Baking guide - ingredient guide, baking tips, food care, and more
Baking—even stress-baking—is a whole lot easier with our guide to baking ingredients, techniques, baked goods storage, and more. Find substitutes for ingredients you don't have on hand, learn the difference between common ingredients such as baking soda and baking powder, and learn how to store the sweet finished product so it lasts as long as possible.
cookie on a map of the US: Most popular Christmas cookies, favorite cookies in America
These Are the Most Popular Christmas Cookies in Every State
sugar cookies and an icing bag on a green background
The Best Royal Icing Recipe
5 mins
Close-Up Of Two Flour Jars
How to Store Flour and Avoid Flour Bugs
square piece of cake on a plate with a pink background
3-Layer Magic Cake Is Surprisingly Simple to Make
how-to-scale-recipes: mini pies in oven
The Ultimate Guide to Small-Batch Baking and Scaling Down Desserts
Ingredients for baking on concrete background
How to Make Buttermilk at Home—Plus, Easy Buttermilk Substitutions
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5 Mistakes You're Making With Your Bread Maker
pecan pie
How to Tell if Pecan Pie Is Done Without Cutting It
egg wash
How to Make an Egg Wash—and What to Use It For
three pitchers filled with heavy cream
Heavy Cream, Whipping Cream, or Half-and-Half? Here's What to Use When
baker gifts
The Best Gifts You Can Buy for the Baker in Your Life
Honey Pouring On Spoon Over White Background
How to Accurately Measure Honey, Molasses and More Sticky Ingredients Without Making a Mess
Raw ingredients for pancakes on the beige table
The Ultimate Guide to Baking Substitutions
no-bake-cookies
12 No-Bake Cookie Recipes That Don't Require Eggs or Flour
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The Difference Between Cake Flour, Bread Flour, Pastry Flour, and All-Purpose Flour
Traditional christmas lemon bundt cake decorated with spruce branch and cranberries.
How to Fix Holiday Dessert Mistakes—and Keep Them From Happening in the First Place
healthy-dessert-hacks: brownies with walnuts
9 Healthy (and Delicious!) Ways to Hack Your Desserts for a Nutritional Boost, According to RDs
Silpat Premium Non-Stick Silicone Baking Mat
This Reusable Nonstick Baking Mat Makes Foil Obsolete
homemade bread
8 Essential Tips for Making Homemade Bread, According to a Master Baker
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The Genius Method for Getting a Cake Out of Its Pan in One Piece
Mini pumpkin pies topped with whipped cream on a blue background
8 Mini Pie Recipes That Are Perfect for Smaller Celebrations
Ingredients for baking homemade home
6 Major Mistakes You're Making When Baking Bread
tiktok-baked-oats
How to Make Viral Baked Oats, the Healthy TikTok Breakfast Trend That's Basically Cake
Pumpkin Muffins
Our Favorite Cinnamon-Spiced Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
35 mins
herb-spice-substitutions-guide: spices in spoons
The Ultimate Guide to Herb and Spice Substitutions
Types of butter guide - different kinds of butter (cut butter)
The 9 Most Common Types of Butter—Plus the Best Ways to Use Them
blueberry-cookies-tiktok
These Beautiful Vegan Blueberry Cookies Are Going Viral on TikTok—Here's How to Bake Them
51 mins
homemade sour cream
How to Make Sour Cream From Scratch
1 day 10 mins
sourdough bread made with two-ingredient sourdough starter
Make Sourdough Starter From Scratch With Just Two Ingredients
Matcha Layercake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
The Difference Between Frosting, Icing, and Glaze
egg-size-differences
Not Getting the Right Results When Baking? Your Eggs May Be the Wrong Size
Baking soda vs. baking powder - the difference between baking powder and baking soda
The Difference Between Baking Soda and Baking Powder, So You Can Finally Stop Confusing Them
Tie Dye Is the Most Impressive (yet Easy) Way to Decorate Sugar Cookies—Here's How to Do It
Gingerbread house decorating tips
9 Genius Tips From a Professional Baker to Build the Perfect Gingerbread House
goat-butter
Goat Milk Butter Is the Surprising Baking Staple You Need in Your Life
better-sourdough-bread
10 Genius Ways to Bake Better Sourdough Bread
How-to-freeze-desserts: berry tart
Here's How to Freeze All Your Favorite Desserts
Types of yeast
What's the Difference Between Active Dry, Instant, and Fresh Yeast?
Betty Gold shows off her no-knead homemade bread recipe
The Secret to Baking Fluffy, Homemade Bread—Without Kneading—Is All About Science
panettone
Everything You Need to Know About Panettone, the Classic Italian Christmas Bread
irish-soda-bread
No, You Don't Have to Knead (or Proof) Irish Soda Bread—Here's What You Should Know Before You Bake
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How to Prep a Baking Pan
apple pie recipes: Homemade Crunchy Apple Pie
5 Simple Apple Pie Recipes Packed With Fall Flavor
How to make croissants
Bored of Baking Bread? Take Your Skills to the Next Level With These Advanced Baking Projects
sliced No-Yeast bread and oil
Short on Yeast? Here Are 3 Clever Ways You Can Bake Bread Without It
Colorful birthday cake with sprinkles: cake decorating
Here's How to Decorate Any Cake Without Any Fancy Ingredients or Tools
how-to-make-pie-crust
The Easiest, Most Effective Way to Make Your Own Pie Crust
homemade apple pie
Thomas Keller's Secrets to Making the Best Apple Pie
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Mango Pound Cake
3 hrs
vanilla extract
Baking Much? Here's How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract in Your Instant Pot
30 mins
Apple Coffee Cake Twist With Giant Crumbs
Apple Coffee Cake Twist With Giant Crumbs
55 mins
Sourdough-banana-bread-recipe
Looking for a Way to Commemorate a Year of Lockdown? Bake This Delicious Sourdough Banana Bread
1 hrs 25 mins
Chocolate-Peppermint Wafers
10 Clever Ways to Use Sugar Cookie Dough
Oven Rack Positions: Cook taking ready chicken from the oven
How You Arrange Your Oven Racks Can Make You a Better Cook
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6 Evaporated Milk Substitutes That Will Save You a Trip to the Store
roasted chicken cooked in a convection oven
What Is Convection Cooking, and When Should You Use It Over Regular Roasting or Baking?
Hands taking baked cupcakes in cupcake tin off oven rack
6 Baking Tips for Flawless Cakes
Christina Tosi's baking tips and hacks
Christina Tosi's Creative Cookie Hacks Will Change the Way You Bake
how-to-chop-chocolate: baking chocolate
Yes, There's a Better Way to Chop Baking Chocolate That's Completely Mess-Free—Here's How
How to Stack and Frost a Layer Cake
How To: Assemble and Frost a Layer Cake
Pumpkin Pie in a Box
How to Store Pumpkin Pie
can you freeze pumpkin pie - freezing pumpkin pie guide
Can You Freeze Pumpkin Pie?
how-to-make-homemade-cookie-cutters: sugar cookies in assorted shapes
No Cookie Cutter? No Problem. Here's How to Make Your Own