Thousands Are Falling in Love With These Soft Potato & Greek Yogurt Buns Made Without Flour
From the Elisabeth Says Kitchen
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The top is golden. The inside is soft and tender, with the fluffy, tear-apart center you’d expect from a dinner roll.
Then comes the question: where’s the flour?
There isn’t any.
The base is boiled potato, eggs and Greek yogurt. No yeast. No kneading. No waiting around for dough to rise.
What People Are Saying
“The kids eat the sandwich loaf without a word. That's the whole review.”
“Made the yogurt bagels on a Sunday and again on Tuesday. That never happened with the old recipe.”
The Recipe, Step by Step
Ingredients
- Boiled potato
- Eggs
- Greek yogurt
- Baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- Egg yolk and sesame seeds, for the top
Method
- Boil the potato until soft, then mash it smooth.
- Mix in the eggs, Greek yogurt, baking powder and salt.
- Shape the dough into buns on a lined baking tray.
- Brush the tops with egg yolk and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Bake until golden.
Exact amounts, oven temperature and baking time are in the book.
Why These Buns Work Without Flour
Each ingredient has a job:
- Boiled potatoGives the bun its body and a tender, fluffy crumb.
- Greek yogurtKeeps the inside soft and moist.
- EggsHold everything together so the buns keep their shape.
- Baking powderDoes the lifting that yeast usually does, so there’s no rising time.
The result is a roll you can mix and bake the same afternoon. No kneading, no proofing and no special equipment.
You Don’t Have to Give Up Bread
Bread is one of those foods people rarely want to give up. Warm rolls with butter. A soft bun for a sandwich. A basket on the table at dinner.
The good news is that you can still have all of it, made a simpler way at home, with ingredients you can name.
In Elisabeth’s Own Words
The recipe comes from 100 Guilt-Free Bread Recipes, the bread cookbook by Elisabeth Dunkins. Here is how she explains the idea in the book:
“Good bread doesn’t have to be complicated. For years I thought real bread meant yeast, rising times, and a fair amount of trial and error.”
“It wasn’t until I started experimenting with what was already in my refrigerator — cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, a few eggs — that I realized simple ingredients could make something that still functioned like real bread. Something you could slice, toast, fold, and share.”
“You don’t have to give up bread. You just have to learn a few simpler ways to make it at home, with ingredients you recognize.”Elisabeth Dunkins, 100 Guilt-Free Bread Recipes
Inside the Bread Book
One hundred recipes, organized by what you want to make. None of them ask you to wait around for dough to rise. Here are the nine chapters, with a few of the recipes in each:
Chapter 1: Everyday Loaves & Toasting Breads
14 recipesCottage Cheese Oat Sandwich Loaf, Buttermilk Soda Bread Loaf, Greek Yogurt Rye-Style Loaf
Chapter 2: Buns, Rolls & Sandwich Breads
12 recipesGreek Yogurt Dinner Rolls, Oat Flour Burger Buns, Garlic Herb Rolls
Chapter 3: Flatbreads, Naan & Pitas
12 recipesGreek Yogurt Quick Naan, Potato Quick Flatbread, Yogurt Flatbread Pockets
Chapter 4: Wraps & Tortillas
8 recipesCottage Cheese Egg Sheet Wraps, Carrot & Egg Wraps, Chickpea Flour Wraps
Chapter 5: Bagels & Breakfast Breads
10 recipesGreek Yogurt Quick Bagels, Cinnamon Raisin Yogurt Bagels, Pumpkin Yogurt Bagels
Chapter 6: Sweet Breads & Fruit Loaves
16 recipesBanana Oat Bread, Apple Cinnamon Loaf, Blueberry Yogurt Bread
Chapter 7: High-Protein Favorites
8 recipesTriple Egg White Protein Loaf, Cottage Cheese Protein Power Loaf, Egg & Oat Protein Buns
Chapter 8: Flourless & Gluten-Free-Friendly Breads
10 recipesSweet Potato Flourless Flatbread, Cloud Bread Sandwich Rounds, Zucchini & Almond Flour Bread
Chapter 9: Focaccia, Pizza Breads & Savory Specials
10 recipesPotato Quick Focaccia-Style Bread, Greek Yogurt Quick Pizza Base, Herbed Garlic Skillet Bread
How Every Recipe Is Laid Out
- The basics up topHow many it makes, serving size, prep and bake time, and how long it keeps.
- Ingredients firstUS measurements, with metric weights alongside where precision matters.
- Numbered stepsWritten out in full, start to finish.
- A Pro Tip in every recipeThe one thing most likely to trip you up.
- Elisabeth’s noteWith a “Try It This Way” variation in 11 recipes.
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12 recipesBanana Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies, Date Oat Energy Bars, Healthy Apple Crumble Bars
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14 recipesApple Cinnamon Muffins, Blueberry Banana Muffins, Zucchini Walnut Muffins
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23 recipesStrawberry Yogurt Cake, Lemon Yogurt Pound Cake, Orange Olive Oil Cake
Chapter 5: Chocolate & Date Bakes
7 recipesChocolate Banana Brownies, Date Sweetened Chocolate Cake, Date Pecan Brownies
“Do They Really Taste Like Bread?”
Soft and tender, with a fluffy tear-apart center, just like a dinner roll.
“I'll be honest, I bought this expecting hockey pucks. Every 'no yeast bread' I'd tried before was dense and crumbly. The cottage cheese oat sandwich loaf changed my mind on the first try — it slices clean, it toasts, and it actually holds a sandwich together. I've made it four times in two weeks.”
“No Yeast. Will They Rise?”
Yes. Baking powder does the lifting that yeast usually does, so there’s no proofing and no waiting. You mix, shape and bake.
“My wife does the baking, not me, and she was skeptical about a bread book with no yeast in it at all. Three weeks later she's made the farmhouse loaf, the dinner rolls, and the cinnamon raisin bread, and the yeast packets in the pantry haven't moved. Simple enough that I've even made the flatbreads myself.”
“I’m Not a Good Baker”
You don’t need to be. There’s no kneading and no dough to proof. Every recipe in the book has numbered steps, written out in full, and a Pro Tip about the one thing most likely to go wrong.
“No yeast, no rising, no planning my afternoon around dough. I just make it.”
“Is This Legit?”
Guilt-Free Treats and 100 Guilt-Free Bread Recipes are Elisabeth Dunkins’s own cookbooks, sold directly by Elisabeth Says.
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“I started with the Greek yogurt naan because it was only two real ingredients. Fifteen minutes later I was eating warm flatbread off the pan. No strange aftertaste. It's a weeknight regular here now.”
“Is the Bread Book Really Free?”
Yes. It comes with every hardcover order and is emailed to you automatically. The free bread book is digital and comes with the hardcover only.
Get My Hardcover + FREE Bread Book →Quick Answers
How do I get the digital book?
It’s emailed to you automatically with your hardcover order, and you can read it on any device.
Can I print it?
Yes. The digital books are yours to print at home.
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Printed books are made to order and shipped free. You'll get a tracking email as soon as your book ships.
Is there a subscription?
No. It’s one payment. No subscription and no membership.
Are there gluten-free or dairy-free versions?
Some recipes include simple ingredient swaps, and Elisabeth also has separate gluten-free and dairy-free dessert books. If you have a medical need, please check each recipe and the specific ingredients you buy.
Do I need special ingredients?
No. Most recipes use everyday ingredients you can find at a regular grocery store.
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Is the bread book really free?
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