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Classes with Alchemy Bread

Alchemy Bread offers instructional workshops both in person and online. These educational resources serve as companions to the information in my book, you’ll need a copy for access to the recipes and techniques detailed throughout the courses. To learn more, please click the links below.

 

Alchemy Bread’s newest visual companion course to accompany Let’s Bake Bread! A Family Cookbook to Foster Learning, Curiosity, and Skill Building in Your Kids. The course is designed so you can watch any of the videos in the course in any order, over and over again whenever you need a little help.

This course includes in depth and beautiful visuals on technique, mixing, shaping and baking from the book. It also includes children shaping under Bonnie’s guidance in real time, and multiple angles of processes for a deeper understanding as well as extra tips and advice. It’s the exact same visual experience as taking an in person class with the patience and understanding of baking with children.

You must have the book Let’s Bake Bread! to make the recipes in this visual companion course. You can purchase the book here so you have it before you start the course.

Alchemy Bread’s first digital course Bread Baking Techniques for Beginners is available as a video companion to the first chapter in Bonnie’s first book, Bread Baking for Beginners.

A digital version of Bonnie’s introductory baking class, get started with the basics of simple beginner yeasted breads. This will dispel common myths about bread and teach key concepts to make you more confident and consistent in your bread baking. The course is artfully produced by a professional team with a relaxed, mindful tone and features original music by @sunbears. Includes lessons in Creating the Master No-Knead Dough recipe, Shaping 7 different breads and finally, Baking.

This course has no deadlines or assignments, and is designed for you to work at your own pace. Once you purchase, you have lifetime access. The course content will always be available to refer back to, and is broken up into sections so that you can always find just the video you’re looking for. You must have the book to make the recipes in this visual companion course. You can purchase the book Bread Baking for Beginners here.

See what our students are saying...
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I’m Sunny, a Seattle native turned farm living in western PA. Registered Nurse by trade, currently stay at home mom of three rowdy boys, 4, 2, & 1

I bought the course because our family has been committed to family night pizza nights for YEARS. I love the tradition, and rhythm, and I LOVE that my boys are now getting into the process as well. I’ve tried to move past pizzas into different types of bread and nearly always fall short. I was drawn to your book not necessarily because of your techniques, but your demeanor, your posture and the WAYS you communicate about bread. It’s been remarkably helpful in understanding the why and the how to break braking.

Bread can be a frustrating thing to bake... 1+1 sometimes equals 4.... It’s easy to hear that inner critic so often in the process. And, as a stay at home mom to three little humans, it’s also easy to hear that inner critic throughout the day... not enough of this.... too much of that.... I so appreciate the grace with which you teach, you’re a soft place to land on what have been some hard days this past year.

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I'm Claire, a children's book author + mama of 3 living in small town Wisconsin!

I bought your course because I'm a "learn-by-seeing" person...I can read *all* the books, but I really need to see someone practicing a technique before it clicks.

I would recommend it (and I have!) to any friends who want to learn how to bake bread but feel like a MAJOR beginner. The bread world can be very intimidating but starting with the basics can give you the confidence to move forward--and some delicious carbs, of course.

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My name is Alyssa, new adoptive mom to a sweet baby boy and carb lover!

I’ve baked cakes and cookies and when I discovered your book I thought it would be an excellent way to try something new and challenging and extremely rewarding.

Your course and book helped me get through the longest wait to become parents; I’ve discovered a new passion and I love sharing with everyone I love!

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I’m Christa, a mom of 3 boys, and a singer/song writer who loves to be authentic and share her heart.

I bought the course because I am a new baker, who found a love for baking as a new way to be creative since I couldn’t sing anymore due to Covid.

I learn visually, and tactically, so the course really helped me see how to do the things Bonnie was telling us to do in the book. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn how to bake bread, or hone their skills.

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I’m Linda, mama to an awesome young man & married to the most supportive spouse one could ever ask for & my newest role is personal bread baker to my family.

Like most people during lock down I finally had the time to learn to bake bread. I’m either an all in or out person so I ordered everything I thought I’d need and yours was the first book I ordered. It’s literally my bread bible! I take it everywhere. I’m serious too - it’s always in my purse. Your course was what I needed to visually make sure I was doing things correctly.

You know them aha Oprah moments? That was what your vid was to me. It helped me be more confident and also solidify the fact that I was indeed doing most of the work correctly.

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Thank you Bonnie for making this. It is shot beautifully, with many different angles and explanation. The music is incredibly soothing and calm. I loved how the video was separated into different categories so you can skip or repeat.

Even though I've worked through your book, this course allowed me to improve my technique and better understand bread making.

—Sophie N

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This course has helped me so much, especially with mixing my dough. I realized I wasn’t mixing it enough, which was making folding much harder. Seeing you do it helped me so much!

I also appreciate seeing beginners on the other recipes, It helped me notice problems and how to fix them. Overall, it’s wonderful! Thank you 😊

—Aubrey D

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Bonnie, I truly enjoyed the class! The information in it is so valuable to me on my bread baking journey. Just watching your hands do the work is lightyears more informative than anything that could be written in a book. The extra tips and helpful hints are wonderful. I wish I lived closer so I could attend in-person one day!

—Sara S

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I am so thankful for this online class, it’s a perfect companion for the book. I thought I had a pretty good understanding of the bread I have been making for the past year using your book, but the video class gave me so much more. I will definitely utilize this forever and watch the parts that I need over and over.

Bonnie’s soothing voice and the tranquil music puts me in the mindset of what I think it’s intended, to be really good at the art of making delicious bread!

—Jennifer S

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I’ve had the book for about a year and my favorite recipes have been the rustic loaf and the pizza.  Adding the video component has really allowed me to step up my game!  I have been a little intimidated to try the fougasse but after seeing the visual instruction I definitely plan to try it later this week.  

I’ve been baking for a long time but using your recipes and methods has really helped me improve my skills.  Everything I have attempted has been a success.

—Diane A

Some of the perks from Bread Baking Techniques for Beginners

  • Learn the foundational techniques of bread making from a professional baker.

  • Self-Paced instruction. Work at your own pace and pick up where you left off at any time.

  • Artfully produced videos with original music composed just for this course.

  • Multi-angle shots of mixing, folding and shaping techniques.

  • Lifetime access to course material. Once you're in, It's yours forever.

Presently, Alchemy Bread offers the Beginner’s Bread Course. Hosted twice each month in our cottage bakery located in Modesto, CA.

Get started with the basics of simple beginner yeasted breads. This is an introductory class that will dispel common myths about bread and teach key concepts to make you more confident and consistent in your bread baking. Class will be conducted in a relaxed, mindful and friendly way in my home kitchen/bakery. I will walk you through and demonstrate a simple and adaptable recipe, and then class members will get hands-on and shape beautiful loaves, lemon rosemary fougasse, olive and thyme focaccia, and pizzas.

Class sizes are kept small so plenty of individual attention and hands-on advice will be given. Participants will go home with their fresh bread and a fundamental understanding of bread baking. We will eat pizza we baked together at the end of class and go over any miscellaneous baking questions you may have over a glass of wine or sparkling water.

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