The King Arthur Baking School: Lessons and Recipes for Every Baker

by King Arthur Baking Company

Overview

In its first full-color cookbook, the renowned Baking School at King Arthur shares more than 100 recipes and essential techniques.

A Food & Wine Best Cookbook of 2022

Baking is a craft, one that has been celebrated by King Arthur Baking Company for more than two centuries. Their Baking School, an essential part of the King Arthur community, is now a book to cherish. It reflects a curriculum that has been honed and refined over the years, with instructors who are experts not just at baking, but at teaching baking. The recipes, notes, instructive photographs, and thoughtfully organized chapters here reflect this depth of experience. From Yeast Breads to Sourdough, Laminated Pastries to Pies and Tarts, Cookies to Cake, readers gain confidence as they play in the kitchen and build new skills. King Arthur’s unique approach is friendly and accessible to all levels, focusing on the “how” and “why.” So much of the magic of baking is understanding how the ingredients interact, trusting when bread dough is proofed, appreciating how buttercream comes together. Welcome to Baking School!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781682686157
Publisher:	Countryman Press, The
Publication date:	10/11/2022
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	35,868
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

King Arthur Baking Company has been a trusted baking resource since 1790, providing expert guidance, inspiration, and premium baking products, along with workshops and classes at its two respected baking schools (Vermont and Washington State).

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Baking School x

Our Teaching Philosophy xiii

How to Use This Book xiv

Weight or Volume? xvi

The Bench xvii

Our ingredient Philosophy xix

Our Equipment xxii

What's a Master Class? xxiii

Acknowledgments xxiv

Chapter 1 Yeast Breads 1

Straight Doughs

Basic Bread 14

Tender Sweet Bread 21

Perfectly Pillowy Cinnamon Rolls 27

Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread 30

Multigrain Bread 34

Soft Pretzels 36

Simits 38

Bagels 40

Pre-fermented Doughs

Pizza Dough 44

Spelt Pita 48

French Bread 50

Ciabatta 62

Raisin Pecan Bread 65

Master Class: Unkneaded Six-Fold French Bread with Jeffrey Hamelman 66

Chapter 2 Sourdough 75

Discard Recipes

Sourdough Crackers 90

Whole Wheat Waffles 92

Breads

Sourdough English Muffins 94

Sourdough Sandwich Bread 97

Crusty Sourdough Bread 101

Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread 104

Deli Rye Bread 106

Master Class: Miche Pointe-à-Callière with James MacGuire 108

Chapter 3 Laminated Pastries 115

Nonyeasted Doughs

Phyllo Dough 124

Savory Strudel 127

Rose Water Baklava 129

Chocolate Phyllo Triangles 132

Blitz Puff Pastry 134

Apple Galette 139

Savory Parmesan Palmiers 140

Traditional Puff Pastry (Pâte Feuilletée) 142

Palmiers 146

Napoleons 149

Yeasted Doughs

Croissants 153

Tarte Flambée 157

Danish Pastry 158

Prune Filling 162

Cream Cheese Filling 162

Master Class: Kouign Amman with Jackie King 164

Chapter 4 Pies and Tarts 171

Crusts

Basic All-Butter Crust (One-Stage) 182

Extra-Flaky All-Butter Crust (Two-Stage) 186

Cheddar Crust 190

Tender Tart Crust 193

Cornmeal Tart Crust 194

Nut Crust 198

Fillings and Toppings

Apple Filling 203

Cherry Filling 207

Peach Blueberry Filling 211

Pastry Cream 213

Maple Cream Filling 215

Brown Butter Cranberry Filling 216

Meringue Topping 218

Oat Crumble 221

Savory Pies and Tarts

Classic Quiche Custard 224

Cornish-Style Pasties 226

Scottish Meat Pies 228

Master Class: S'mores Tart with Wilhelm Wanders 232

Chapter 5 Cookies 239

Drop Cookies

Lemon Shortbread Cookies 250

Benne Wafers 253

Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies 254

Coconut Macaroons 257

Sliced and Rolled Cookies

Sugar Cookie Cutouts 258

Classic Royal Icing 260

Brown Sugar Snaps 262

Hand-Formed Cookies

Snickerdoodles 265

Toasted Almond Crescents 267

Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti 269

Biscotti di Prato 271

Mahmoul 272

Bars

Chocolate Coconut Blondies 275

Florentine Bars 277

Master Class: Macarons with En-Ming Hsu 278

Chapter 6 Quick Breads 287

Biscuits, Scones, Muffins

Cream Drop Biscuits 298

Buttermilk Biscuits 300

Maple Corn Drop Biscuits 301

Savory Breakfast Buttermilk Biscuits 302

Cream Scones 304

Whole Wheat Scones 306

Blueberry Muffins 309

Quick Breads and Simple Cakes

Lemon Poppy Seed Bread 310

Pumpkin Quick Bread 312

Fresh Ginger Gingerbread 313

Cocoa Streusel Coffeecake 314

Master Class: Sticky Toffee Pudding with Melanie Wanders 316

Chapter 7 Cakes 323

Simple Blended Cakes

Vanilla Cupcakes 333

Dark Chocolate Cake 335

Simple Butter Cakes

Classic Yellow Cake 339

Tender White Cake 342

Maple-Pear Upside-Down Cake 344

Lemon Bundt Cake 346

Gugelhupf 349

Foamed Cakes

Chocolate Chiffon Cake 350

Joconde 353

Basic Frostings

Vanilla Buttercream 355

American-Style Chocolate Buttercream 357

Swiss Meringue Buttercream 358

Italian Meringue Buttercream 361

Assembled Cakes

Bûche de Noël 362

Opera Torte 367

Master Class: Gâteau St. Honoré with Gesine Bullock-Prado 370

Index 381

Editorial Reviews

"When it comes to high-quality ingredients and savvy baking how-to's, nothing beats King Arthur Baking Company. The Vermont-based brand has been educating bakers since 1790, and their most recent book celebrates both baking and learning. Made for newbies and baking-pros alike, Baking School has over 100 recipes from easy bakes to daunting projects. Baking School offers clear instructions that have been honed over the company's tenure for trickier projects like laminating pastry dough. The title of the book is so fitting: following King Arthur's carefully tested recipes, reading their detailed explanations, and looking at their gorgeous and informative photography will quickly hone your baking skills. Baking School is truly the essential guide to baking."

Food & Wine

"For years I've wanted to take classes at the King Arthur Baking School. Now, all I've got to do is walk into my kitchen: everything that the school teaches so famously well is in this remarkable book. Each recipe builds on what you've learned, each chapter takes you a little further, each Master Class ensures that you've got the skills. It's brilliant...delicious fun."

Doris Greenspan

"King Arthur Baking School is where bakers, of all skills, will turn to for guidance. From cookies to laminated doughs and yeasted bread, their team of experts shows you how to bake with confidence and success. You can go straight to the trusted recipes or move through the book like going to culinary school. This cookbook is the companion every kitchen will have on its shelf! "

Zoe Francois

"King Arthur has a new book, Baking School, coming out in October, and it truly is the most gorgeous, distinctive, and most educational baking book I’ve seen in a long, long time. I just made the blueberry muffins from the book and I will never use any other recipe going forward."

Forbes