January/February 2024

Bake from Scratch

A celebration of all things baking

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Cookbook Corner
Nichole Accettola, chef and owner of Kantine bakery and café in San Francisco, created this beautiful cookbook all about Scandinavian cuisine. Inspired by her time living in Copenhagen, Denmark, for more than a decade, Nichole crafted her versions of
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Bake Happenings
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Brian Hart Hoffman EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Nancy Meeks ASSOCIATE EDITOR Amber Wilson ASSISTANT EDITOR Christina Fleisch ASSISTANT EDITOR, DIGITAL CONTENT Kinsley Foster SENIOR COPY EDITOR Meg Lundberg CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Britney Brown-Cham
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Editors Letter
2024 is going to be DELICIOUS. I can feel it. How do I know that, you ask? How could it not be with the exciting things happening here at Bake from Scratch! First, we welcome Britney Brown-Chamberlain as our 2024 contributing editor! Britney and I be
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Recipe Index & Resources
Orange-Almond Rolled Cookies 70 Black Pepper-and-Rosemary Angel Biscuits 15 Brioche Buns with Poppy Seed and Vanilla Filling and Poached Sea Buckthorn 67 Buttermilk-Rye Soda Bread 71 Butterscotch Scones with Vanilla Bean Glaze 14 Cinnamon-Cardamom Bu
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Kitchen Finds for Baking Minds
Whether you use Swedish pearl sugar to decorate your breads or mix Belgian pearl sugar into your batters for pockets of crunchy sweetness, these sugars from Lars Own are an easy way to bring beauty and texture to your bakes. Read more about these spe
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The Joy of Baking
Have you always had a passion for baking? Brittany Dickson: I’ve always loved being in the kitchen. It started early on in my life, cooking with my grandmothers. I would pull up a chair to be counter-height to learn how to cook fried chicken, homemad
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Baker’s Pantry Basics
1. MEASURING CUPS AND SPOONS: Baking is all about precision and consistency, so you can’t get by with one type of measuring cup; you’ll need dry and liquid-measuring cups (a 2-cupsize is perfect to start with) to measure accurately. 2. DIGITAL SCALE:
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A Daughter and Her Dumplings
When I was growing up, my mother would make vareniki, potato-filled dumplings. Most people call them pierogies, but I only knew them as vareniki. She learned how to make them from her mother-in-law and my Bubbie, my father’s mother. Mom was the only
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Pearl Sugar
The first time I had pearl sugar, it was love at first bite. The city of Paris, France, was cold and gray in the bleak winter light, but there was an incandescent beacon in the form of a window display as I passed Les Choupettes de ChouChou in the 18
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A Swedish Sensation
There’s something magical about stepping into My (pronounced “me”) Feldt’s world. It’s full of life and love and brimming with inspiration. She’s an author and artist who, along with her brother, Patrick, operates one of the most popular bakeries in
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Spiced Just Right
POWERED BY Red Star® Yeast Makes 12 pretzels Once you make these chewy pretzels, you’ll never want to buy them again. ½ cup (120 grams) warm water (120°F/49°C to 130°F/54°C)3 teaspoons (12 grams) granulated sugar, divided1 (0.25-ounce) package (7 gra
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Heavenly Hazelnut Chocolate
Makes about 12 twists Buttery, flaky, lightly crisp, and with just the right amount of cocoa richness, think of these twists as pain au chocolat’s casual cousin. 2¼ cups (281 grams) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting1⅓ cups (300 grams) cold uns
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Sweet on Sweden
Having visited more than 33 countries, Maryland-based Britney Brown-Chamberlain draws inspiration for her blog, Britney Breaks Bread, from each region she encounters, making Britney a deliciously welcome addition to our magazine as the Bake from Scra
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Swedish Buns
Swedish buns are intricately twisted pastries imbued with the woodsy warmth of the southern Indian spice green cardamom. Cardamom adds notes of pine, mint, citrus, and a subtle smokiness, which provides the perfect balance to the buns. Cinnamon and c
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Fanny’s Warming Winter Baking
There is nothing quite like winter in the north of Sweden. Dark nights and crisp, cold air. A sun that rises and sets almost at the same time. The northern lights we see from our windows. Really, I wish you could’ve been here with Brian, Joann, and m
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Valkommen to Sweden
In February 2023, I embarked on a trip that had been nearly nine years in the making. What began as a way for me to meet one of my personal inspirations turned into an all-modes-of-travel journey from southern Sweden northward to Stockholm and its su
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Crazy for Kanelbullar
In the Vaxholm, Sweden, town center, you’ll find the Vaxholms Bed & Breakfast, a quaint 1930s-era house with just two guest rooms plus a common-area greenhouse and courtyard. Opened in 2009 by spouses Jesper and Linda Wahlström, the intimate B&B offe
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Strolling Through Stockholm, One Bakery at a Time
One of the first Swedish words I learned when I moved to Stockholm, Sweden, was fika. The term came in handy, especially when I was trying to make friends. Instead of asking someone if they’d like to grab a coffee, Swedes ask specifically, “Do you wa
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Where Baking and Art Meet
Born and raised in Halmstad on the west coast of Sweden, Linda Lomelino’s passion for baking and photography inspired her to start her wonderfully dreamy baking blog, Call Me Cupcake. She left her day job a few years later and began writing, styling,
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Semlor
With a more-than-700-year history, the almond-and-cream-filled buns most commonly known today as semlor have been through many changes. Like king cake in parts of the United States, semlor are enjoyed between the Christian holidays of Christmas and A
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Meet the Ankarsrum Mixer
With the Ankarsrum Assistent Original’s reliable durability and elegant style, this splurge-worthy mixer has instant heirloom status. Its performance, design, and versatility are unbeatable. This mixer is a baker’s dream and the ultimate powerhouse t
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When Life Gives You Lemons, Bake This Loaf
Makes 1 (8½x4½-inch) cake The inside of this divine cake is sweet and tender, fragrant with the scent of lemon throughout, while the outside is swathed in a simple lemon glaze and distinctly tart. Enjoy a slice as a snack or as the humble hero of a d
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This Cake is Bananas
Shop this linen at bakefromscratch.com/shop. Make 1 (17¼ x12¼-inch) cake Bananas with almost black peels that are on the verge of spoiling will have the best flavor. 3¼ cups (406 grams) all-purpose flour2 teaspoons (10 grams) baking powder1 teaspoon
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Commonly Used Terms for Yeast Dough
Kneading dough to develop the gluten structure is an essential part of the majority of yeasted dough recipes. But how do you know when you’ve kneaded enough? Enter the windowpane test: Pinch or cut—but don’t tear, because this damages the gluten stra
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Cinnamon-Cardamom Buns
Makes 18 buns I combined the two traditional yet separate fillings of Swedish buns—warming cinnamon and citrusy cardamom—to meld them into one divine creation. The figure eight shape, which I borrowed from Fanny Zanotti’s stunning brioche buns, is el

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