Welcome to Knead to Know!

Few things are more comforting than the smell of freshly-baked bread coming from your kitchen. Except maybe, eating the bread fresh out of your oven, covered in melted butter. While some home cooks are intimidated by bread baking, it's actually pretty simple once you learn the basics. Over the next 5 weeks, we'll teach you just that: every basic skill you need to make the most popular European breads and Middle Eastern pita from scratch, from mixing ingredients to get the right texture, to proofing and kneading yeast dough, to forming the perfect loaf. But before we get started, brush up on some of our essential knowledge so you're ready for the first lesson!