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Learn the art of perfecting breads, pastries, and cakes in Chicago with baking classes that teach participants the techniques of creating delicious treats from scratch.

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Hands-on Baking: Baking Tools 101

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover the essential tools of the trade in the world of baking at the beautiful Chicago Botanic Garden. Learn how to use a variety of small appliances and tools while creating delectable treats like banana bread and lemon pound cake. Join us for a hands-on experience that will take your baking skills to the next level.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$109
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Hands-On Cupcake Boot Camp

The Chopping Block Lincoln Square @ 4747 N Lincoln, Chicago, IL

Have your cake and eat it, too! Make several varieties of delicious cupcakes, and bring them home to impress your friends and family. We will teach you fun, easy ways to decorate them, too. Lunch will be served during class.   Menu: Lemon-Buttermilk Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream  Sweet Corn Cupcakes with Honey Cream Cheese Frosting  Chocolate S'more Cupcakes with Marshmallow Frosting  Peachy Prosecco Cupcakes with...

(260) All levels 18 and older
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$258.75
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Hands-on Cooking: Dough Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

This cooking class features recipes and techniques from the dough chapter of Michael Ruhlman’s Twenty.  Learn to mix, knead, roll, and cut yeast, pie, and cookie doughs for recipes such as Dutch-oven bread, cinnamon buns, mushroom gruyere quiche, and Scottish shortbread.  Take home overnight cinnamon buns and pie dough. Lunch will be served during class.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Baking: Cut Out Cookies

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Cut out sugar cookies are a fun, adaptable project any time of year—for special occasions like birthdays and holidays, or simply a treat with afternoon tea or coffee.  In this hands-on baking class, you will learn how to:  make dough roll, bake, decorate, and store cookies plus flat icing, flat icing with agar, and royal icing.  Each student will have the opportunity to roll, cut, and bake cookies, as well as decorate cookies...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Baking: Apples

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover the art of creating delicious apple desserts in this hands-on culinary course. Join us as we show you how to make an apple strudel with a perfectly thin and delicate dough and homemade caramel apples that will have you craving more. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your baking skills with the versatile and delightful apple.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Baking: Make-Ahead Pies

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Simplify Thanksgiving meal preparation with desserts that can be made in advance. You will learn tips and tricks for making both the individual components as well as whole pies ahead of time without compromising taste or quality. Three different pies will be featured: dutch apple pie maple cream pie and dulce de leche pumpkin pie. You will take home three six-inch pies, one in each flavor prepared in class.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Baking: Celebration Desserts

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn to create spectacular celebration desserts in this immersive cooking class. Discover how to make mouthwatering chocolate cake, pumpkin ice cream pie, and banana foster bread pudding. Perfect for any occasion or simply to celebrate life!

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Baking: Chocolate Truffles

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Indulge in the art of hand-rolled truffles, as you learn the secrets of chocolate tempering in this baking class. Discover the techniques to achieve a shiny, snappy coating on your homemade truffles, and infuse them with delectable flavors like Earl Grey tea, mocha, and cinnamon. Take home a beautiful box of your creations and impress your loved ones with your newfound baking skills.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Baking: Make-Ahead Brunch

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn how to host the perfect Mother's Day brunch with classic make-ahead dishes like Decadent Glazed Cinnamon Rolls, Flaky Apple Turnovers, and Hash Brown-Crust Quiche. Join us for a hands-on baking class at the Chicago Botanic Garden and discover tips and tricks for working ahead in the kitchen.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-On Artisanal Breads Boot Camp

The Chopping Block Lincoln Square @ 4747 N Lincoln, Chicago, IL

Discover the secrets of baking artisan bread in this immersive kitchen experience, where you'll learn the techniques and skills needed to create delectable treats like Sourdough Cheddar Scallion Twist and Chocolate Hazelnut Morning Buns. Join us at The Chopping Block Lincoln Square for a day of hands-on bread-making like no other.

(260) All levels 18 and older
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$339.25
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Fermentation Basics

Mary's Wholesome Living @ 811 S Oak Park Ave, Illinois City, IL

"Probiotics are essential to basic human nutrition, they provide multiple benefits for your immune system. When probiotics are abundant in your body, it’s harder for bacteria that cause illness to get a foothold. Some also keep you healthy by making bacteriocins, which suppress the growth of harmful bacteria. Sources of probiotics include eating fermented foods like Brewer’s yeast, miso, and sauerkraut." The Dr. Oz Show Fermentation is one of...

