You spent months mastering a basic sourdough bread recipe—that’s amazing. Now, you’re ready to branch out with more advanced loaves. But one look at the baking aisle and your head is spinning from all ...

A: Not all flours are created equal. All-purpose flour is just that. It means it can be used in myriad baked goods. Cake flour is used for cakes and cookies when you’re looking for a tender crumb.

Go ahead. Lick your fingers. You know you want to. You know you’re going to. When you make pastry, licking your fingers is part of the deal. It’s the payment you give yourself for making it. If you ...

Wheat flours are the building blocks we use to make our favorite breads, pastries, and other baked goods, but the array of available flours can get overwhelming. We’re lucky to live in a time of so ...

Choux pastry is a building block to creating all kinds of sweet and savory treats. Making it just requires a few simple ingredients and patience.

For years, Kim Boyce, a pastry chef who sifted and stirred her way through some of Los Angeles' best kitchens — including Wolfgang Puck's Spago and Nancy Silverton's Campanile — worked only in white ...

There are so many pie crust and dough recipes out there — including many in our own Recipes archive — that it’s no wonder there’s confusion about which is best. If you know me well, you already know ...

Self-rising flour makes impossibly fluffy pancakes, sky-high biscuits and muffins that rival any bakery’s. But it’s not all that common in recipes, plus it has a short shelf life, so stocking up isn’t ...

QUESTION: A recent recipe mentioned how to substitute all-purpose flour for cake flour. But it was a bit confusing. How do you substitute flours? ANSWER: Not all flours are created equal. All-purpose ...