Zoë Bakes Season 1

Find information and recipes about Zoe Bakes Season 1.

About Zoë Bakes on Magnolia Network
Learn about Zoë Bakes Season 2 here.
Learn about Zoë Bakes Season 3 here.

Zoë François bakes and cooks her favorite recipes, from easy main dishes to delicious desserts, with a little help from her friends and family.

How to Watch

Watch Zoë Bakes (season 1) on Magnolia Network’s Cable Channel (formerly DIY Network)

or stream (seasons 1, 2 & 3) on Discovery+ or on the Magnolia Network | Time Well Spent app.

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Zoe Bakes Season 1

Zoë François sits with neighbors and family on her porch in the Porch Parties episode of Zoë Bakes on Magnolia Network.

Episode 1: Porch Party Pies

Zoë François bakes up a table full of irresistible pies and cooks up one of her favorite desserts to share with friends and family on her porch as they kick off their annual tradition of welcoming spring back to Minnesota.
Recipes: Strawberry Rhubarb Pie | Strawberry Fool
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Zoë stands with a tray of biscuits made with Justin Sutherland at Handsome Hog on Zoë Bakes on Magnolia Network

Episode 2: Biscuit Bake

Zoë is invited to a backyard barbecue and visits a local chef known for his biscuit baking. She incorporates his tips into her own recipes as she makes two of her favorite Southern-inspired sweets.
Recipes: Zoë’s Quick-Fold Biscuits | Banana Pudding | Biscuit Topped Cobbler
Substack Exclusive for Extras Subscribers: Deep Dive: Biscuits

Zoë François of Pie and Mighty, showing Zoë François how to make her grandmother's angel pie on Zoë Bakes on Magnolia Network

Episode 3: Making Meringue

Zoë dives into the magic of meringue when she bakes it into a Pavlova (from Zoë Bakes Cakes), a whipped cream and fruit-filled dessert, for a dinner party with friends. She also visits a local pie maker who has mastered the art of meringue and uses it as a crust.
Recipes: Pavlova | Stephanie Meyer’s Beef Stew
Substack Exclusive for Extras subscribers: Deep Dive: Making Meringue

Pastry chef Minda Ringdahl shows host Zoe Francois decorating techniques, as seen on Zoe Bakes, season 1.

Episode 4: Decorating Cakes

Zoë surprises her best friend by making a devil’s food cake (from Zoë Bakes Cakes) topped with champagne buttercream for her anniversary. She also shares her tips for piping roses and borders, and explores current trends in cake design at a local cakery.
Recipes: Devil’s Food Cake | Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Substack Exclusive for Extras subscribers: Deep Dive: Decorating Cakes

Host Zoe Francois tastes different honey varieties with Brian Fredrickson, owner of Ames Farm

Episode 5: Buzzworthy Bakes

Zoë bakes a beehive-shaped birthday cake (from Zoë Bakes Cakes) for her beekeeper dad, complete with marzipan bees and a variety of honeys from her visit to a honey farm. Then, she whips up baked doughnuts with a honey glaze.
Recipes: Beehive Cake, Banana Cake Donuts with Honey Glaze
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Host Zoe Francois and baker Sarah Kieffer

Zoë wants to give her college son a taste of home by baking delicious chocolate chip cookies that highlight a friend’s fun technique. Later, she sends everything but the milk when she includes a variety of customized brownies.

Recipes: Sarah Kieffer’s Pan-Banging Chocolate Chip Cookies | Zoë’s Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies | Brownies 4 Ways
Sarah’s Book: 100 Cookies
Substack Exclusive for Extras subscribers: Deep Dive: Cookie Delivery

Host Zoe Francois with friends at her backyard pizza party.

Episode 7: Pizza Farm

Zoë visits a pizza farm to learn about her new wood-fired pizza oven and how to use it for baking at home. Then, she gets inspired to create a pizza farm experience in her own backyard for a group of friends.

Recipe: Pizza Dough

More information about my Fontana Forni Pizza Oven and Copper Olive Oil Cruet.
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Host Zoe Francois with Stephanie March and orchard owner Gretchen Prebix, as seen on Zoe Bakes, season 1.

Episode 8: Apple Classics

Zoë kicks off apple season by visiting an orchard and picking new varieties to put a twist on her classic Apple Bundt Cake. She also whips up a few childhood favorites like a Dutch Baby and pink applesauce to share with a friend.
Recipes: Apple Cake with Honey Cider Glaze, Dutch Baby, Pink Applesauce
Substack Exclusive for Extras subscribers: Deep Dive: Apple Classics

Host Zoe Francois enjoys coffee and dessert with a friend, as seen on Zoe Bakes, season 1.

Episode 9: Coffee Break

Zoë explores a Scandinavian tradition called fika, a coffee break with sweets, when she visits a local bakery and finds inspiration for a new twist on her Cinnamon Braid. Then, she makes a Cardamom Pear Cake and enjoys both with an old friend.
Recipes: Pear-Cardamom Cake | Brioche Braid
Substack Exclusive for Extras subscribers: Deep Dive: Coffee Break/Fika

Host Zoe Francois meets with Wes Gardner, head baker at Baker’s Field Flour & Bread in Minneapolis, as seen on Zoe Bakes, season 1.

Episode 10: Easy Breads

Zoë shares her passion for baking bread daily with a simple recipe anyone can master. She explores the benefits of using fresh flour when she visits a local mill and reveals tips for shaping boules, baguettes and epis.

Resources: Bread in 5 Master Recipe | The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day | Gluten-Free Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day | The Best of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day | artisanbreadinfive.com
Bread baking tools can be found here!
Substack Exclusive for Extras subscribers: Deep Dive: Easy Breads

Host Zoe Francois and her son Henri pick out sugar pumpkins at Barten Pumpkins, as seen on Zoe Bakes, season 1.

Episode 11: Pumpkin Treats

When Zoë’s sons come home for a visit, she heads to a pumpkin patch to get ingredients for their favorite fall desserts. Charlie joins her in the kitchen to make sweet scones with squash they picked, and Henri enjoys pumpkin creme brulee.

Recipes: Pumpkin Creme Brulee | Squash Scones
Substack Exclusive for Extras subscribers: Deep Dive: Pumpkin Treats

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