied nuts
• Seasonal fruit
• Samplers of speciality grain or milled flour or sourdough starter for a fellow baker

3. Choose Non-Food Items for Your Homemade Bread Gift Basket

Non-food items can solidify a theme you’re going with for your basket, or just be something special you know the recipient would enjoy.

• Cheese knives
• Honey dipper
• Spreader
• Olive wood spoon or salad servers
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Cavallini vintage puzzle
• Beeswax pillar candle or taper candles
• A bundle of dried eucalyptus or lavender
• Small speciality bread baking supplies like a lame, dough whisk, or thermometer for a fellow baker

4. Assemble Your Homemade Bread Gift Basket

Once you have collected everything you need, it’s time to assemble the basket.

1. Fluff a wad of excelsior and place it in the bottom of your basket, vintage bowl, or wooden box.
2. Add a colorful cloth napkin or tea towel off to one side. Set your homemade bread in as well.
3. Fill any empty spaces with other food or non-food items you have chosen to add to the basket. Tie greenery, string or twine around any items for visual appeal. Move the items around until your are happy with the arrangement.
4. Place the entire assembled basket inside of a clear cellophane gift basket bag. Write on a gift tag. Finally, fasten the top of the basket bag closed with ribbon, twine, or raffia, and make sure to tie the gift tag in place at the same time.

I hope you love sharing your bread with these homemade bread gifts!

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