For those who are just starting out in baking, the first difficulty many people encounter is “what tools should I prepare first”? 21 basic baking tools + 15 super practical baking tools will help you bake a sweet taste!
These are the essential tools in your baking process, you will use these tools especially frequently. Whether you are baking a cake or making cookies, what are the simple basic tools?
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Measuring Cups And Spoons
Baking requires a high degree of precision, so a full set of measuring cups and spoons is a must. And one measuring cup is not enough, you need to prepare separate wet measuring cups for dry, liquid, etc. to accurately measure all ingredients. Measuring cups and spoons are recommended to be kept in easy reach because their usage is really very high!
Most measuring spoon sets come with a tablespoon, teaspoon, half teaspoon, and ¼ teaspoon, while most measuring cups come with a cup, half cup, and a cup of ¼ cup.For liquid measuring cups, you can use the 1-cup size, and commonly 2 and 4 cups.
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Wooden Spoon
1 wooden spoon is enough, this tool is very handy. Wooden spoons are perfect for all kinds of mixing because they are very sturdy (even very thick textured pastes can be mixed with wooden spoons) and they are the best helper when boiling syrups and jams. Just remember to wash and dry them after use so they don’t break.
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Rubber Spatula
Spatulas are generally used to scrape batter or dough out of pans, or to scrape out nooks and crannies in jars. One of the silicone scrapers is more heat resistant and safer than rubber.
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Metal Spatula
When you need to transfer freshly baked cookies to a cooling rack or transfer a cake, a metal spatula comes in handy. Having a spatula with a thin metal blade is essential. It’s flexible and handy enough to easily scrape anything you want to move without squeezing the dough or shaking your cookies or cake bites.
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Spreading Brush
This thing is much more useful than you think. It can be used to grease the pan before pouring in the cake batter, to coat the dough with melted butter or eggs, or to spread milk over the crumbs. There are also animal hair brushes for this type of brush, and brushing the egg mixture will be more delicate. The bristle brush is more suitable for making bread, but it should be cleaned every time and care should be taken to keep it dry.
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Whisk
The whisk is the most used, baking can be said to be inseparable from the egg. In addition, it can also let a variety of materials mixed together, beat cream, kasher sauce and so on stirring role.
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Kitchen Scissors
Don’t forget to keep a pair of kitchen scissors on hand, there are so many places where they are used!
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Rolling Pin
Rolling pins are essential for pies, cookie dough and shortcrust pastry, and can be used to improve baking efficiency in addition to the usual uses. For example, if you don’t have a food processor and need to crush cookies, chips, etc., simply place them in a sealable bag and use the rolling pin to roll them into pieces.
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