Every craftsperson knows there are certain tools of the trade. And if you’re into baking pastries, one of the most important instruments you can have on hand is a pastry blender. When you think of a ...

We mixed lots of dough and whipped up heavy cream and egg whites to find the top performers. At the Good Housekeeping ...

I bake a lot of sourdough bread — over 1,000 loaves in the past four years. Every six days or so I pull four one-kilogram loaves out of my oven, piling my counter high with deep brown batards that I ...

While batter and dough share similar ingredients — flour, liquid, and sometimes sugar or leavening agents — their textures and uses couldn't be more different. Batters have a thinner, liquid-like ...