Bread

Our homage to lahmacun, the Middle Eastern flatbread.

A nutritionist's advice for buying the healthiest bread at the supermarket—here's what to look for and what to avoid.

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.

Feast on pigeon pie, direwolf bread, and Sansa's lemon cakes.

Re-create Hot Pie’s iconic farewell gift to Arya in honor of your favorite show, Game of Thrones. Be sure to print out the wolf template on an 11x17" sheet and see other GoT-inspired recipes!

Puff pastry is the most delicious thing on God's green Earth, and makes simple things look so fancy people will ask what patisserie you went to.

Traditionally studded with candied fruit and marked with a cross on top, these sweet yeasted English cakes are usually baked on Good Friday.

Fava beans most likely require a trip to a farmers’ market and take a while to peel. Sugar snap peas cut into bite-size pieces are a fine alternative.

You can make the dough, you can buy the dough, or you can simply assemble these same toppings on slices of toasted country-style bread.

This dough will yield enough to make four large flatbreads or eight smaller ones.

Do you know your poolish from your preferment? These bread-baking terms will prep you for the path to beautiful boules.

Slash and learn.

An artisan bread revolution is about to take over your home kitchen.

The garlic knot is all grown up, and it brought mortadella to the party.

Tara Jensen doesn't have a book deal or a TV show or even a store. And that's all the more reason baking enthusiasts seek her out.

This bread has a nutty flavor and intense chew; it makes toast that’s a wholesome meal unto itself. 

The secret to babka’s mesmerizing chocolate swirl? A double helix twist (don’t worry, it’s way easier than science class).

Your morning toast is good. Fried bread is better.

Salad, meet pizza. Pizza, salad. The key here is to get the crust as thin as possible when stretching it out.

These are the quick breads you should master.

If you're going to do one ounce of prep this Thanksgiving week, make it this.

In Mexico, the day after Halloween is known as the Day of the Dead, a celebration of the lives of friends, family, loved ones, and even pets. And...food!

Get creative with how you mold the dough; these instructions are for shaping crossbones, but you could also make several small loaves or divide the dough into thirds to make a braid.

This energy-sustaining bread makes beautiful toast.