Bake from Scratch

Each page of this publication features stunning photography, easy-to-follow recipes, techniques for creating beautiful, artisan baked goods, and endless inspiration for home bakers. Discover the world's best bakeries, essential bread recipes such as brioche and rye, products that should be in every baker's pantry, new cookbooks, and more.

Bake from Scratch • july | august 2021 Volume 7, Issue 4

Editors Letter • SUMMER IS THE HOTTEST TIME TO BE BAKING, BOTH LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY. ARE YOU READY TO DIVE INTO ONE OF THE SWEETEST ISSUES YET?

Recipe Index & Resources

Everything Under the Sun • THIS ROUNDUP OF BAKING FINDS—FROM PERFECTLY DIVIDED COOKIE DOUGH TO PORTABLE ICE CREAM BLISS—WILL HAVE YOU DIVING HEADFIRST INTO REFRESHING SUMMER BAKING.

Jennifer Chessa: The Traveling Baker • WE FIRST MET JENNIFER CHESSA IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AT OUR 2019 BREAD BAKING RETREAT, AND WE WERE IMMEDIATELY STRUCK BY HER VIBRANCE AND BAKING TALENT. BORN AND RAISED IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, THIS HOME BAKER IS ON THE MOVE, CONSTANTLY SEEKING INSPIRATION FROM INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, BAKING CLASSES, AND LOCAL BAKERIES.

Honey • GET THE SCOOP ON THIS BEAUTIFUL BYPRODUCT OF BUSY BEES

Brown Sugar-Peach Cobbler • DEVOTED READER AND SAVVY HOME BAKER EUNICE BEACH OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, FLAWLESSLY CAPTURES THE HEART AND SOUL OF BAKING WITH EVERY BITE OF HER HOMESTYLE PEACH COBBLER

Bella in Full Bloom • BELLA KARRAGIANNIDIS, THE INSPIRING BAKER BEHIND FUL-FILLED, SHARES WORDS OF WISDOM, WONDER, AND WELL-BEING

Summer Sensations • THIS NEW COLUMN IS DEVOTED TO BRINGING BAKERS THE BEST RECIPES FOR ANY OCCASION OR CRAVING. FIRST UP, WE’RE DIVING INTO TWO FAVORITES—BUTTERY GARLIC BREADSTICKS AND SWEET YEASTED CORN MUFFINS.

Hand Pies • INTRODUCING THE PRIMER FOR THE ULTIMATE PORTABLE PASTRY: HAND PIES

Baking with Custard Powder • BECKONING TO BAKERS IN ITS BRIGHT CONTAINER, BIRD’S CUSTARD POWDER IS THE CREAMY SECRET TO AMAZING DESSERTS. COOKIES, BUTTERCREAM, ICE CREAM, AND BARS ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE THE CUSTARD POWDER TREATMENT.

Around the World with Honey Cakes • FROM THE GINGERBREAD-LIKE HONEY CAKES OF BRAZIL TO THE HONEY-SOAKED FARINA CAKE OF EGYPT, WE’RE EXAMINING FOUR CLASSIC HONEY CAKES AND THE PLACES THEY CALL HOME

4 Ways with a Quarter Sheet Pan • THE QUARTER SHEET PAN IS AN OLD FRIEND TO COOKIES AND CAKES, BUT THERE IS MORE TO THIS PAN THAN MEETS THE EYE. THESE FOUR RECIPES SHOWCASE THE POTENTIAL OF THIS SEEMINGLY ORDINARY TOOL, CREATING CROWD-FAVORITES, FROM CUSTOMIZABLE MORNING PANCAKES TO A PARTY-WORTHY BANANA SPLIT.

Poke Cake Summer • JUSTIN BURKE, FOOD WRITER AND PROFESSIONAL BAKER, GIVES HIS FAVORITE NOSTALGIC DESSERT, THE TENDER, INFUSED POKE CAKE, A MODERN UPGRADE

Roasted Rewards • THE HOTTEST SUMMER SECRET? MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FRESH SUMMER FRUIT BY ROASTING IT! DON’T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT—TRY ANY ONE OF THESE RECIPES, FROM A ROASTED STRAWBERRY LAYER CAKE TO RUM-ROASTED PINEAPPLE BLONDIES, TO TASTE THE RAZZLE-DAZZLE POWER OF ROASTED FRUIT.

French Pastry 101 • WE TALK WITH PASTRY CHEF MOLLY WILKINSON, GETTING A SWEET PEEK AT HER NEW COOKBOOK, FRENCH PASTRY MADE SIMPLE, AND HER VERSAILLES-BASED COOKING SCHOOL

Ekmak • DISCOVER THE HISTORY BEHIND THE SYRIAN PASTRY, FOREVER TIED TO A MOSTLY FORGOTTEN PLACE AND THE MAN WHO REMEMBERS IT

Edible Cookie Dough • THE EASY, FOOD-SAFE ANSWER TO YOUR COOKIE DOUGH CRAVINGS

Trish on Pie and Cake • OUR BAKING AND PASTRY EDITOR TACKLES PERFECT PIECRUST AND HOW TO MAKE CAKES INCREDIBLY TENDER