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A Day with the Oven Master at San Francisco's Best Bakery
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Bon Appétit spends the morning with oven master May Nguyen at Breadbelly, San Francisco’s acclaimed Asian-American bakery. Every morning, May races against the clock to bake, finish, and garnish hundreds of pastries before sunrise. Discover how kaya buns, croissants, milk bread, black sesame pastries, and more come together in just 2.5 hours.
Claire Teaches You Cake Decoration
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Claire’s favorite subject in Baking School? Art class! There will be sprinkles, there will be pastry tip fails, and for some reason, there will be an actual blow torch toasting some coconut meringue magic.
A Simple Way to Dress up Your Holiday Pies: Braided Crust
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Pie season is rapidly approaching and we've got some tricks to make yours look the fanciest. Let's be real, it's hard to make a pumpkin pie look special. But with Claire's braided crust technique you're about to make a stunning dessert centerpiece. She makes it look easy, but with a little patience and a steady hand you can do it, too. Ready, set, pie.
Sarah Decorates Holiday Cookies with Natural Dyes
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Join Sarah in the Test Kitchen as she decorates holiday cookies with natural dye!
How One of NYC’s Best Bakeries Makes Focaccia
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Today, Bon Appétit joins Chef Kelly Mencin, owner of NYC’s Radio Bakery, to make focaccia. Radio Bakery is one of New York’s hottest bakeries and was named one of the best in America by The New York Times.
Claire Bakes Layer Cake 3 Ways
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Baking School is in session! In the series premiere, Claire reveals her trade secrets for baking light and airy cake layers, using three unique methods. At last, you’ll finally understand how gluten actually works.
The Coolest Holiday Cookies (There Will Be Brown Butter)
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Linzer cookies are easier than they look: You got this, we promise.
3 Sheet Pan Dinners to Make Your Week Easier
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Bon Appétit’s Jesse Szewczyk shows how to get the most out of your oven with three sheet pan dinners designed for every rack. Learn how to use the bottom rack for crispy, oven-fried chicken parm, the middle rack for perfectly roasted gnocchi with sausage and broccoli rabe, and the broiler for smoky, charred shawarma-spiced chicken. Use Jesse’s tips and techniques to unlock your oven’s full potential and make your weeknights a little easier. Feeling inspired? You can follow these recipes here: Chicken Parm: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/a-really-big-chicken-parm Sheet Pan Gnocchi: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/sheet-pan-gnocchi-spicy-sausage-broccoli-rabe?_sp=36d48b46-a52f-431b-9818-bb9820bd4945.1786372123359 Chicken Shawarma: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/sheet-pan-shawarma-spiced-chicken Discover more of Chef Skylar's recipes here: https://diningwithskyler.com/
Pro Chef Tries Pancake Art for the First Time
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When it comes to all things culinary, Test Kitchen chef Molly Baz has attempted many complicated and rarefied cooking techniques, but she's never tried pancake art. Join her as she tries to master the instagramable medium that is pancake art through a series of 7 challenges. Check out Brek Nebel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pancakebrekfast/ Visit Jasmine Rezonable's website: http://getcakedla.com/
Claire Makes Bruleed Pumpkin Pie
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Want to impress your Thanksgiving guests? Try a twist on your pumpkin pie with this recipe!
Making 28,000 Pastries a Week in a Small Brooklyn Bakery
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“We make about 13 to 14,000 cookies every week. For wholesale it's about 28,000 items weekly. We can get all of these things done with planning, a great team, and really big mixers.” Bon Appetit spends a day on the line with Brianna Fortiz, pastry chef at The Good Batch in Brooklyn, a small bakery that also operates as a mini factory for 200 wholesale clients in New York.
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Seize the day with our carrot cake with cream cheese frosting recipe!
Claire Bakes Birthday Cake
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It doesn't have to be your birthday eat this birthday cake. Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she bakes a birthday sheet cake with a chocolate cream cheese frosting!

Read more: Our Best Birthday Cakes for Celebrating in Style
How One of NYC's Best Bakers Makes Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Pastry chef Caroline Schiff shares her ultimate chocolate chip cookie recipe using two special ingredients. Discover how brown butter and malted milk powder create irresistibly chewy centers, crisp edges, and deep toffee-like flavor for the perfect cookie. For more recipes like this one, preorder Caroline’s cookbook Daily Dessert, out 10/13/26: https://www.pastryschiff.com/cookbook/
Common Mistakes: Holiday Edition: Latkes - Bon Appétit
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Latkes for the holidays

Get our recipe: Classic Potato Latkes
Claire Makes BA's Best English Muffins
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The dough will seem fairly wet when shaping into rounds, but the high hydration is key to forming those trademark nooks and crannies. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.
Claire Makes Monkey Bread
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Brighten up your holiday party with this Monkey Bread recipe! Get the recipe here: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/monkey-bread%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="StackedRatingsCardWrapper-RIFgn jsPKbl SummaryCollectionGridSummaryItem-ilztYA cpHIzM search_result_item-578d2f51d6e20cf6325f69b3">
Easy-Bake Oven Master Class with Aidy Bryant
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SNL star Aidy Bryant directs a few young gentlemen in the proper technique for creating an edible masterpiece with an Easy-Bake Oven.

Watch Aidy Bryant in Vimeo’s Darby Forever, coming out February 18th.
How NYC’s Best Potato Latkes are Made
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Bon Appétit joins Chef Eli Sussman, executive chef at Gertrude’s in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, to make their delicious Latkes. Eli breaks down every step of the process, from choosing the right potatoes to mastering moisture removal, adding the perfect binders, and frying to golden-brown perfection. Perfect for Hanukkah or any time you’re craving crispy potato pancakes, these latkes bring restaurant technique to a classic holiday staple.
Holiday Traditions with the Kindreds and All-Clad
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Produced by Bon Appétit with All-Clad | You don’t have to have a #BAHot10 accolade to make country ham and red eye gravy the Kindred Family way (though they do!). This Christmas morning staple is easy with a little prep and a tried-and-true All-Clad pan. Filled with warmth, joy and food, watch the Kindred's Christmas morning come to life.
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Almond Joys
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Grated coconut may not be everybody's cup of tea, but there is no denying that this candy is an absolute classic. In this episode, Claire Saffitz attempts to make a gourmet version of Almond Joys, that almond, coconut and chocolate Halloween staple. Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
Carla Makes Strawberry Shortcake
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You’re looking at the quintessential June dessert, perfected by the BA Test Kitchen. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes. Get the recipe: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/bas-best-strawberry-shortcake%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="StackedRatingsCardWrapper-RIFgn jsPKbl SummaryCollectionGridSummaryItem-ilztYA cpHIzM search_result_item-5dcc25f910e8bc0008c5a867">
Claire and Brad Make the Perfect Thanksgiving Pie
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Claire Saffitz and Brad Leone know that after turkey and stuffing, a Thanksgiving meal is judged on its pies. Guests, all of whom have saved room in their stomachs, will ask: 'What type of pies did the hosts provide? What was the quality of the crust? Was this pumpkin pie pumpkin-y enough?' Claire and Brad want you to pass your guests' pie grading, so they've endeavored to make the perfect Thanksgiving pie. Check out the final recipe here: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/pecan-rye-pumpkin-pie%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="SummaryCollectionGridItem-jZgIDA eNtNee">