Baking Basics for the New Year

Take stock of your skills in the kitchen!

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Baking Basics

As we start a new year, let’s brush up on basic baking skills! The Home Baking Association provides resources to make sure every baker is prepared. Be sure to check out the baking GLOSSARY. This month we have also included opportunities to share your baking creations with the National Festival Breads contest! Enter a baking lesson or activity in the Home Baking Association’s Educator Award Contest. There’s more to help you bake as we launch baking into 2023!

Happy New Year from the Home Baking Association

Mise en Place for Baking

“Mise en place” is a French phrase that translates to mean “everything in place” or “putting in place.” It is a general concept for how everything operates in the kitchen. Baker Bettie offers extensive information with videos that will help prepare you for baking in her Baking Fundamentals course.

Provided by HBA Associate Member: Baker Bettie

Test Your Measurement Skills!

Measure UP! Worksheet - Baking requires the most accurate measurements possible so the product turns out the same each time. This worksheet is one of 30 reproducible teaching aids in A Baker’s Dozen Labs

Download the worksheet here!

Provided by Home Baking Association

Baking Tips

Here you will find baking tips, tricks and safety guidelines to help you create delicious recipes safely. Be the best baker you can be in the new year, and learn from the pros!

Provided by HBA Member: Oklahoma Wheat

How to Make Bread Crumbs

Check out Gemma’s pro chef tips for making breadcrumbs. Watch the video, and explore her additional recipes and tips!

Provided by HBA Associate Member: Bigger Bolder Baking

Dark Chocolate Cake

with Fig Jam

You'll be missing out if you don't try this very elegant chocolate cake iced with dark chocolate ganache, filled with fig jam. Check out the recipe for this delicious cake today!

In addition, view these helpful Baking tips for cakes and cupcakes!

Provided by HBA Member: C&H Sugar

Educator Award

Each year the Home Baking Association recognizes a baking educator. Be sure to submit your baking lesson, activity or other program to be eligible to win the $1,000 and a trip to the Home Baking Association 2023 Annual Meeting. Find more information about submitting your entry here!

Be watching for soon to be announced NEW award for youth to enter and share their baking passion too!

Provided by Home Baking Association

National Festival of Breads

The National Festival of Breads is now accepting entries for their 2023 competition. Entries are accepted until February 13th, 2023, so hurry and dream up your award-winning recipe!

Provided by HBA Member: Kansas Wheat

Educational Events: Forums, Webinars, Courses, Virtual Workshop

The Home Baking Association is working with FCCLA to host the 2023 Baking & Milling Industry Immersion from April 19-22, 2023. FCCLA Members and Advisers will gather together and journey from Kansas City, MO, to Manhattan, KS, exploring the baking and milling industries on their way!

Provided by HBA and HBA Partner: FCCLA

More... Educational Baking Resources

HBA offers a series of guide cards with baking tips and information! Check out the Shop!

Baking Terms and Definitions

Baker's % Formula Each ingredient’s weight is divided by total flour weight X 100 = bakers w% for that ingredient. Ex: 3 lb. water divided by 5 lb. flour X 100 = 60% water

View more Glossary listings here

January Baking Calendar

January is a perfect time to learn new baking techniques without the stress of the holiday season. Don't miss out on all these free and amazing baking resources! Download the January Baker's Calendar here!

Provided by: The Home Baking Association

Mise en Place

Measure UP! Worksheet

Baking Tips

How to Make Bread Crumbs

Dark Chocolate Cake w/Fig Jam

Educator Award

National Festival of Breads

Baking & Milling Industry Immersion

Glossary

Teaching Aids Shopping Cart

January Baking Calendar

Home Baking Association
Executive Officers

President
Eric Wall
Grain Craft

First Vice President
Robert Harper
Hopkinsville Milling

Second Vice President
Ileana Durand
ASR Group

Message from the President

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