The Baking Lab
Better baking begins with why.
Short lessons on what’s really happening in the bowl and the oven. Read them in order, or dip in wherever your last bake went sideways.
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To Fold or Not to Fold
Read the lesson: To Fold or Not to FoldField notes / 015 What do you mean, “fold in the flour”? How do I do that? The short answer “Folding” ingredients into a batter is a common mixing technique meant to incorporate the ingredient without deflating any air that…
The notebook
Every lesson, in order.
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All About Butter
Butter’s Role in Baking In baking, butter’s job is to contribute to the richness (the heavy, velvety, indulgent feeling when…
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Precision Matters: Weight vs. Volume
Field notes / 015 Why are most of the baking recipes on this blog measured in weight instead of volume?…
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To Fold or Not to Fold
Field notes / 015 What do you mean, “fold in the flour”? How do I do that? The short answer…