Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

When it comes to baking bread, one two-phased step is both notoriously difficult and extremely important to get right: proofing. Proofing involves letting the bread dough rise before baking it, which ...

Shape your dough like the pros with these round and oval bannetons. Food and Wine / Alli Waataja If you’re making any kind of bread with yeast, proofing — the process of letting the dough rest and ...

Which proofing basket is best? If you want to bake delicious bread styles like sourdough, you’re going to need something called a proofing basket. Also known as bannetons, these simple containers are ...