Raise your hand if you’ve ever hovered over a bowl of bread dough, waiting for it to rise. Those final hours before baking—the proofing step—can make or break your yeast bread recipes. Underproofed ...

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 ...