Bake from Scratch

Synopsis: Our first issue of 2019 is here, and it’s piled high with baking inspiration! Fight winter’s cold temperatures with our recipes that will give you an excuse to keep the coffee pot on all day, like our Irish Coffee Coffee Cake (our cover star!). We’ve got your snow-day baking covered with a cozy collection of recipes that only require a few pantry staples. Then, meet our latest FOMO (fear of missing out) cookie obsession: hamantaschen, the classic Purim cookie with the triangular shape and endlessly customizable fillings. And for those who are only here for the buttery goodness—you know who you are—check out our flaky, sugary morning buns and the St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake. Their magic begins and ends with golden butter. With a new year comes a new back page feature, and for 2019, we’re all about brownies! First up is a back page brownie full of espresso, Kahlúa, and coffee’s favorite cookie: Biscoff. Finally, we’re honored to feature shining pastry star Dolester Miles, fresh off a James Beard Award win for Outstanding Pastry Chef. Dol has been infusing the Birmingham, Alabama, baking scene with warmth and ingenuity for more than 30 years—and we’ve got the inside scoop on her story!

With this magazine in hand, your new year of baking will be off to an amazing start!

from the editor

contributors YOU’RE SNOWED IN. WHAT ARE YOU BAKING?

EDITOR’S choice BRIAN HART HOFFMAN • TO HELP RING IN A NEW YEAR OF BAKE FROM SCRATCH, WE ASKED EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BRIAN HART HOFFMAN TO SHARE THE TOP TOOLS AND MUST-HAVE INGREDIENTS HE’S BAKING WITH IN 2019

APPLE CRUMB CAKE • BOSTON NATIVE ROBIN BIRNBAUM SHARES WHY A HOMEMADE APPLE CAKE INVOKES SO MUCH NOSTALGIA THAT IT’S WORTH SHIPPING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE GIVE HER RECIPE A CRUMBLY, ZESTY UPDATE.

THE REDO

SWEET HOME ALABAMA’S QUEEN OF PASTRY • HOW SOUTHERN-BORN, SELF-TAUGHT BAKER DOLESTER MILES BECAME THE TOP PASTRY CHEF IN THE NATION AND IS REDEFINING UPSCALE DESSERT

COFFEE • LEARN TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR BAKING WITH THE COMPLEX FLAVOR OF COFFEE

Coffee BREAK • A FRIEND OF CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL, AND CREAM, COFFEE GIVES AROMATIC BODY TO CAKES, TARTS, COOKIES, AND MORE

MESMERIZING Hamantaschen • WE TAPPED BAKER JAKE COHEN TO CHANNEL HIS JEWISH ROOTS AND CULINARY GENIUS FOR THE ULTIMATE HAMANTASCH RECIPE IN PREPARATION FOR PURIM MARCH 20-21. WITH ONE DOUGH AND FIVE FLAVOR-PACKED FILLING OPTIONS, THESE WILL BE YOUR NEW GO-TO COOKIE RECIPES WHETHER YOU CELEBRATE PURIM OR NOT.

Snow Day BAKING • WHAT BETTER WAY TO SPEND A SNOW DAY THAN IN THE WARM KITCHEN BAKING UP COMFORT FROM SCRATCH? THESE RECIPES USE PANTRY STAPLES YOU ALREADY HAVE ON HAND, LENDING MAXIMUM INDULGENCE WITH MINIMAL (AND FLEXIBLE) INGREDIENTS, FOR THOSE DAYS WHEN FRIGHTFUL WEATHER PREVENTS YOU FROM HEADING TO THE STORE (OR WHEN YOU JUST DON’T FEEL LIKE IT).

the essential... MORNING BUNS • JOIN US AS WE TAKE ON THE EMPEROR OF BREAKFAST PASTRIES, FROM THE LAMINATED LAYERS TO THAT EPIC FILLING AND THE CRISPY OUTER SUGAR COATING

Morning Buns in a Day

Danish Dough vs. Croissant Dough • WHEN IT COMES TO LAMINATED PASTRIES, IT CAN BE HARD TO TELL ONE BUTTER-RICH DOUGH FROM ANOTHER. WE BREAK DOWN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO CLASSICS.

LAMINATION STATION • YOU’RE JUST A FEW FOLDS AND ONE ROLL AWAY FROM THE PERFECTLY SHAPED MORNING BUN

Morning Bun Hall of Fame • FROM COAST TO COAST, THESE ARE THE BEST BAKERY BUNS TO BE HAD

SHAKE UP YOUR SUGAR • THE MORNING BUNS ARE DONE, AND ONLY ONE TASK REMAINS: THAT CRISP SUGAR COATING TO TOP IT OFF. TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH OUR FRUITY AND SPICY VERSIONS.

Donna Hay A MODERN BAKING EMPIRE • AUSTRALIA’S CULINARY ICON AND LEADING COOKBOOK AUTHOR DONNA HAY UNVEILS MODERN BAKING, HER FIRST FULL-LENGTH COOKBOOK DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO BAKING

DONNA’S BEST STYLING AND...