South American Breads

Photos with links to recipes for a variety of South American bread.

These breads from Brazil, Colombia, and Paraguay have many things in common, but each one is unique and calls for very specific ingredients. Learn about the specialy ingredients in these popular breads and how to find them.

These delicious cheese rolls from Brazil (pao de queijo) are made with cassava (tapioca) flour, which gives them their distinctive taste and texture. They're also gluten free.

This is a moist, high protein, wholesome bread. It has nutty texture that comes from the cooked grains of quinoa. It keeps very well, and is excellent toasted.

A quick and easy bread machine recipe for bread made with the nutritious Andean grain called quinoa.

These sweet whole wheat dinner rolls are made with cooked quinoa, a high protein grain from the Andes.

Cachitos are a Venezuelan breakfast treat - a delicious crescent roll filled with ham.

Pandebono is a soft chewy cheese bread from Colombia made with tapioca starch (cassava) and cornmeal.

Serve this dense, savory corn bread with soup or stew, or enjoy it toasted with butter.

Fainá is an Italian-style flatbread made from chickpea (garbanzo) flour that is popular in Uruguay and Argentina.

Torta de choclo is a sweet soufflé-like corn bread from Colombia.

These traditional french bread-like rolls from Chile have a unique shape and are excellent spread with avocado or pebre.

Hallulas are a popular Chilean bread, perfect for ham and cheese sandwiches.

A cheesy, flavorful cornbread with lots of South American flavor.

This recipe for potato rolls makes soft, slightly sweet dinner rolls. The mashed potatoes added to the dough help keep the rolls soft for several days.

Chimichurri sauce is made with lots of garlic and herbs, and makes an easy topping for quick garlic bread.

This tasty olive chimichurri bread is even better when dipped in chimichurri sauce.

These delicious Venezuelan sweet rolls have a sweet molasses flavor.

Chancay is the name of a particular Peruvian bread - a sweet, soft roll with a hint of anise flavoring.

These delicate cheesy biscuits are made with masarepa, the cornmeal that is used to make arepas.

This healthy whole grain bread is made with the Andean grain amaranth.

Soft rolls with crumbled bacon bits inside and out, perfect for sandwiches.

Pan de tres puntas is a delicious triangle-shaped bread from the city of Arequipa, Peru.

Thick Venezuelan-style arepas (corncakes) are delicious, and make great sandwiches.

Arepas con huevo are delicious fried corncakes, filled with an egg. Much better than an egg mcmuffin - they'll warm you up and keep you going all morning.

Arepas are corn griddle cakes made with a special ground corn. These arepas feature sweet corn and queso fresco.

Thick Venezuelan-style arepa corncakes with bacon and cheddar cheese make a great breakfast.

These cheesy rolls are simple to make with cornmeal and eggs.

Quick flatbreads with creamy queso fresco cheese, sundried tomatoes, rosemary, and olives.

This easy recipe for homemade cinnamon rolls uses two kinds of potatoes - regular white potatoes and sweet potatoes. It's definitely worth the extra effort - the cinnamon rolls are soft and tender and stay that way for several days.

Cinnamon rolls are even better with caramel dulce de leche in the filling.

Filled with dried pineapple and golden raisins, these scones are sweetened with brown sugar and cream of coconut, and topped with a tart passionfruit glaze.

A nutritious and flavorful muffin made with high protein quinoa flour.

Bagels made with the high protein Andean grain quinoa.

This very moist banana bread gets great flavor from sweet potatoes, coconut, and candied nuts.

This tasty banana bread is also quite nutritious, as it's made with high protein quinoa flour.

This warm cinnamon pumpkin bread will make your house smell wonderful as it bakes.

The tropical flavors of coconut and guava come together in these wonderful biscuits.

These corn cakes from Venezuela and Colombia are made from pre-cooked corn flour, water, and salt and cooked on a griddle.

These flavorful coconut muffins have the perfect sweetness for a breakfast muffin.

These tasty bran muffins get a nutritious boost from high protein grains quinoa and amaranth.

Anis is a popular ingredient in South American desserts and baked goods. These small, slightly sweet rolls have a soft texture, and make a great afternoon snack with tea or coffee.

These corn cakes are cooked in butter on a griddle. They're crispy on the outside, soft and cheesy on the inside, and full of corn flavor.

Roti is a grilled flatbread, and there are many variations of roti in the cuisines of Suriame, Guyana, and French Guiana.

Dhal Puri is an East Indian-style flatbread with a filling of seasoned lentils.

Onions, peppers, cornmeal and queso fresco cheese make these savory muffins a great addition to the dinner table.

Mango blueberry muffins combine the fresh tropical flavor of mango with blueberries and lime.

These sweet tart muffins are a bit exotic, with passionfruit in the batter and glaze, and a crunchy topping of Brazil nuts.

Chock full of nutritious tropical fruits and nuts, while low in fat and high in fiber, these muffins will keep you going all morning long.

Tender strawberry muffins, swirled with a touch of dulce de leche, and topped with streusel, will start your day off right.