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.
Edan Leshnick, head pastry chef at Breads Bakery in New York, takes us behind the scenes to demonstrate and explain every tool he and the staff use in preparing their supremely popular baked goods. Joined for the tour by Darwin Castillo, head of the bread department, get an in-depth look at a professional high-volume bakery in action - with massive dough mixers and immersion blenders supplying roaring deck ovens.
World-famous pastry chef Dominique Ansel (creator of the Cronut) joins Bon Appétit to demonstrate how to make the perfect croissant at his NYC bakery. Learn every step, from mixing and fermenting the dough to laminating with French butter, shaping, proofing, and baking for that signature flaky, golden crust and moist honeycomb interior.
2 weeks of research. A (very) complex spreadsheet. 6 pounds of flour, 20 hours of cooking and so, so many tastings. Join Zaynab Issa in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she takes you through the journey of creating her extra-fluffy cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting - a recipe that took 72 rolls to achieve perfection.
Get the recipe: Extra-Fluffy Cinnamon Rolls With Cream Cheese Frosting
Join Hana Asbrink, Kendra Vaculin, Shilpa Uskokovic, Rachel Gurjar, Zaynab Issa, and Chris Morocco in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as they each make their all-time favorite cookies.
Get Chris's recipe for Zebra-Striped Shortbread Cookies: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/zebra-striped-shortbread-cookies%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="StackedRatingsCardWrapper-ghvskg ffDePc SummaryCollectionGridSummaryItem-HgAzv kSXTun search_result_item-60ec51a729c438e8a0d3f3e7">
Join chef Samantha Seneviratne as she makes Ginger-Raspberry Icebox Cake with Caramel Cream from the home kitchen. Perfect for warmer summer months when turning the oven on is the last thing on your mind, Sam's recipe sees ginger cookies soften into layers of tender cake surrounded by loads of raspberries and lofty caramel cream.
Failure, heartache, and heartbreak are what it takes to create a new take on a classic recipe. Join Rachel Gurjar in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she spends two days creating the perfect cheesy cornbread–a recipe that took 80 servings to get right.
You can check out Rachel's upside-down cornbread recipe here: https://bonappetit.com/recipe/upside-down-cornbread
Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make gourmet Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs. That's right, Claire's making Girl Scout Cookies. Did you know the Girl Scouts started selling cookies back in 1917? But it wasn't until 1951 that the Thin Mint, the cookie most synonymous with the Girl Scouts, was introduced and swept the country like a tidal wave. And now here we are, in the Test Kitchen, watching Claire make them herself.
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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.
“When I first got the pizzeria in 2017, I’d never made pizza before in my life–it was a learning process.” Today Bon Appétit spends a day on the line with Massimo Laveglia, chef and co-owner of L’Industrie Pizzeria in Brooklyn. Blending Italian craftsmanship with the tastes of NYC, L’Industrie is reinventing the classic New York slice.
Follow Executive Pastry Chef Caroline Schiff of Gage & Tollner through an entire day preparing the breads and dessert menu at an iconic 143 year-old New York restaurant. From feeding her beloved sourdough starter "Edna" to trying new cheesecake creations and flaming baked alaskas, see how these professional chefs keep a kitchen humming day in, day out.
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-ghvskg ffDePc SummaryCollectionGridSummaryItem-HgAzv kSXTun search_result_item-652ea6e9f203309b3a151674">
“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.
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.
Cake made with applesauce is good. Cake made with apple butter—which is basically just super-concentrated applesauce—is so, so much better. Moist and tender, with huge apple-y flavor, this simple spice cake is the ultimate bring-to-your-friend's-house baked good. If you really want your mind blown, serve the slices topped with more apple butter, a dollop of yogurt, and a dusting of cinnamon sugar.
Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she bakes swirled sesame cake. This savory dessert, which is an amazing combination of cardamom, sesame and tahini, gives you a perfect "swirl" of flavor.
No, you didn't misread the title. Pastry Chef Claire Saffitz has returned to one of her earlier gourmet conquests: Pop Tarts. This time, she's making a simplified version of her original gourmet Pop Tarts so that anybody can make them from home.
We asked you to send in videos of you trying out her recipe and we got over 900 responses. Join Claire as she watches some of the videos to see the gourmet Pop Tarts people made.
Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
Join Rick Martinez in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as he makes tie-dye swirl holiday cookies. The butter cookie that acts as your canvas is extremely simple to make (like, six ingredients simple), so you can spend most of your time on the fun part: unleashing your inner artiste. When you’re decorating, no need to panic if your first attempts don’t work out. Simply wipe off the failed glaze, let the cookie dry for about five minutes, and try again.
Join Molly in the Test Kitchen as she makes pumpkin bread with maple butter! Pumpkin Spice Bread gets all grown up thanks to the addition of fresh ginger in this super-moist no-fuss bread with a crunchy pumpkin seed topping.
Check out the recipe here: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/pumpkin-bread-with-salted-maple-butter%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="StackedRatingsCardWrapper-ghvskg ffDePc SummaryCollectionGridSummaryItem-HgAzv kSXTun search_result_item-5cd43a6226321890a41958da">
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/
Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make a gourmet version of everybody's favorite chocolate candy that melts in your mouth, not your hand: M&M's!
Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
Presented by the GM BuyPower Card | Chef Drew Platt shares his tips for making a delicious pot of Gumbo. This Southern classic was a staple for Drew growing up, and is sure to be a hit with the family.
Join Rick Martinez in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as he makes blackout cake! According to legend (a.k.a. the Internet), this decadent chocolate cake was first created by Ebinger’s bakery in Brooklyn, New York, and named after the blackout drills during World War II.
