Zingerman's Baking and Cooking Classes in Ann Arbor

BAKE! is Zingerman's hands-on teaching bakery in Ann Arbor, MI, tucked between Zingerman's Bakehouse and Zingerman's Creamery.

We offer dozens of different bread, pastry, and cake hands-on baking classes and cooking classes both in our teaching kitchens and online for virtual classes. We also offer the ability to customize your experience with private classes, both in-person or virtual.

All of us at Zingerman's Bakehouse know the joy and excitement of baking something really good and sharing it with friends when it's hot out of the oven. Our baking and cooking classes will leave you with that same joy, the food you made, and the inspiration and skills to continue your baking journey.

Our in-person classes (except for family classes & kids camps) are designed for adults aged 17 and up. Virtual classes (except for virtual kids classes) are designed for adults as well, however, households are welcome to participate together, so kids can join in the fun, too.

We want to encourage a love of cooking and baking early, so we also offer a variety of classes designed for kids that include multi-day camps for kids and teens, and more. Head to the kids’ classes and private classes pages for more information.

Upcoming BAKE! Classes

March

21

2024

Dinner Series: Italian 2.0

1:00 pm
To
5:00 pm EDT

Who doesn’t love pasta night?! In this hands-on class, you’ll make egg fettuccine, along with a creamy, cheesy alfredo sauce, all from scratch. Then we'll bake grissini (crispy breadsticks) to go alongside it. Something sweet to round it out? We’ll bake up some crispy chocolate biscotti to enjoy with your after-dinner coffee.

You'll leave the BAKE! class with our recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, and dinner for four!

In-Person: We'll end class with a tasting of what we made and you'll go home with some great coupons.

Virtual: To make the best pasta, having a hand-cranked pasta machine or the appropriate attachments for a stand mixer will be extremely helpful and highly recommended.

What our guests have to say about this class:

All the food is fabulous and the instructors were so helpful. — Nick P.

Can't wait to try everything I learned at home. —Heidi S.

Making homemade pasta was a lot easier than I ever imagined. —Tina W.

In-Person Class
$135.00
4 spots left

March

23

2024

Better Bagels & Bialys!

8:00 am
To
12:00 pm EDT

At Zingerman’s Bakehouse, we make bagels as they were a long time ago—crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, with big flavor, and a hole you can stick your finger through. In this hands-on class, we'll teach you to make great bagels from scratch. You’ll mix your dough, knead it by hand, shape it into rings, then boil and bake your bagels to get just the right texture. You'll choose the toppings for your bagels, too (we recommend poppy seeds, sesame seeds, everything mix, and coarse salt). We’ll also teach you how to make traditional bialys—crispy, chewy rolls with a center of slow-roasted onions and poppy seeds.

Once you've mastered our great go-to recipes, who wouldn’t be impressed waking up to fresh-baked bagels and/or bialys? After all, better bagels and bialys make for better weekends in our book!

You'll leave the BAKE! class with our recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, and the bagels and bialys you made in class.

In-Person: We'll end class with a tasting of what we made and you'll go home with some great coupons.

What our guests have to say about this class:

I will now make bagels. Never thought it possible. — Chris A.

I love to learn new techniques—especially for things I might not make at home, such as bagels. — Mia B.

In-Person Class
$135.00
1 spot left

March

23

2024

Pasta by Hand

1:30 pm
To
4:30 pm EDT

In this hands-on class, you’ll learn how easy it is to make fresh pasta by hand the southern Italian way!  We’ll start by mixing up a batch of Semolina Pasta Dough that we will then form by hand into Busiate, Orecchiette, and Cavatelli, three hand-rolled pastas that are staples of southern Italian cuisine.  

Next up, we’ll whip up some Pesto alla Trapanese, a fresh and flavorful tomato and almond-based pesto that hails from the Western Sicilian city of Trapani. It's easy to make and perfect on pasta or bruschetta. In Sicily, they most often serve Pesto alla Trapanese with Busiate pasta.

We’ll then follow up with a demonstration of another southern Italian pasta sauce, Ragù di Salsiccia e Cime di Rapa, a rapini- (broccoli rabe-) and sausage-based sauce that pairs beautifully with Orecchiette and hails from Lazio, Puglia and Campania, all the regions in southern Italy where rapini is grown. 

Our recipes and techniques for making fresh pasta by hand and the 2 paired sauces can be the inspiration for all the pasta creations you can dream up at home.

You'll leave the BAKE! class with our recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, and the three hand-rolled pastas and Pesto alla Trapanese you made in class. 

In-Person: We’ll end class with a tasting of all that we made and you’ll go home with some great coupons. 

 

Virtual Class
$85.00
13 spots left

March

24

2024

Marshmallows & Graham Crackers

1:30 pm
To
5:30 pm EDT

Remember summer nights spent toasting marshmallows over a crackling campfire? Crunchy graham crackers layered with perfectly toasty marshmallows and melty chocolate? We remember those s’more-filled days fondly, but there's no reason they need to remain a happy memory. We're here to help you recreate this childhood favorite (only even better than you remember).

In this hands-on class, we’ll teach you to make from scratch the Bakehouse’s beloved cinnamon- and ginger-spiced Graham Crackers; perfectly crisp, flavorful, not too sweet, and made from great ingredients, including freshly milled regional soft white whole wheat flour, honey, and ginger. They’ll take you right back to those summer campfires, only now to a whole new level of flavor and crunch.

Then we’ll have fun making Vanilla Marshmallows*, also from scratch, and learning how to make up our own flavor variations. Coconut? Peppermint? Raspberry? Chocolate? Mocha? You betcha! Any marshie you can dream up, you can make. You won’t believe the difference between your homemade marshmallows and the packaged varieties of your childhood. Join us and increase the flavor of your s’mores by 100%. 

For some storied history on the origins of graham crackers and s'mores, head to the Bakehouse's website and read: "Graham Crackers: A Childhood Favorite Grows Up!"

You'll leave BAKE! with our recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, and the graham crackers and marshmallows you made in class. 

In-Person: We'll end class with a tasting and you'll also go home with some great coupons.

* Please note, our marshmallow recipe calls for beef-based gelatin; substitutions cannot be made.

What our guests have to say about this class:

I made graham crackers at home before I took this class that did not turn out. I now know what I did wrong and how to make them so they turn out crispy and tasty. —Kateri B.

In-Person Class
$135.00
1 spot left

March

24

2024

Creative Cookies

1:30 pm
To
5:30 pm EDT

Unleash your creativity on cookies! Decorated cookies make great gifts, party favors, stocking stuffers, and holiday centerpieces. In this hands-on class, we'll teach you how to make our tasty Sugar Cookies and a variety of decorating techniques using cookie cutters, fondant, and royal icing. Once you've made the cookie dough and vanilla fondant, you'll get plenty of hands-on practice rolling out the dough, cutting your cookies, baking them, and then decorating them in a creative fashion using a variety of cookie cutters and season appropriate colors of fondant and royal icing that we'll provide in class.

You'll leave the BAKE! class with our recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, any left-over fondant and/or royal icing, and all the dazzling decorated cookies you created yourself.

In-person: We'll end class with a cookie tasting and you'll also leave with some great coupons.

What our guests have to say about this class:

Impressive bakes are a lot more accessible than people think and BAKE! can get us there! —Josh B.

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In-Person Class
$135.00
1 spot left