Recipes and Videos
Easiest Actually Good Sourdough Bread
This is hands down the easiest method to making sourdough bread, and it's actually good. This is the perfect recipe for anyone who wants to try their hand at making bread. Once you realize how easy it is to make a good loaf of bread, you won't buy it again.
New York Bagels
The key to authentic New York Style Bagels is one click away. I really went deep to find out what truly makes these bagels unique, I even went to New York to prove that New York's tap water is not the secret ingredient. Try this out to discover the real secrets.
The Easiest Actually Good Pizza Dough - No Mixer
Sometimes you just want a quick, easy, nostalgic pizza and I have designed a pizza recipe that checks all of those boxes. This pizza dough recipe is perfect for those in a hurry and it tastes great. it reminds me of those frozen, rising crust pizzas.
Crockpot Italian Beef
I found a great way to make (and more importantly EAT) Italian beef with less than half the effort as your traditional Italian beef. This sandwich is so nostalgic for me and brings me back to being a teenager in Chicagoland again.
Cheese Puffs
Cheese Puffs, AKA Gougeres are light, cheesy and down right satisfying. These are a great addition to any party with friends and family and the dough itself is, in my opinion, one of the most versatile doughs you can learn to make.
1 Dough 3 Baguettes
3 Baguettes, 1 dough lets you choose your own difficulty. This is a great recipe for those that just want to ease into making bread at home and the veteands who want a challenge.
The Easiest Actually Good Bread (1 Dough 3 Loaves)
This is an updated and much easier to execute version of my original 1 dough 3 loaves recipe. It focuses on one beginner bread dough that can be used to make three different loaves of bread of increasing (but still simple) complexity. This version 2.0 recipe makes a few tweaks that will be easier for beginner bakers to execute and produces a fool proof result!
Pizza Bagels
Everyone remembers bagel bites pizza bagels, but do you remember them as actually being good? They tasted like pizza, so yes. But they were also usually microwaved into some weird combination of soft yet so chewy you could barely gnaw through them. THIS RECIPE, though, does the mighty bagel bite justice. Perfectly crisp and slightly chewy mini bagels are topped with thick, homemade sauce and your favorite toppings.
1 Hour Bagels
Bagels that are chewy and taste great from scratch in an hour might seem crazy, but it’s possible! Follow this easy one hour bagel recipe for legitimately great tasting, fresh bagels at home.
Roast Beef N Cheddar
Has there ever been a more palatable food than the roast beef and cheddar sandwich? I think not. This recipe makes every delicious component from scratch. The sweet and savory onion roll, the sauces, and the thinly sliced roast beef.
Hummus & Pita
Once you know how to make this super smooth hummus recipe, you’ll never buy it at the store again.
Flaky Biscuit
This is my go-to biscuit recipe for making the flakiest, most delicious biscuits I’ve ever tasted. In this recipe, I break down the techniques and steps to help you make them successfully at home.
Eggs Benedict with Quicker Homemade Hollandaise
Eggs Benedict is a brunch staple, but the classic way to make hollandaise is too fussy most mornings. Check out my quicker version.
Classic Garlic Bread & Garlic Knots
I'm pretty sure EVERYONE likes garlic bread in all of it's forms. It's objectively good. Here are two of my favorite ways to make it at home.
Meatball Sub
This Meatball Sub was one of the best things I'd ever eaten at the time of creating this recipe. It takes some effort to make, but the result is well worth the effort.
Banana Bread 2 Ways: Classic and “Everything”
Banana bread is one of my favorite ways to eat cake for breakfast and feel ok about it. Check out my classic recipe AND a souped up version with seeds, nuts, and chocolate.
Cheesy Bread 2 Ways
Two of my best recipes for one of the greatest food combinations of all time: cheese and bread. Light fluffy cheese puffs aka gougeres and cheesy aged cheddar flatbread.
PBJ From Scratch
Everything you could want in a peanut butter and jelly. Homemade creamy peanut butter, jam, and whipped salted butter, layered onto fresh baked, soft sandwich bread.
The Perfect Squishy Burger Bun
I've been working on a version of this burger bun recipe for 12 years and I can confidently say that this one is IT. My PERFECT burger bun. With the use of a simple secret ingredient, this recipe reaches new levels of soft squishiness previously unknown to my home kitchen.
Beginner Baguette
I created this easy baguette recipe for the complete beginner and it's actually legit. It doesn’t require any special gear, but still gives you that thin crispy crust and light, creamy interior that you want in a baguette.
