Far too many home cooks have a mental block about homemade bread. This is a huge bummer: bread is among the most satisfying and rewarding things you can learn to make, but complex recipes and ...

Baking bread is an intimidating proposal for many people—and for good reason. There are so many variables at play, only some of which you can control. If you’ve ever found yourself wishing for a bread ...

Why didn’t my bread rise? What temperature kills yeast? Correct common bread-baking mistakes like liquid temperature, proof time, and pan size. Recently, several people have told me, “I can’t make ...

This easy five minutes a day for fresh-baked bread technique will create crusty, moist bread dough you can bake all through the week. Baking bread at home saves hundreds of dollars on groceries every ...

Baking is one of my favorite activities, especially when the temps start to drop. For a nice, fluffy rise from yeasted bread, ...

Most dough needs a warm, humid environment to allow the yeast to ferment quickly, and these simple covering solutions should ...

Have you ever wondered why does the bread dough rise? Hate to break it to you, but there’s no magic trick behind it. The science lies in the combination of gluten and leavening agents, which is behind ...

When did you know you wanted to be a baker? When I was still in culinary school, we went on a field trip to visit Richard Bourdon. On the drive there, Liz remembers me saying, "Hmm, I wonder if I'm ...