Yesterday, we held our weekly bake-along inside Crust & Crumb Academy, and this week's challenge was Holiday Star Bread. And folks, just look at what these bakers created! These beautiful breads came from home kitchens around the world. Different skill levels, different experiences, different fillings, but one thing in common. A love of baking and a willingness to try something new. I spend a lot of time teaching people that you don't have to be a professional baker to make something extraordinary. Perfection isn't required. Just a little guidance, some encouragement, and the confidence to give it a try. And yesterday, my bakers proved that point better than I ever could. I'm incredibly proud of this community we've built. Not just because of the beautiful bread, but because of the way these folks encourage one another, share what they've learned, laugh at their mistakes, and celebrate each other's successes. I know I've already shared in here today, but I couldn't keep these pictures to myself. Sometimes you just have to celebrate the people who make what you do so worthwhile. Take a look at what my bakers made yesterday. Every one of these came out of a home kitchen! ❤️🍞

Every week we hold a bake-along inside Crust & Crumb Academy. This week it was star bread, to get our bakers ready for what they might bake over the holidays. 🍞⭐ One thread, one day, more than 1,200 comments and 4,000+ interactions. That tells you something about this community. We bake together, we help each other, and we turn out beautiful, delicious bread. Today, kitchens around the world smelled like fresh bread, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. If that sounds like a community you'd like to be part of, come find us inside Crust & Crumb Academy, the number one bread baking community on Skool. Come bake with us 👉 https://skoo.ly/crust-crumb-academy Henry⭐️🔥

I got a head start today on our Saturday Star Bread Bake-Along inside Crust & Crumb Academy, and I thought I’d share a few photos of the process! Here’s a little tip: When spreading butter on your dough, work from the center outward. It keeps the dough from pulling back on you, especially when you’re layering it over cinnamon sugar. And when transferring those big circles of dough, let your rolling pin do the heavy lifting! We’ve got four different Star Bread recipes in our Recipe Pantry, with sweet and savory options. 🥖 Find the recipes here: https://recipepantry.app/?search=Star ❤️ If you love baking bread, I think you’d enjoy baking with us! We’re getting together tomorrow inside Crust & Crumb Academy to make Star Bread, share tips, and have a little fun in the kitchen. Come bake with us! https://skoo.ly/s/crust-crumb-academy Perfection is not required. Progress is. Henry⭐️🔥

Sometimes the best way to connect with our kids is to get their hands busy doing something together. These Mummy-Wrapped Breadsticks are a perfect little Halloween kitchen project! 🎃 They're fun to make, a little messy, and nobody cares if their mummy comes out looking a little crooked. 😂 👩‍🍳 Little hands can help wrap the dough. Older kids can do the shaping. Everybody gets to add the goofy eyes! 👀 And when they're finished, you've got warm, golden breadsticks to dip in marinara sauce. 🍅🥖 That's why we created our Kids Can Bake collection in the Recipe Pantry. Recipes that give kids something they can actually make, with a little help from a grown-up. 📖 Explore the recipes here: https://recipepantry.app/ 🎃 This Halloween, give them a little flour, some dough, and permission to make a mess. 📱 The screens can wait. These memories won't. ❤️ Perfection isn't required. Just show up and have some fun together! 🙌 Henry⭐🔥 Baking Great Bread at Home | Crust & Crumb Academy

Día de los Muertos is next weekend, and this Saturday we're baking pan de muerto together inside Crust & Crumb Academy. If you've never made it, it's a soft, rich bread scented with orange zest and orange blossom water, crossed with dough "bones" and finished with butter and sugar. It's baked to share. You set it on the ofrenda for the people you've lost, then you eat it with the people still at your table. Doesn't get much closer to the heart of bread than that. I'll walk you through the dough, shaping the bones so they stay put in the oven, and keeping that crumb tender instead of dry. Bake with us, post your loaf, and I or someone in the community will look it over personally and help you dial it in. First enriched bread or fiftieth, you'll fit right in. If this sounds like a community you could be a part of, come find us at Crust & Crumb Academy, the number one bread baking community on Skool. Come bake with us. 👉 https://skoo.ly/crust-crumb-academy Henry ⭐🔥