Here's a short video that will help you to develop a consistent kneading technique, although it never hurts to have an experienced baker at your side while you are learning! Want to get some one on one instruction? Check out my programs and classes page. https://www.breadmonk.com/events-programs

Here's a quick and easy way to make a lovely braided loaf without having to roll out perfectly even ropes. You can use any kind of bread dough you like: basic white or wheat, multigrain, etc.

Sometime after the airing of our first season of Breaking Bread, a woman named Anna Druelinger sent me several recipes, including one for multigrain bread that she developed back in 1976, and very kindly anticipated that I might make use of it by adding at the bottom of the page: “You have my approval to use these recipes as you desire.” I have adapted her original version somewhat, and scaled it down to produce two loaves instead of four. These are mini-loaves, about 10 oun