Baking Classes in Chicago, IL

If you've never smelled challah in the oven, you're in for a treat. We will be covering the basics of challah making, a staple of Jewish culture, starting with a short introduction of its historical beginnings and significance, and then moving to making the dough (no experience required for this course at all!). We will break for an hour to allow...

Roll up your sleeves and get your pizza stone out for this 2-hour class! We’ll jump right into making our dough from scratch, then we’ll do a garlic confit and a marinara sauce to top our pizzas with. A few slices of mozzarella and torn pieces of basil, and you’ve got yourself a margarita! Or you can top it with slices of olives, capers, and...

Bring a taste of NYC to your kitchen: learn to make bagels! Make, shape, then boil and bake this tasty brunch treat along with our chef instructor. We’ll even make a roasted garlic-chive cream cheese to schmear on a bagel at the end of this two-hour class. You Will Learn To: Make bagel dough Roll bagels into their bagel-y shapes...

We're going to make the iconic pastry - the croissant. Our chef will guide you through the entire process from folding in the butter to rolling and "turning" the dough, to shaping. This class happens in two sessions over two days. Please see the calendar below for schedule details. Total in class instruction is 3.5 hours. [First Session] We'll...

BOO-licious is a Special Edition Dessert Class for October 2020. Due to our changes that we have had this year, we will be celebrating some Traditions a bit different. Tastee Treats would like to Invite you to Join in on A 1 hour Virtual Experience, where we will COSTUME dress up and Treat. Come dressed in your Costume and engage with others while...

Celebrate Halloween by creating your own at-home Hogwarts Halloween Feast! We will be playing trivia while the oven does its magic, too! Treats and trivia – what more do you need? We will be making: Pumpkin Pasties (savory) Butterbeer Cookies Sorting Hat Cupcakes Ollivander’s Pretzel Wands Ingredients you’ll need: Pretzel Rods ...

Knowing how to make a pie is a cornerstone skill. We think it is something everyone should know how to make because it is the truest culinary example of love. You don't make a pie for someone you don't care for deeply. A pie takes time. It is a meditation on butter, flour, fruit, sugar, and temperature (the cold needed for a good crust, the hot needed...

Are you seduced by French pastries in bakery windows? Well, many of them are quite easy to master at home and require only a few pantry staples to make them. In this class, instructor Rebecca Ffrench will teach you to make a classic pâte à choux (a French pastry dough) and guide you through the creation of a mountain of cream puffs, filled with...

Have you always struggled with stretching pizza dough? One of our Pizza Pros will help you iron out the kinks with some simple techniques used by the best pizza makers in NYC. This session is the perfect follow-up to our dough making session, or you can pick up some dough from your local pizzeria and jump right in. Prep details will be emailed to you...

Join us as we learn all the tricks of the trade of making fresh bagels—you pick the flavor from plain to everything. While your bagels are rising, we will teach you how to take ordinary butter and transform it into a delicious compound herb butter that will pair perfectly for a weekend treat. Be prepared to wow yourself and your friends! Bring your...

BLVD Bread Bakers: Make bread the star of your holiday feast this year, with this outstanding version of the classic Parker House Roll.  BLVD's bread guru, Chef JJ, will guide you through adding a surprise finish to this delicious feast-day favorite.

We are so excited to bring you our brand new online cooking classes! Warm and fresh homemade Cinnamon Rolls? Yes, please! Join us as we learn how to make, roll, and bake the perfect Cinnamon Roll complete with a delicious vanilla cream cheese icing. Bring your own ingredients and beverage of choice. Let’s have fun in the Kitchen and learn something...

We are so excited to bring you our brand new online cooking classes!  Fresh, warm, donuts?! Yes, please! Join us as we whip up a batch of donuts completely from scratch for the ultimate sweet treat. From creating our yeast dough to our vanilla creamy pastry cream, and chocolate and vanilla glazes, we promise these donuts won't last long and you'll...

Whether you’re an experienced pizzaiolo or a total noob, this session will help you turn water, flour, yeast, salt, and oil into perfect pizza dough. One of our Pizza Pros will demonstrate the process of dough making from scratch to batch. Shopping and equipment lists will be emailed to you upon purchase. Most of the ingredients are already in your...

Thanksgiving is coming and there's no better time to master a lattice apple pie! Join us virtually in making and baking the perfect apple pie from scratch. Note: there will be a break while the pie bakes so we can finish it together with optional garnishes. 1 week before class, you'll receive an email with a Zoom link and recipe with ingredient list...