(3) All levels 16 and older
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Gluten-Free Baking Secrets

Peterson Garden Project

Tired of unsatisfying and expensive gluten-free baked goods? Let’s make and eat some delicious, full-flavor cakes, bread, and cookies that are so good you won’t need to tell anyone they are gluten-free. This hands-on class will teach you how to modify traditional recipes into gluten-free options with great results, as well as highlighting recipes specific to a variety of gluten-free flours and grain-free (paleo) alternatives.  Rather than...

(10) All levels 18 and older
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Pre-Game Essential Mixology

A-List Startenders @ 4401 N Milwaukee, Chicago, IL

We believe that knowledge is power--Introducing our Essential Mixology course. Whether you have no experience, have taken a bartending course, or are experienced in bartending - this class is for you.  Take part in our highly interactive course where you will build and enjoy your very own creations. This 2 Hour crash course in mixology will have you entertaining your guests/ clients in no time.  We will take you on a mind blowing excursion...

(17) All levels 21 and older
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Cupcake Boot Camp: Festive Holiday Menu

The Chopping Block Lincoln Square @ 4747 N Lincoln, Chicago, IL

Have your cake and eat it, too! Make several varieties of delicious cupcakes, and bring them home to impress your friends and family. We will teach you fun, easy ways to decorate them, too. Lunch will be served during class.  Menu: Gingerbread Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting Double Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate-Peppermint Frosting Mulled Wine Poached Pear Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting Orange Cranberry Cupcakes with...

(260) All levels 18 and older
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German Style Potato Pancakes

Peterson Garden Project

Come learn to make authentic German Potato Pancakes using a recipe from an 86-year old German "Oma". This recipe was not written down, but was crafted by instructor Ingrid Durham by watching her mom's every move, taking copious notes, photos, and measuring everything that she did just from memory. This hands-on class will conclude with us sitting down to enjoy our own hand-made pancakes around the farm table. Did we mention it is BYOB?!

(10) All levels 18 and older
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Sweet & Savory Pies

Peterson Garden Project

Is there anything better than the smell of a pie baking in the oven? That intoxicating aroma of a flaky, buttery crust! Yet so many people are intimidated by the idea of making their own pie crust. At this class, you'll realize that your fears of making your own crust were overblown, and that a pie is not whole until you've made your own crust. Brad will share a few tricks to help you make that perfect all-butter pie crust for both sweet and savory...

(10) All levels 18 and older
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No Knead Sourdough Bread - with Sprouted Grains

Mary's Wholesome Living @ 2607 W 75th St, Naperville, IL

Do you love the smell, taste and wholesomeness of fresh baked bread? Do you like the idea of baking your own bread, but don’t think you have the time or expertise? Well we have a solution for you! This class will teach you how to make a NO KNEAD hearty dough that will supply fresh bread to you and your family for the week. We will offer a traditional sourdough bread as well as one utilizing Sprouted Ancient Grains. Please bring: A very large...

(3) All levels 16 and older
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Holiday Fruit Filled Cookies Czech Kolacky

Mary's Wholesome Living @ 2607 W 75th St, Naperville, IL

Do you love making cookies with the kids for Christmas?  Have you always wanted to go the neighborhood Cookie Exchange but didn’t feel your cookies were worthy? Kolacky are delicious flaky fruit-filled cookies, made with cream cheese and butter for a very rich holiday treat. Possible fillings are apricot, raspberry, pineapple, poppy seed and homemade cheese filling. Great family project– kids love making the thumb prints and filling...

(3) All levels 16 and older
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Healthy Vegan Pizza: From Crust To Cheese

Arya Bhavan

Is it possible to splurge on pizza in a healthy way? Health experts agree that most pizzas out there, whether restaurant- or store-bought, are chock-full of empty calories, high in sodium, and made with heavily processed ingredients, all the way down to the crust. That includes vegan pizzas…but we’ve got the solution for you! Learn to make your own vegan pizza with nothing but healthy ingredients and then splurge to your heart’s content! ...

(10) All levels 18 and older
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Cupcake Boot Camp: Spring Menu

The Chopping Block Lincoln Square @ 4747 N Lincoln, Chicago, IL

Have your cake and eat it, too! Make several varieties of delicious cupcakes, and bring them home to impress your friends and family. We will teach you fun, easy ways to decorate them, too. Lunch will be served during class. Menu: Lavender Cupcakes with White Chocolate-Lemon Ganache and Candied ​Lavender Devil's Food Cupcake with Roasted Banana Buttercream and Dulce de Leche Rhubarb Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Classic Coconut Cupcakes...

(260) All levels 18 and older
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$148.50
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