Did you know that King Arthur has a whole YouTube channel full of baking videos to show you how to make everything from baguettes to birthday cake? Instructors like ours Martin Philip AND This is Amedenas well as guests including Claire Saffitz AND Tara Jensenshare their expertise by inviting you into the kitchen and demonstrating their favorite recipes.
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Photography and food styling by Martin Philip
10) Martin Bagels
Skip the lines at the bagel store and make your own version at home, with this great recipe to guide you. In this video, Martin shows you how to make dense and chewy bagels; every aspect of bagel making is covered here, including mixing the dough, shaping, boiling and baking the bagels, plus tips for adding toppings so you can customize each batch.
Check out the recipe: Perfect Home Baked Bagels with Martin Philip
Get the recipe: Martin Bagels
Photography by Rick Holbrook; food styling by Kaitlin Wayne
9) Oversized Super Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
You've never had a chocolate chip cookie like this. For one thing, each cookie is massive (hence the name) and ultra soft because of the dough it uses The tangzhong method, which is usually reserved for pillowy milk bread. Browned butter, extra salt and vanilla, plus lots of chocolate (and a long chill time) make this one of the most delicious chocolate chip cookies. Watch as Kye guides you through each essential step.
Check out the recipe: Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies: Our 2024 Recipe
Get the recipe: Super soft super soft chocolate chip cookies
Photography by Rick Holbrook; food styling by Kaitlin Wayne
8) Pick-Your-Pan Pizza
In this choose-your-own recipe adventure, you can make pizza in anything from a half sheet pan to a 9″ x 13″ pan. in two 10″ cast iron pans. While the cookware may change, one thing remains the same: This recipe is a shockingly easy way to produce a thick, puffy pizza with a bronzed, crispy cheese topping and fresh edges. burned.
Check out the recipe: Pizza Dynamite for any pan, any time
Get the recipe: Pick-Your-Pan Pizza
Photo by John Sherman
7) Classic baguettes
It's no secret that baguettes are one of the hardest breads to nail at home. This is because they rely on excellent technique to achieve the ideal crumb, crust and shape. This is one of those recipes where a visual demonstration is essential, and Martin walks you through every step – from mixing to getting results to steaming – to make bread-worthy baguettes at home.
Check out the recipe: Baking baguettes we can brag about
Get the recipe: Classic baguettes
Food photography and styling by Liz Neily
6) Coffee Cinnamon Cake
In this video, Kye shows you how to make our wildly popular 2023 recipe, a spiced, streusel-y coffee cake that works equally well for breakfast or dessert. Made with reverse creaming methodwhich Kye demonstrates, this cake is incredibly soft and moist, with a soft layer of cinnamon filling threaded into the center of the cake.
Check out the recipe: Cinnamon Coffee Cake – our 2023 recipe!
Get the recipe: Cinnamon Coffee Cake
Photography by Rick Holbrook; food styling by Kaitlin Wayne
5) Small cheese focaccia
It's always a good time for focaccia, but sometimes you don't have enough people to eat a whole batch. And because this bread is best enjoyed the day it's made, you don't want to have a lot of leftovers. This is where this little version of Martini comes in handy; plus, he shows you how to add a layer of mozzarella and parmesan for a crunchy, delicious crunch.
Check out the recipe: This Mini Focaccia is a Bread Game Changer
Get the prescription: Small cheese focaccia
Food photography and styling by Liz Neily
4) The easiest bread you will ever bake
The name says it all: This bread is so easy, even novice bakers will have little trouble making their own crusty, artisan-style bread at home. And for extra guidance, our YouTube video walks you through every step, even making a simple recipe easier to fulfill.
Check out the recipe: The easiest bread you will ever bake
Get the recipe: The easiest bread you will ever bake
Food photography and styling by Liz Neily
3) Rustic Italian Ciabatta
While the crispy and airy ciabatta is simple to make, it can be difficult to master due to its sticky and highly hydrated dough. However, with the right technique, you can mix, shape and bake this bread without pulling your hair out—Martin is here to show you how.
Check out the recipe: Italian Ciabatta is airy, crunchy and easy to make
Get the recipe: Rustic Italian Ciabatta
Photography by Rick Holbrook; Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne
2) Pain de Campagne (Bread of the country)
This recipe not only makes a great sourdough bread—crispy, flaky, and with an open crumb—but it also uses THROW starter in the dough. This means you can bake with starter straight from the fridge, as long as it's healthy and has been fed within the past week. Long, flexible fermentation times mean this recipe can also fit seamlessly into your schedule, as Martin points out.
Check out the recipe: The best daily batter (using unfed starter) is Pain De Campagne
Get the recipe: Pain de Campagne (Country Bread)
Photo by Kristin Teig
1) Crystal bread
Our most popular video of all time is this amazing bread, which may have you jumping around your kitchen because the results are so exciting. That's because the interior of this Catalan loaf—aptly called “glass bread”—is full of shiny holes up to an inch across. To achieve this spectacular effect, the recipe uses several specific strategies, all of which are expertly explained by Martin in this YouTube video.
Check out the recipe: Pan De Cristal (100% Spanish hydration glass bread) is a crispy airy dream
Get the recipe: Crystal bread
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