">Chef Sim demonstrates how to proof, shape and score dough.

Bread 101 with Chef Sim Cass

Dean of Artisan Bread Baking Sim Cass shares how to proof, shape, score and bake bread with Mental Floss.

The legendary Balthazar Bakery alum shows Facebook viewers how to fold, slap and cut dough like a pro — and the science behind these techniques.

By Ashley Day

ICE's former Content Director, Ashley Day has also managed USA TODAY's food section and covered food and travel for The Daily Meal, Rand McNally and Hungry? City Guides. Ashley went from taste-testing frozen pizzas at the Good Housekeeping Institute to braving exotic game meat for Field & Stream, then making ramen with Morimoto and rolling sushi with Nobu for USA TODAY Eats. 

Chef Sim shares the No. 1 tool for making bread, how to know the dough is ready and his guidelines for incorporating flour throughout the process. Plus, learn four ways to tell you did everything right when your loaf comes out of the oven. Watch him handle dough like a pro in Mental Floss's mesmerizing video.

Make more than 40 types of bread with hands-on training from Chef Sim in ICE's eight-week Artisan Bread Baking course.

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