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08/22/2026
😭🥹😍 I'm not crying, you're crying! 😭🥹😍
I truly could not have asked for a better book launch week. Thank you so much to all of you who shared your excitement with me — your excitement was mine, and mine was yours. It was so lovely to see Small-Batch Breads landing in such open and welcoming arms around the country and across the world. It has been an absolute joy seeing everything you've already baked and hearing about all the recipes you can't wait to make next.
And to everyone who has left a review already, thank you SO MUCH for taking the time. Not only do they help more people find Small-Batch Breads, but selfishly I appreciate them because I like to save my favorite reviews in a folder on my phone to revisit on days when imposter syndrome strikes. Writing a book is such a weird experience. I had to keep it to myself for so long, and it feels oddly vulnerable to know that it's now totally out of my hands. I should know better than to chase external validation, but at the end of the day, I'm only human. VALIDATE ME!!!! 😂
https://smallbatchbreads.com
Sometimes even I still can’t can’t believe just how far one cup of flour will go. This recipe makes 6 adorable mini vanilla bean scones with the most perfect and simple vanilla bean icing! They are so cute and so easy to make.
You can find this recipe in my cookbook Small-Batch Breads: 50 Recipes for Loaves, Buns, and Flatbreads Made with One Cup of Flour, available now in bookstores everywhere!
📖: https://smallbatchbreads.com
📹: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7MqErrWzwI
Thumbnail 📸 by Linda R Campos Boston Photographer
08/20/2026
If you’re looking for videos to go with some of the recipes from Small-Batch Breads, I’ve got a bunch up on my YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/
🎉 happy baking!
This adorable mini chocolate babka might just be the most challenging AND most rewarding bake in all of Small-Batch Breads. You will definitely wonder if you’ve done something wrong about halfway through kneading the butter into the dough, but when it finally comes together for you? You will throw your hands up like Rocky reaching the top of those damn stairs. And when you pull the coiled, twisted, chocolate-filled loaf out of the oven? You will totally appreciate that all the work you put into it was absolutely worth it.
Find the small-batch babka recipe on page 135 of Small-Batch Breads 👉 https://smallbatchbreads.com
For a longer step-by-step video that walks you through the whole process, head to my YouTube channel (video linked in my bio)
🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7MqErrWzwI
PS — Thank you so much to everyone who has already left a book review on Amazon! Those are so helpful for getting my book seen by more people and are really fun for me to read. :)
Thumbnail image by Linda R Campos Boston Photographer
08/19/2026
🎉 GIVEAWAY ALERT!!! 🎉 To celebrate the launch of Small-Batch Breads this week, I've partnered with some of my favorite brands to offer a truly epic giveaway!
👉👉👉 Link to enter: https://sites.prh.com/smallbatchbreadsgiveaway
Prize package includes all of the following:
📖 A signed copy of Small-Batch Breads
⏹️ Two 4-inch square baking dishes from Souper Cubes
🥖 A gold-plated baguette necklace from Delicacies Jewelry
🔪 An 8" serrated knife from Misen
🌳 A wooden dowel-style dumpling rolling pin from Earlywood
All of these brands are friends of the blog and of and I genuinely use and love their products. I am so glad they generously contributed items to help me celebrate Small-Batch Breads being out in the world. Give them all a follow today. I promise you won't regret adding them to your feed...or your kitchen!
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Enter between 8/18/2026 at 10 am EST and 8/26/2026 at 11:59 pm EST. Open to US residents, 18 and older. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. The winner will be contacted by Chloe Aryeh ([email protected]) via email. This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with Instagram.
Thrilled to see Small-Batch Breads in such good company!
I’ve never done a GRWM before, did I do it right? Shoutout to Wellesley Books for being such a wonderful partner in getting these signed copies of Small-Batch Breads out to eager small-batch bakers all over the country (one of these books is headed to Hawaii, so cool!). If you ordered through Wellesley Books your signed should be en route soon. 🙌
Don’t have your copy yet? Order yours at the link in my bio! Want a signed copy? You can get them in store or online through Wellesley Books.
https://smallbatchbreads.com 😍
08/17/2026
My soft challah recipe uses an extra egg yolk, a generous pour of honey, and the richness of olive oil for the perfect golden-brown challah crust with a soft, slightly airy interior texture. https://thepracticalkitchen.com/homemade-braided-challah-bread-recipe/
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