Bake from Scratch

Summer is still one of our favorite times to crank up the oven. Our July/August issue is packed with the most delicious ways to use the season’s sweet, flavor-packed produce. We dedicate an entire feature to baking with blueberries and blackberries, and we’ve also got enough thumbprint cookie recipes to last you the whole summer. Take a deep dive into sourdough as we offer you all the insider tricks you need to master this iconic bread. Look to our fourth annual Baker’s Dozen to get to know the top pastry chefs, inventors, philanthropists, and influencers who are pushing the boundaries of the baking world. And what would summer be without travel? We take you to Seattle, Washington, for a Pike Place Market shopping spree with our friend Gaby Dalkin and our editor-in-chief, Brian Hart Hoffman. Bake a difference with us as we stand behind Bake Sale for No Kid Hungry with our best bake sale-approved recipes for your own bake sale. This issue has all the inspiration you need to give your baking a touch of the summer sun.

Bake from Scratch US

Editor’s Letter

contributors

summer’s HOTTEST READS • MAKE THIS YOUR SWEETEST SUMMER YET WITH NEW COOKBOOKS BY A CAKE-DECORATING QUEEN, PIE PRODIGIES, AND MORE DISTINGUISHED BAKERS

GRASSHOPPER DRIP CAKE • RETRO RECIPES ARE JESSIE SHEEHAN’S THING. HERE, THE VINTAGE BAKER AUTHOR REMINISCES ABOUT HER GRANDMOTHER’S CHOCOLATE CAKE AND GIVES IT A MINTY MAKEOVER.

BAKING FOR THE RED, WHITE & BLUE • AT DOG TAG BAKERY, VETERANS RECEIVE A CHANCE TO JUMP-START A NEW CIVILIAN CAREER WHILE BAKING PASTRIES AND PULLING SHOTS OF ESPRESSO

YEAST • UNDERSTAND THE LIVING INGREDIENT THAT HELPS DOUGH RISE TO THE OCCASION

the essential . . . SOURDOUGH • FROM BUILDING YOUR STARTER TO SHAPING YOUR DOUGH, LEARN TO BAKE YOUR OWN NATURALLY FERMENTED, GOLDEN-CRUSTED SOURDOUGH BOULE

How to Start Your Sourdough Starter • THREE INGREDIENTS, TWO WEEKS, ONE FORMULA: THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A STARTER.

THE STARTER • CALL IT THE MOTHER, THE CULTURE, THE

The Starter Virtues with Joshua Weissman • WITH MORE THAN HALF A MILLION VIEWS ON HIS “THE ULTIMATE SOURDOUGH STARTER GUIDE” YOUTUBE VIDEO, JOSHUA WEISSMAN HAS SHARED SOME STARTER WISDOM WITH QUITE A FEW FIRST-TIME BAKERS. FOLLOW HIS THREE MAIN VIRTUES FOR A FAILPROOF FIRST STARTER.

SOURDOUGH DISCARD

THE DOUGH • YOU’VE CREATED A STARTER AND LEAVEN—NOW IT’S TIME TO FERMENT AND SHAPE THE DOUGH

Dutch Oven Baking Science

VARIATIONS • ADD THE FOLLOWING MIX-INS IN WITH THE FLOURS AND SALT IN STEP 2

Sourdough Made Simple with Zoë François • ZOË FRANÇOIS HAS SPENT HER COOKBOOK-WRITING CAREER MAKING BREAD APPROACHABLE AND EASY FOR BEGINNER BAKERS. NOW SHE’S OFFERING THE TOP TIPS ALL NEWBIES SHOULD KNOW BEFORE DIVING IN.

BLACK and BLUE • STRIKING THE PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN SWEET AND TART, BLACKBERRIES AND BLUEBERRIES ARE THE YIN TO EACH OTHER’S YANG. WE CELEBRATE THIS LUSCIOUS SUMMER COMBINATION WITH SOURDOUGH DISCARD DOUGHNUTS, JAMMY PALMIERS, AND MORE.

PRO TIP

MUFFIN PAN MAGIC • TIME TO PULL OUT YOUR TRUSTY TIN. WE’RE SHARING FOUR INNOVATIVE WAYS TO USE YOUR MUFFIN PAN. FROM TWISTY BABY BABKAS TO BUTTERY TARTLETS (BAKED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAN!), THESE RECIPES PROPEL YOU BEYOND THE FAMILIAR TO DELICIOUS NEW HORIZONS.

2019 Bakers DOZEN • MEET THE TOP TRAILBLAZERS IN THE BAKING INDUSTRY TODAY

Summer SWEET BUNS • WE’RE GIVING SWEET BUNS A SUMMERY TWIRL AND SWIRL, FROM BRIGHT CITRUS PULL-APART BUNS TO A JUMBO BUN BURSTING WITH BLUEBERRIES

MAKE AHEAD

BAKE A DIFFERENCE HOST A BAKE SALE • THE ONLY THING MORE REWARDING THAN BAKING FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS BAKING FOR SOMEONE IN NEED

JOIN US & HOST YOUR OWN BAKE SALE!

DON’T MISS OUR BAKE SALE!

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