What you can learn

Skill Map

See the practical abilities behind bread making—from mixing and shaping to costing, recovering and teaching. Earlier skills suggest a useful route, but they do not lock you out of work you can already do.

Dough

9 skills

1Mix a doughReady 1Read dough feelBuild toward this 1Mix a quick batterBuild toward this 2Knead until smoothBuild toward this 2Handle enriched doughBuild toward this 2Trust a wet doughBuild toward this 2Use the cold-butter methodBuild toward this 2Keep a starter aliveBuild toward this 3Stretch and foldBuild toward this

Shape

7 skills

1Portion evenlyBuild toward this 2Shape a loafBuild toward this 2Shape rollsBuild toward this 2Roll clean spiralsBuild toward this 2Stretch dough into a panBuild toward this 2Roll dough thinBuild toward this 3Build a pull-apart breadBuild toward this

Heat

6 skills

1Use the oven deliberatelyBuild toward this 2Read donenessBuild toward this 2Work a hot griddleBuild toward this 2Start with a hot skilletBuild toward this 3Bake covered, then uncoveredBuild toward this 3Control the crustBuild toward this

Judgment

5 skills

2Proof by sightBuild toward this 2Stop mixing in timeBuild toward this 3Read fermentation timingBuild toward this 3Repeat a resultBuild toward this 3Diagnose a bakeBuild toward this

Adapt & Recover

6 skills

2Substitute an ingredientBuild toward this 2Scale a recipeBuild toward this 2Change the equipmentBuild toward this 2Use the leftoversBuild toward this 3Recover a doughBuild toward this 3Rescue a failed bakeBuild toward this

Provide

7 skills

1Cost a bakeBuild toward this 2Replace a purchaseBuild toward this 2Feed fourBuild toward this 2Gift breadBuild toward this 3Batch bakeBuild toward this 3Freeze for laterBuild toward this 4Teach one personBuild toward this