Yeast

Miso sugar: also excellent on popcorn or in place of brown sugar in barbecue dry-rub recipes.

This recipe yields a thin, crisp pizza crust (as opposed to puffy and chewy).

The best beignets come from New Orleans, but the high protein content in bread flour gives this classic-style beignets recipe an authentic texture.

Yes, the dough is buttery, but replacing the brown sugar with puréed dates is a nutritional game-changer.

These taste great at room temperature, so cook this blini recipe (using two skillets at a time!) an hour ahead.

Introducing our test kitchen's hybrid baby: It's braided like a challah for maximum babka-y chocolate swirl in every bite.

If you prefer a spicy pie, use twice as much hot soppressata and none of the sweet type. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.

The second rise is key to the finished pie’s texture; if baked too soon, the dough will be firm and too chewy. Make sure it feels floppy, with plenty of puffy air bubbles.

Because the dough for this pita bread recipe has a relatively short rising time, it can be made while the lamb braises. Turn up the oven and bake the pita while you’re reducing the braising liquid on the stove-top; the timing will come out perfectly.

These buns can be assembled the night before, needing only a final rise before baking. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.

This will make more pulled pork than you’ll need, but who would be sad about that? Use the leftovers to make tacos, pulled pork sandwiches, pork stew—whatever your heart desires, really

Once you make the batter, all you need to do the next morning is plug in the waffle iron.

Yeasted doughs might seem daunting to novice bakers, but these rolls are very simple to make.

Like any bread, prepping this onion naan recipe takes a little time. The good news: each cooks up in under 5 minutes.

This rosemary focaccia bread recipe calls for chilling the dough overnight, so plan ahead.

This pizza dough recipe is by no-knead king Jim Lahey. It's only 3 ingredients—you've got this.

Skip the scones and biscuits for brunch; serve this sweet and beautiful take on focaccia instead.

This versatile dough recipe is ideally made in a stand mixer, but a food processor works surprisingly well, too. Use the dough to make sweet rolls, pretzels, and more.

This whimsical Easter bread recipe is traditionally made for Italian and Greek Easter celebrations, though many Eastern European countries also claim it as their own. Dye the eggs for a more festive look. Hunting for more Easter recipes? Hop over here.

A simple addition to the master dough results in deliciously scented rolls.

Swedish pearl sugar stands in for coarse salt in this sweet take on the soft pretzel.

The best part of a doughnut? The fluffy bite-sized ball of dough removed from the center. Did we mention these are dipped in a sweet maple syrup glaze?