Courses & dish types
Where measurements start to matter.
11 recipes

Chocolate chip cookies made with browned butter and a long overnight rest, which deepens the flavour and stops them spreading thin.

Fudgy brownies built on melted dark chocolate and eggs whisked to a foam, which is what gives them their paper-thin crackled top.

A slow sourdough focaccia fermented overnight in the fridge, dimpled deep so the pockets fill with olive oil and flaky salt.

A dense oval of dark rye and seeds, mixed rather than kneaded because rye forms almost no gluten to work with.

Soft stovetop flatbreads cooked in a dry pan in about two minutes each, ready in the time a pot of dal takes to simmer down.

A dough enriched with milk, butter and egg, baked as a pull-apart tray of rolls with a close crumb that stays soft for days.

A pouring custard of egg yolks, milk and cream thickened over low heat until it coats the back of a spoon.

A creamed-method lemon loaf finished with a granular sugar and juice drizzle poured on hot, which sets into a crunchy crust.

Tart Bramley apples and blackberries under a rubbed-in oat crumble, mixed by hand in one bowl with no mixer needed.

A straight-dough sandwich loaf made with commercial yeast and no starter, baked in a tin so it slices square for toast.

A yeast-free loaf leavened with bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk, in the oven ten minutes after you start and cooling within the hour.