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Fall Baking Starter Kit: 16 Tools for Pies, Cookies and Holiday Treats
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items Pumpkin bread, apple pie, Thanksgiving desserts and holiday cookies all land in the same few months. If you are baking more than usual this season, or for the first time, this list covers the tools that make it easier and more reliable: measuring and...
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Mixing, Measuring & Prep
Pans & Bakeware
Cooling, Decorating & Oven Checks
Mixing, Measuring & Prep
If you do not have a stand mixer, a good hand mixer handles almost everything seasonal baking asks for: creaming butter and sugar for cookies, whipping cream for pie, mixing cake batter. This one has five speeds, a slow start to avoid flour clouds, a...
KitchenAid 5-Speed Hand Mixer KHM512 Red
The single biggest upgrade for consistent baking. A cup of flour can vary a lot depending on how you scoop it, while grams are always the same, and many good recipes now list weights. This flat scale switches between grams and ounces, has a tare butt...
Etekcity Digital Kitchen Scale 11lb
Clear glass cups in 1, 2 and 4 cup sizes for measuring milk, water and melted butter at eye level. The big one doubles as a mixing bowl for small batches and goes in the microwave for melting chocolate or warming milk. Use them for liquids; dry ingre...
Pyrex Essentials 3-Pack Glass Measuring Cups
A one-piece silicone spatula with no seam where batter can get trapped and no wooden handle to crack. It scrapes every last bit out of the bowl, folds egg whites gently and is heat resistant enough for stirring caramel or custard on the stove. Goes i...
GIR Premium Silicone Kitchen Spatula 11IN
A flat steel blade with a grippy handle that pie and bread bakers use constantly: lifting rolled dough off the counter, cutting butter into flour, dividing dough and scraping the counter clean afterward. The edge has ruler markings, which helps when ...
OXO Good Grips Multi-Purpose Scraper & Chopper
A tapered French pin made of solid maple, with no handles or moving parts. Many bakers find it easier to control than a handled roller because you feel the thickness of the dough under your palms, and the tapered ends make it easy to pivot into a rou...
J.K. Adams French Tapered Rolling Pin 20.5"
Pans & Bakeware
Heavy aluminum half-sheet pans that bake cookies evenly and do not warp in a hot oven, thanks to the steel rim. A two-pack means one tray can go in while the next batch is being scooped. They are also great for roasting vegetables the rest of the yea...
Nordic Ware Naturals Half Sheet Pan, 2-Pack
A glass pie plate lets you see whether the bottom crust has browned, which is the most common pie problem. The wide handles make it easier to get in and out of the oven with mitts on. Standard 9.5-inch size fits most pie recipes. Avoid sudden tempera...
Pyrex Easy Grab 9.5" Glass Pie Plate
Pumpkin muffins, cupcakes, mini quiches and even individual cheesecakes all come out of a muffin pan. These heavy pans from USA Pan have a ridged surface that helps release, and having two means a full batch of 24 bakes at once. Hand wash to keep the...
USA Pan 12-Well Muffin Pan, Set of 2
The classic 9x13 glass dish for sheet cakes, brownies, apple crisp, bread pudding and holiday side dishes like sweet potato casserole. Glass bakes a little differently from metal, so many recipes suggest lowering the oven by about 25°F when using it....
Pyrex Basics 3 Qt Glass Oblong Baking Dish
Reusable nonstick mats sized to fit the half-sheet pans above. Cookies slide right off, bottoms brown less aggressively, and there is no parchment to keep buying. Also handy as a non-slip surface for rolling out dough. Wash with warm soapy water; avo...
Amazon Basics Silicone Baking Mat, 16.5x11.6, 2-Pack
Cooling, Decorating & Oven Checks
Same-size scoops of dough mean every cookie on the tray bakes in the same time, so none burn while others are still raw. The squeeze handle releases sticky dough cleanly, and it is much faster than two spoons. The medium size makes a standard cookie;...
OXO Good Grips Medium Cookie Scoop
Home ovens are often off by 25 degrees or more from what the dial says, which explains a lot of burnt or underbaked results. This simple dial thermometer hangs from or sits on the oven rack and shows the real temperature, so you can adjust the settin...
Taylor Oven Thermometer
Pie crust edges brown much faster than the filling cooks, so they often burn before an apple or pumpkin pie is done. This silicone ring sits over the rim partway through baking and protects the edge, no fiddling with strips of foil. It adjusts to fit...
Mrs. Anderson's Adjustable Pie Crust Shield
For frosting cupcakes, piping rosettes on a holiday cake or decorating cut-out cookies. This beginner set from Wilton includes a handful of the most useful metal tips, disposable bags and couplers for switching tips without changing bags. Enough to l...
Wilton Beginning Buttercream Decorating Set
Cookies and cakes left on a hot pan keep baking and get soggy bottoms from trapped steam. Moving them to a wire rack lets air circulate so they cool evenly and stay crisp. These stainless racks fit inside a half-sheet pan, so they also work for oven-...
Checkered Chef Cooling Wire Rack for Baking