September/October 2020

Bake from Scratch

A celebration of all things baking

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Bake From Scratch
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Brian Hart Hoffman MANAGING EDITOR Sophia Jones ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kyle Grace Mills DIGITAL EDITOR Beth Branch EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Alex Kolar SENIOR COPY EDITOR Rhonda Lee Lother COPY EDITOR Meg Lundberg CREATIVE DIRECTOR/PHOTOGRAPHY Ma
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Editors Letter
Like many inspired ideas, it began with a question: Why isn’t there a magazine just for bakers? A magazine that caters to people who don’t bake just for the holidays or special events, but the people who love stories behind ingredients, people who wa
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Recipe Index & Resources
Apple Shortcake 68 Chai Greek Wedding Cookies 28 Molasses-Swirled Sugar Cookies 101 Pan-Banging Snickerdoodles 33 Vanilla Spice Pumpkin Bars 13 Banana Streusel Bread 54 Chai Streusel Babka 43 Chocolate Babka 43 Cinnamon-Sugar Pretzels 91 French Demi
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Hot From The Oven
FROM A SPECIAL-ORDER COOKIE EMPIRE NOW TURNED FRISCO, TEXAS, BAKERY TO A NEW COOKBOOK USING AGES-OLD TECHNIQUES, THIS IS THE SWEETEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE BAKING WORLD THE BRIGHT SIDE While it felt like the world was standing still during the COVID-1
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Baker Spotlight
CHRISTEN REESE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, IS THE BRAINS BEHIND ONE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY’S FAVORITE BAKES: CHOCOLATE CAKE. CHRISTEN’S SPECIALTY CAKES, PARTICULARLY HER CHOCOLATE CAKE, HAVE EARNED COUNTLESS ACCOLADES, AND RIGHTLY SO.
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Chai Spice
When considering all the possibilities chai spice can lend your baking, it might be best to think of an iconic line from poet Walt Whitman: “I contain multitudes.” At once sweet and spicy, bold and complementary, chai spice offers a powerful blend of
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Kourabiedes
Buttery and coated in confectioners’ sugar, kourabiedes, also known as Greek wedding cookies, are timeless, fitting for any time of year and any day of the week. Yet, when made for a wedding, baked in batches of 50 or more and carefully stacked on a
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The Big (Cookie) Bang
It was the pan-bang heard ‘round the world. In a Minneapolis, Minnesota, kitchen, a frustrated 15-year-old slammed down her baking sheet filled with still-puffy cookie dough balls. The cookies deflated and rippled, forming a frozen shockwave of crisp
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Babka
Babka is the rarest of yeast breads: a visual beauty and a sumptuous treat all in one. Twisted, layered, and fantastically rich, it has impressed legions of hungry people from age to age. Brought to the US by Ashkenazi Jews in the 19th century, babka
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An Anniversary to Remember
Makes 1 (15-cup) Bundt cake A vintage jewel of a recipe, Apple Dapple Cake is “dappled” with apple chunks and soaked in a butter-and-brown sugar sauce once you pull it hot from the oven. Tender and bursting with toffee notes, this richly spiced cake
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Pies with Panache
My earliest memories of pie involve sitting in a restaurant booth, eyes locked on the shiny, rotating dessert case behind the cash register. It was filled with towering beauties: mile-high, deep-dish pies often made even taller with mounds of whipped
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Around the World in Apple Cake
Makes 9 bars A famed New Zealand favorite, apple shortcake is a nostalgic baked good from Down Under. Kiwi baking blogger Erin Clarkson claims that almost every grandmother in the country has a recipe for it tucked in their recipe book. Encased in a
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Sweet Potato Dreams
Makes 9 hand pies The perfect pastry package, these hand pies hide the welcome surprise of a spiced brown sugar-laden sweet potato filling. Drizzled with a warm glaze, each one is the buttery celebration of autumn’s sweetest tuber. 1¼ cups (284 grams
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The Pretzel Twist
Makes 1 (9-inch) tart Acting as a chewy, edible bowl, a puffy pretzel tart base holds our decadent Beer Cheese Filling that packs a triple threat of Gouda, Cheddar, and cream cheese, offering all the wondrous flavors of Oktoberfest. 3 cups (375 grams
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Swirled and Whirled
THE MAGIC OF MARBLING Makes 1 (9-inch) cake This cheesecake has all the familiar cheesecake characteristics you love—thick, creamy filling blanketing a crisp gingersnap crust—but with twice the visual appeal and an extra dose of fall flavor thanks to
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Pan de Muerto
In Mexico, Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebration of life and death, where mourning is exchanged for celebration. Every year, during the first two days of November, the country bursts with bright color and conviviality as people dress i
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Pear-Almond Olive Oil Cake
Makes 1 (9-inch) cake All you need is a single pear to create the beautiful fanned design on top of this stunning cake, and it’s so easy to do. You’ll love the extra punch of almond flavor from the almond flour and sliced almonds on top. 2 large eggs
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