Bake Ware and Kitchen Gadgets

Baking and Cooking can be so much fun when you have the right tools and equipment.It doesn’t matter on how much you spend on the necessities; buy good quality bake ware and gadgets to create your masterpiece. Buy the best equipment you can afford. Well made equipment is a sound investment that will last forever if properly used and well cared for.  Flimsy tools are likely to dent or break and will not last.

Bake Ware Essentials

Measuring devices are first and foremost.  These are the bake ware items:

Measuring tools: Measuring devices are first and foremost.

• One set of measuring cups to measure dry ingredients; another set, a glass or stainless steel measuring cups to measure liquid ingredients
• A set of measuring spoons
• A sifter for dry ingredients, mixing bowls, baking pans, hand tools (rubber spatulas). rolling pin and pastry board. A wire cooling rack is essential to cool hot items from the oven.

Mixing bowls:

• Mixing bowls of different sizes for mixing and preparing ingredients

Baking pans: All sorts of bake ware pans are needed to create all sorts of baked goods. They come in different shapes and sizes. Certain cakes have special pan needs…..a tube pan for Angel Food Cake. Shopping for these items ahead of time can help you out so you’re ready anytime to use a pan for a specific recipe that you want to bake.

• At least two round pans, a rectangular cake pan and a square pan, a few loaf pans, at least one cookie sheet, one pie pan and one muffin pan.

Hand Tools:

• A few rubber spatulas of different sizes
• A set of wooden spoons
• Cookie and biscuit cutters
• A hand-held pastry cutter or blender

Rolling pin and Pastry board

Pastry bag with a set of Pastry tips

Cooling racks: A wire cooling rack is essential to cool hot items from the oven.

• One round cooling rack for cookies and pies
• An oblong rack for larger desserts such as sheet cakes.

KITCHEN GADGETS

Kitchen gadgets seem to be one of the most abundant kinds of cool gadgets. There are just so many things you can do in the kitchen that a gadget will help you with.

Basic Gadgets

Having the right tools and good equipment can make cooking more efficient and enjoyable. Here are some of the most helpful tools for cooking, including substitutions where possible:

Bottle/Can Opener, Colander, Corkscrew, Cutting Boards, Egg Separator, Food Mill, Fork  long-handled, Funnel, Grater, Garlic Press, Kitchen Shears, Kitchen Scales, Knives, Ladle, Measuring Cups and Measuring Spoons, Mixing Bowl Set, Pastry Blender, Pastry Brush, Vegetable Peeler, Pepper Grinder(Mill), Rolling Pin, Rotary Beater, Hand Mixer or Hand-Held, Blender,  Rubber Scrapers or Rubber Spatulas, Sieves , Sifter, Skewers, Slotted Spoon, long-handled, Thermometers, Timer, Tongs (metal), Vegetable Brush, Vegetable Peeler, Wire Cooling Rack, Wire Whisk, Wooden Spoons (assorted sizes),

Other Useful Gadgets

Everybody has their own preferences when it comes to extra tools and gadgets.

Although not essential for everyday cooking, these time-saving tools make nice additions to any kitchen:

Cheese slicer | Citrus juicer/reamer | Citrus zester | Lemon Squeezer | Mandoline | Meat mallet | Mortar and pestle | Parchment paper | Pastry bag with tips | Pizza cutter | Pizza stone | Potato masher | Salad spinner |