The Confident Bread Baker
Confident Bread Baker is your step-by-step guide to mastering yeast dough at home — without fear, guesswork, or frustration.
If you’ve ever felt intimidated by bread baking, unsure if your dough is right, or disappointed by dense, dry loaves… this class changes that.
Inside Confident Bread Baker, I walk you through the exact methods I use in my own kitchen to create soft sandwich breads, fluffy rolls, enriched sweet doughs, and everyday yeast recipes with confidence.
You won’t just follow recipes — you’ll understand what you’re doing and why it works.
By the end of this class, you’ll know how to:
- Properly mix and knead dough
- Recognize when dough is proofed correctly
- Troubleshoot common bread mistakes
- Adapt one master dough into multiple recipes
- Bake soft, bakery-style breads at home
No fancy equipment required. No complicated techniques. Just clear instruction and practical skills you can use again and again.
Your Instructor
Hi, I’m Heather — the baker behind Boston Girl Bakes.
I’ve spent years teaching home bakers how to create confident, from-scratch desserts and breads in their own kitchens. What started as a love of baking has grown into a blog read by hundreds of thousands of bakers each month — and a passion for teaching the why behind every recipe.
Bread baking, especially working with yeast, is one of the most common places I see hesitation and self-doubt. I know that feeling. I’ve tested, retested, over-proofed, under-proofed, and learned firsthand what actually makes dough work.
Through my online classes and recipes, I focus on breaking techniques down into clear, manageable steps so you don’t just follow instructions — you understand what you’re doing.
My goal isn’t perfection. It’s confidence.
And once you understand your dough, everything changes.
I’m so excited to help you become a more confident bread baker.