Fresh bread, layer cakes, and casseroles: if it cooks in the oven, it's fair game. Our baking guides share tips and tricks for baking the best sweet and savory fare.

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The Science of Sourdough Starters
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What Is Gluten? The Science Behind Great Dough
What to Do With Leftover Vanilla Bean Pods
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The Quickest Way to Soften Brown Sugar
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The Best and Most Accurate Way to Measure Wet and Dry Ingredients for Baking
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Every Kitchen Needs a Bowl Scraper
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How to Make a Paper Piping Bag
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How to Knead, Fold, and Shape Sourdough Bread
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The Best Flour for Sourdough Starters: An Investigation
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Can't Find Bread Flour? Vital Wheat Gluten Can Help
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The Best Way to Refrigerate or Freeze (Most) Cookie Doughs
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Breadmaking 101: All About Proofing and Fermentation
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The Difference Between Blackstrap Molasses and True Molasses
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Breadmaking 101: How to Troubleshoot Bad Bread
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What's the Difference Between Dutch Process and Natural Cocoa Powder?
The Science of Baking Bread (and How to Do It Right)
Pizza Flour Types, Foams, and Dough
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The Serious Eats Field Guide to Chinese Pastries
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Meet the Umami Bomb of Dessert: Malted Milk Powder
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A Guide to Cake Frosting
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How Do Stand Mixers Work?
The Best Bread-Making Tools, According to Our Experts
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What to Bake When You're Out of Flour
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Watch Kenji Make No-Knead Bread With Beer
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Watch Kenji Demonstrate How Foolproof His Pan Pizza Recipe Really Is
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This Is the Best Stand Mixer You Can Buy
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How Does Baking Powder Affect My Cookies?
What's the Difference Between Light and Dark Brown Sugar?
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Forget Stale Bread: How to Oven-Dry Bread for Faster, More Flavorful Thanksgiving Stuffing
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The Right Way to Toast a Bagel
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Cookie Science: Why Cream Butter and Sugar?
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How to Scale a Recipe for Cake to Fit Any Pan
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Keep Brown Sugar Soft in One Easy Step
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How to Measure a Cup of Flour | BraveTart
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Does Refrigeration Really Ruin Bread?
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A Very Unofficial Snack Cake Field Guide
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We Tested 9 Casserole Dishes—Here Are the Best Ones
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Real Talk: DIY Vanilla Extract Is a Waste of Time and Money
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Cookie Science: The Real Differences Between Brown and White Sugars
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The Best Way to Temper Chocolate | The Food Lab
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How to Use a Bundt Pan
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Baking Guides: How to Make Mini Pies
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How to Make Vegetable Galettes
How to Blind Bake Pie Crust Without Weights
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How to Rescue Swiss Buttercream, No Matter the Problem
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What's The Best Way To Freeze Pizza Dough? | Ask The Food Lab
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Pizza Protips: How's the Water?
How to Line a Cake Pan With Parchment
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How to Make Vibrant, Flavorful Fruit Frostings
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Beyond Vanilla: Extracts, Oils, and Waters That Can Improve Your Baking
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Make an Easy Tart With Fresh Summer Fruit and a Creamy Spread
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For Your Next Baking Adventure, Mix and Match Your Layers
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I've Baked Thousands of Cakes—This is My Favorite Cake Pan
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Breadmaking 101: How to Mix and Knead Bread Dough Like a Pro
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Cookie Science: How Do Eggs Affect My Cookies?
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11 Essential Tips for Better Pizza | The Food Lab
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The Science of Pie: 7 Pie Crust Myths That Need to Go Away
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The World of Buttercreams: 6 Varieties to Try at Home