Temperature affects nearly every type of baking recipe: Cookies and pie doughs: Warm kitchens soften doughs, leading to spread or disappointing textures. Cakes and cupcakes: Warm butter can make ...

If your bread dough just isn't performing the right way in the winter months, you're not alone. Discover why cold temperatures slow yeast activity, along with easy fixes to get your loaves rising ...

Baking bread is a labor of love. You mix, knead, wait on the proof, punch down and proof again. It’s a lot of work before your loaf even hits the oven. Baking bread is the last hurdle, and for new ...

It's no secret that in the Bay Area we're spoiled with good bread. Artisan bakers like Acme, Tartine and Semifreddis provide the baguettes and batards that grace our dinner tables, and few consumers ...