Bread-Baking Essentials

It’s the Bake from Scratch Bread Issue—and there’s one thing we know for sure: The right ingredients, innovative tools, and a little know-how can make all the difference. These essentials help you create consistently delicious loaves from start to finish. 

Sunrise Flour Mill Heritage Flours

Bag of Sunrise Heritage Bread Flour with wheat logo and sun graphic on beige packaging (farmer-owned, organic heritage wheat)

The best bread begins with better grain. Sunrise Flour Mill is bringing heritage grains back to the table. The farmer-owned company grows and mills its own organically grown heritage wheat, overseeing every step—from seed to flour—to deliver exceptional traceability, rich and complex flavor, and outstanding quality. Never bleached or bromated, Sunrise’s flours let the natural character of the grain shine. Whether you’re baking a rustic sourdough, buttery biscuits, or a tender layer cake, they’ll bring out the best in every bake. Learn more at sunriseflourmill.com.  

Brød & Taylor Sourdough Home Plus   

White compact beverage frother with a glass blending cup containing a light-colored smoothie or milkshake inside

Happy starter, better bread. And a happy starter starts with consistent temperature. Designed to maintain a stable environment year- round, the Brød & Taylor Sourdough Home Plus gives you precise control over fermentation with warm and cool settings, Wi-Fi–enabled temperature control, and an illuminated window to view and monitor your starter’s progress. The result? Less left to chance and more consistently delicious bread. Learn more at Brodandtaylor.com. 

Dough Dissolve  

Dough Dissolve bottle beside its brown box with the label 'Dough Dissolve' and '8 oz (237 ml)' visible on the packaging, on a white background.

Created by home bakers for home bakers, Dough Dissolve is an enzyme-powered cleaning solution designed to tackle sticky dough residue. Unlike traditional dish soap, it targets starch—the main component of flour and dough—making it easier to clean bowls, tools, and countertops with less soaking and scrubbing, so you can spend more time baking and less time cleaning. After all, baking is meant to be slow, grounding, and joyful—not defined by the cleanup. doughdissolve.com  

Platinum® Yeast from Red Star®  

Package of Platinum Superior Baking Yeast (Red Star), three 1/4 oz envelopes shown on white packaging with red label and logo

It’s a little packet with built-in backup. Red Star® Platinum Instant Yeast combines premium instant yeast with dough improvers to strengthen dough, improve rise and volume, and keep breads softer for longer. Just mix it right into your dry ingredients—no proofing required—for consistently great results. Better dough starts with better yeast! Learn more at redstaryeast.com.  

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