Bread Baking
Everything you need to know about baking bread at home, from creating and maintaining sourdough starters to baking artisan loaves and simple sandwich bread with commercial yeast.
Created: 2/27/2026, 2:25:46 PM
- Mennonite Paska — Soft citrus-scented rolls with buttercream icing 4
- Italian Pane di Pasqua — Braided wreath with dyed eggs and anise glaze 4
- Russian Kulich — Tall saffron-scented bread with white chocolate glaze 4
- Ukrainian Paska — Tall enriched loaf with raisins and sweet glaze 4
- Romanian Pașcă — Sweet dough tart with braided rim and cheese filling 4
- 5-ingredient sourdough sandwich loaf — simple pan bread 5
- Artisan Tartine-style sourdough — the gold standard 5
- Buy store-bought sourdough bread 3
- Simple beginner sourdough in a Dutch oven 5
- No-knead sourdough bread 4
- Buy par-baked sourdough — take and bake at home 4
- Pure sourdough in a bread machine — no commercial yeast 3
- Bread machine sourdough with yeast assist 3
- Brioche — rich buttery French bread 4
- No-knead Dutch oven bread — Jim Lahey method 5
- Challah — braided enriched bread 5
- Classic French baguette 5
- Basic white sandwich bread — the simplest first loaf 4
- 100% whole wheat sandwich bread with sponge method 4
- Japanese milk bread with tangzhong — pillowy soft 4
- Bread machine white bread — fully automated 4
- Revive a neglected sourdough starter 4
- Maintain and feed your sourdough starter 5
- Get a starter from a friend or local bakery 5
- Buy a dried or fresh starter culture 4
- Quick-start a sourdough starter with milk kefir 4
- Pineapple juice quick-start sourdough starter (Debra Wink method) 4
- Create a DIY sourdough starter from scratch with rye flour 4
- Store your starter long-term by drying or freezing 4