Each page of this publication features stunning photography, easy-to-follow recipes, techniques for creating beautiful, artisan baked goods, and endless inspiration for home bakers. Discover the world's best bakeries, essential bread recipes such as brioche and rye, products that should be in every baker's pantry, new cookbooks, and more.

Bake from Scratch • january | february 2021 Volume 7, Issue 1

Editors Letter • AT THE RISK OF MASSIVE UNDERSTATEMENT, 2020 WAS A TOUGH YEAR.

Recipe Index & Resources

Hot from the Oven • FROM SUSTAINABLE TEXTILES TO HANDCRAFTED KNIVES, APRONS, AND STONEWARE, WE ARE EXCITED TO SUPPORT THESE BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BAKING INDUSTRY’S MOST TALENTED ARTISANS AND ENTREPRENEURS.

Baker Spotlight • LAST SUMMER, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BAKERS JOINED FORCES FOR THE LARGEST BAKE SALE IN HISTORY. LAUNCHED BY BAKERS AGAINST RACISM, AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY PAOLA VELEZ, WILLA PELINI, AND ROB RUBBA, THE BAKE SALES HAVE RAISED $1.9 MILLION TO DATE—AND COUNTING. WE’RE HIGHLIGHTING THREE OF THE BAKERS WHO HELPED TRANSFORM THE BAKE SALE FROM A FUNDRAISING EVENT TO A FULL-BLOWN MOVEMENT.

Peanuts • WE’RE DIGGING INTO THE PEANUT, THE ULTIMATE BAKING SHAPESHIFTER, FROM ITS HISTORICAL ROOTS TO ITS SWEET MODERN USES

Peanut Butter Cake • THE TODAY ICON AND UNABASHED PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING LOVER AL ROKER SHARES THE ROMANTIC STORY OF BIG ANNIE’S PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

The Sweetest Heritage • WE TALK WITH JOCELYN DELK ADAMS, THE BOSS BAKER BEHIND GRANDBABY CAKES, ON THE ART OF PRESERVING MEMORIES AND FAMILY TRADITION THROUGH BAKING

Beignets • LEARN HOW TO MAKE THE NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, FRIED ICON, FROM A CONFECTIONERS’ SUGAR-DUSTED CLASSIC TO A PRALINE CREAM-FILLED TWIST

Nuts About Peanuts • WHETHER WHOLE, CHOPPED, GROUND TO FLOUR, OR BLENDED TO MAKE CREAMY NUT BUTTER, THE VERSATILITY OF THE ICONIC PEANUT OFFERS UNRIVALED TEXTURE AND TASTE TO ANY BAKED GOOD. FROM A STACKED AND FROSTED MERINGUE LAYER CAKE TO TENDER BANANA-PEANUT BUTTER BISCUITS, THESE PEANUT-PACKED RECIPES OFFER NEW TWISTS ON A PANTRY FAVORITE.

Zest of Life • APPROPRIATELY NAMED “FLAVEDO” IN SCIENTIFIC TERMS, THE THIN, OUTERMOST SKIN OF CITRUS FRUIT IS A FLAVOR POWERHOUSE. THIS LAYER CONCEALS TINY POCKETS OF FRAGRANT OILS, EAGERLY WAITING TO BE HARNESSED. FROM FUDGY ORANGE BROWNIE COOKIES TO A GORGEOUS OMBRÉ GRAPEFRUIT LAYER CAKE, THESE ZESTY RECIPES WILL HAVE YOU UNLOCKING THE POWER OF THE PEEL.

Baking Possible • FROM PANDEMIC SHORTAGES TO FORGOTTEN INGREDIENTS, BRAVELY FACE ANY BAKING SCENARIO WITH THIS BAKE FROM SCRATCH AND MACGYVER CROSSOVER

Falling for Frangipane • FOR SUCH A LUXURIOUS FILLING, FRANGIPANE IS EASY TO MAKE AND INVOLVES JUST A FEW SIMPLE INGREDIENTS: GROUND ALMONDS, BUTTER, EGGS, AND GRANULATED SUGAR. CELEBRATE THIS VERSATILE FILLING WITH FOUR FRANGIPANE-FILLED RECIPES, FEATURING BOTH TRADITIONAL AND JAZZED-UP FRANGIPANES.

Bake Better Brownies • CHOOSE YOUR OWN BROWNIE ADVENTURE—CAKEY, FUDGY, SWIRLED, OR “ALL THE WAY”—WITH OUR CUSTOMIZABLE, PERSONALIZED LOOK AT THE CLASSIC CHOCOLATE BAKED GOOD

Bakers, Makers, Movers & Shakers You Need to Know • MEET THE BLACK MAVERICKS CHANGING THE BAKING BUSINESS, WHETHER THROUGH STARTING THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR BREAKING NEW GROUND IN THE WORLD OF PASTRY.

Benne Wafers • A LOOK AT THE ICONIC CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, BISCUIT, FROM ITS AFRICAN ROOTS TO ITS AMERICAN HOME IN THE HOLY CITY

Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnut Bites • WHEN DOUGHNUT CRAVINGS STRIKE ON A BUSY DAY, THESE SUGARED BITES WILL FIT THE BILL

Trish On Deck • OUR BAKING AND PASTRY EDITOR, TRICIA MANZANERO, IS HERE TO ANSWER ALL YOUR BURNING—LITERALLY OR FIGURATIVELY—BAKING QUESTIONS. HERE IS OUR INAUGURAL COLLECTION OF Q&AS FROM YOU, OUR READERS, TO TRICIA,...