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Hands slicing artisan bread loaf with an offset bread knife

The secret star of our bread baking videos

Hint: It’s not the bread!

May 19, 2025
Sourdough Discard Buttermilk Biscuits stacked high

15 of our best biscuit recipes for fluffy, flaky, buttery bakes

From classic buttermilk biscuits to innovative flavor spins, we have a biscuit for everyone.

May 14, 2025
Things Bakers Know

Things Bakers Know: The Podcast!

King Arthur Baking takes to the airwaves.

May 12, 2025
Cinnamon Roll Focaccia laid out on a cutting board

Focaccia is the ultimate blank canvas: Here's what bakers are doing with it

Focaccia can be anything you want it to be.

May 8, 2025
Sourdough Chocolate Chunk Cookies

What’s the best chocolate for chocolate chip cookies?

Chopped or chunks? Bittersweet or semisweet? How do I decide?!

May 6, 2025
Folding cake batter in red mixing bowl

Things bakers know: Never fold cake batter in this type of bowl

Shorter is better — here's why.

May 5, 2025
Swirled Rhubarb Bars

The 15 best recipes to bake in May

Ruby-red rhubarb bars, strawberry shortcake cookies, and much more.

May 1, 2025
Crunchy granola clusters in a cereal bowl with milk

We tested: One surprising ingredient is the best way to get granola clusters

It's probably already in your pantry!

Apr 29, 2025
Easy Ricotta Gnocchi in the process of being made

The easiest pasta you can make at home

Homemade pasta on a weeknight is possible with this new recipe.

Apr 28, 2025
Dimpling focaccia dough in a focaccia pan

Baking trials: What’s the best pan to bake focaccia?

For the crispiest focaccia crust, choose wisely.

Apr 23, 2025
Pasta being pushed through a chitarra pasta cutter

A pasta tool to bring out your inner Italian granny

Why your kitchen needs a chitarra.

Apr 21, 2025
Chocolate Ermine Frosting

How much frosting do I need for a cake?

Here's your complete cake frosting guide.

Apr 17, 2025
Hands zesting a lemon with a microplane zester

Things bakers know: The right way to zest a lemon

Our Test Kitchen wizards swear by this wand.

Apr 16, 2025
A simple, single layer lemon cake topped with frosting and candied lemon slices

17 of our best lemon desserts to brighten your baking

Tangy thumbprint cookies, citrusy layer cakes, tart lemon bars, and more. 

Apr 14, 2025
Chili Crisp Cottage Cheese Flatbreads

Eating more protein? Make these flatbreads.

Get your protein via your carbs.

Apr 9, 2025
Silky frosting being applied to a cake with an offset spatula

My new secret to great frosting? This powerful mixer.

It’s the key to silky, ultra-smooth buttercream.

Apr 8, 2025
Knife being used to cut a round cake

How to cut a round cake, according to the pros

Borrow a trick from professional pastry chefs.

Apr 7, 2025
Image of text introducing the podcast, Things Bakers Know

We're launching a podcast!

Listen to the trailer now.

Apr 3, 2025
Strawberry Lemonade Bars served on a plate

The 15 best recipes to bake in April

From latte-inspired bars to boozy snacking cakes, and much more.

Apr 1, 2025
Cutting pasta into noodles with an electric pasta machine, next to a sheet pan of fresh pasta noodles

This clever contraption is like a bread machine for pasta

Make pasta at the press of a button with an electric pasta machine.

Mar 27, 2025
Sliced fruit bars on a cutting board next to a knife

Things bakers know: Sniff your equipment!

Prevent unwanted flavors with a single sniff.

Mar 24, 2025
Pretzel Buns

Convection oven baking: Why this baker is a fan

For your best bakes, consider convection mode.

Mar 19, 2025
Just 4 Chocolate Chip Cookies

10 small-batch recipes perfect for two (or just you!)

Less is more.

Mar 17, 2025
Three freshly fed starters, at different ratios

Baking trials: Testing different sourdough feeding ratios

What difference does your feeding ratio make?

Mar 13, 2025