The 10 most popular recipes on our YouTube channel
You all really love making bread!
Did you know that King Arthur has an entire YouTube channel full of baking videos to show you how to make everything from baguettes to birthday cake? Instructors like our own Martin Philip and Kye Ameden, as well as guests including Claire Saffitz and Tara Jensen, share their expertise by inviting you into the kitchen and demonstrating their favorite recipes.
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10) Martin’s Bagels
Skip the lines at the bagel shop and make your own version at home, with this excellent recipe to guide you. In this video, Martin shows you how to make dense, chewy bagels; every aspect of bagel-making is covered here, including mixing the dough, shaping, boiling, and baking the bagels, plus tips on adding toppings so you can customize each batch.
Watch the recipe: Perfect Bagels Baked at Home with Martin Philip
Get the recipe: Martin’s Bagels
9) Supersized, Super-Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
You’ve never had a chocolate chip cookie like this. For one thing, each cookie is massive (hence the name) and ultra-soft because the dough uses the tangzhong method, which is typically reserved for pillowy milk bread. Browned butter, extra salt and vanilla, plus a lot of chocolate (and a long chill time) make this one of the most flavorful chocolate chip cookies there is. Watch as Kye walks you through each essential step.
Watch the recipe: Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies: Our 2024 Recipe of the Year
Get the recipe: Supersized, Super-Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
8) Pick-Your-Pan Pizza
In this choose-your-own-adventure recipe, you can make pizza in anything from a half-sheet pan to a 9" x 13" pan to two 10" cast iron skillets. While the vessel can differ, one thing remains the same: This recipe is a shockingly easy way to produce a thick, puffy pizza with a bronzed, crispy cheese topping and just-charred edges.
Watch the recipe: Dynamite Pizza for Any Pan, Any Time
Get the recipe: Pick-Your-Pan Pizza
7) Classic Baguettes
It’s no secret that baguettes are one of the hardest breads to nail at home. That’s because they rely on excellent technique to achieve the ideal crumb, crust, and shape. This is one of those recipes where a visual demonstration is essential, and Martin walks you through every step — from mixing to scoring to steaming — to make bakery-worthy baguettes at home.
Watch the recipe: Baking Baguettes You Can Brag About
Get the recipe: Classic Baguettes
6) Cinnamon-Crisp Coffee Cake
In this video, Kye shows you how to make our wildly popular 2023 Recipe of the Year, a spiced, streusel-y coffee cake that works equally well for breakfast or dessert. Made with the reverse-creaming method, which Kye demonstrates, this cake is extra-tender and moist, with a fudgy layer of cinnamon filling threaded through the cake’s center.
Watch the recipe: Cinnamon-Crisp Coffee Cake - our 2023 Recipe of the Year!
Get the recipe: Cinnamon-Crisp Coffee Cake
5) Small-Batch Cheesy Focaccia
It’s always a good time for focaccia, but sometimes you don’t have enough people to eat a whole batch. And because this bread is best enjoyed the day it’s made, you don’t want to have a lot leftover. That’s where this small-batch version from Martin comes in handy; plus, he shows you how to add a coating of mozzarella and Parmesan for a crispy, cheesy crunch.
Watch the recipe: This Mini Focaccia is a Bread Game Changer
Get the recipe: Small-Batch Cheesy Focaccia
4) The Easiest Loaf of Bread You’ll Ever Bake
It says it all right there in the name: This bread is so easy, even beginner bakers will have little trouble making their own loaf of crunchy, artisan-style bread at home. And for extra guidance, our YouTube video takes you through every step, making a simple recipe even easier to accomplish.
Watch the recipe: The Easiest Loaf of Bread You’ll Ever Bake
Get the recipe: The Easiest Loaf of Bread You’ll Ever Bake
3) Rustic Italian Ciabatta
While crispy, airy ciabatta is simple to make, it can be tricky to master because of its sticky, high-hydration dough. With proper technique, though, you can mix, shape, and bake this bread without tearing your hair out — Martin is here to show you how.
Watch the recipe: Italian Ciabatta is Airy, Crunchy, and Simple to Make
Get the recipe: Rustic Italian Ciabatta
2) Pain de Campagne (Country Bread)
Not only does this recipe make an excellent sourdough loaf — crunchy, crackly, and with an open crumb — but it also uses discard starter in the dough. That means you can bake with starter straight from the fridge, as long as it’s healthy and has been fed within the past week. Long, flexible fermentation times mean this recipe can also fit seamlessly into your schedule, as Martin demonstrates.
Watch the recipe: The Best Everyday Sourdough (using unfed starter) is Pain De Campagne
Get the recipe: Pain de Campagne (Country Bread)
1) Pan de Cristal
Our most popular video of all time is this awe-inducing bread, which can make you jump around your kitchen because the results are so thrilling. That’s because the interior of this Catalan bread — aptly nicknamed “glass bread” — is full of glossy holes up to an inch wide. To achieve this spectacular effect, the recipe uses some specific strategies, all of which are expertly explained by Martin in this YouTube video.
Watch the recipe: Pan De Cristal (100% Hydration Spanish Glass Bread) is an Airy Crunchy Dream
Get the recipe: Pan de Cristal
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