Tips And Techniques Posts

Flag cake

How to make a flag cake

Time for red, white, and blue(berries)

Jul 1, 2020

chocolate chip cookies on a baking sheet

"Do I really have to scrape my mixing bowl?"

Yes — and here's why.

Jun 24, 2020

Oatmeal cookies and flour bags

How to substitute whole wheat for white flour in baking

A quick and easy guide

Jun 22, 2020

flour and sourdough starter on counter

10 tips for new sourdough bakers

It's a confusing world out there, isn't it?

Jun 10, 2020

Lettuce growing in a garden

Grow a kitchen garden

our A to Z guide to baking-friendly plants

May 27, 2020

A loaf of sourdough bread on a cooling rack next to a starter and a bowl of baking powder and baking soda

How to bake bread without yeast

Overcoming the shortage

May 25, 2020

Mozzarella and jack cheeses beside baked pizza.

The best cheese for pizza

Branching out from mozzarella

May 18, 2020

Open bags of flour on table

Can I bake with out of date flour?

Maybe yes, maybe no; here's how to decide

May 4, 2020

Almost empty jar of yeast

How to bake bread using less yeast

Smart ways to tackle the yeast shortage

Apr 30, 2020

An example of a Zoom background

13 Zoom backgrounds for bakers

Share the joy of baking with these video chat backdrops

Apr 23, 2020

Imprinted drop cookies and tools

Drop cookies: beyond the fork

How to flatten cookie dough with flair

Apr 22, 2020

A mother and son using a rolling pin to roll out cookie dough

Baking with little kids

10 ways to bake with young helpers

Apr 13, 2020

Eggs, a rolling pin, and a bag of flour on a kitchen counter

What to bake if you run out of ingredients

There are more choices than you think

Mar 30, 2020

Two bowls of brown sugar, light and dark

"What can I substitute for brown sugar?"

Some straightforward advice

Mar 4, 2020

Three cast iron pan pizzas being topped with different ingredients

Pizza for every season

Topping inspiration for your favorite pizza

Mar 2, 2020

Naturally leavened sourdough bread made with yeast water in place of standard sourdough starter, sliced open and set on a wooden table.

Baking bread with a yeast water starter

Can fruit successfully stand in for flour?

Feb 24, 2020

A loaf of gluten-free sandwich bread, sliced on a bread board with a box of gluten-free flour in the background

Gluten-free yeast baking

Which flour should you use?

Feb 17, 2020

A loaf of bread among several preferments.

Baking with preferments

Poolish? Biga? Levain? Unlock great flavor by understanding the four key varieties

Feb 5, 2020

Bags of Swerve sugar replacement, granulated sugar, and Truvia Cane Sugar Blend, all pictured with chocolate chip cookies.

Sugar alternatives for baking

Fewer calories, but do they yield great results?

Jan 27, 2020

A bread board with homemade bagels next to a cup of coffee, orange juice, and a toasted bagel with cream cheese

How to shape bagels

Make bagels that look as good as they taste

Jan 15, 2020

Brown butter melted in a skillet surrounded by pound cake and shortbread wedges.

Brown butter

How to make your buttery baked goods even better

Jan 8, 2020

ROTY_NYE

Our 2019 Recipe of the Year, New Year's edition

Our Classic Birthday Cake gets all dressed up

Dec 30, 2019

A pile of sugar with ingredients that can be infused into it to add flavor: vanilla bean, rose petals, coffee beans, orange zest, rosemary springs, and lavender flowers

How to make flavor-infused sugar

Vanilla sugar and beyond

Dec 18, 2019

Christmas-themed cookies decorated with naturally colored icing

Cookie decorating with natural food colors

A drop-by-drop color guide from King Arthur's chief cookie decorator

Dec 9, 2019