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Simple Baking Essentials for Home Cooks
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items These are the simple baking tools I reach for over and over again in my own kitchen. Nothing fancy or intimidating — just the basics that make it easier to bake casseroles, quick breads, simple desserts, and everyday family meals. If you’re a home co...
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Everyday Baking Tools
Helpful Appliances & Cookware
Simple Baking Inspiration
Everyday Baking Tools
These are the tools I reach for almost every time I bake or prep a cozy meal. They’re simple, reliable, and perfect for everyday home cooking.
I use these baking sheets for just about everything — cookies, biscuits, sheet-pan dinners, and even to catch drips under casseroles. A sturdy set of baking sheets is one of the hardest-working tools in my kitchen.
Baking Sheets
These stackable mixing bowls make prep so much easier. I use them for mixing batter, tossing salads, marinating meat, and holding chopped ingredients. They tuck neatly into the cabinet when I’m done, which I love.
Stackable Mixing Bowls
Parchment paper is one of those small things that makes a big difference. I use it to line baking sheets and pans so nothing sticks and cleanup is easy. It’s especially handy for cookies, roasted veggies, and sheet-pan dinners.
Parchment Paper
A simple whisk is a quiet hero in the kitchen. I grab mine for beating eggs, whisking sauces, and stirring together quick batters. It’s one of those tools I notice immediately if it’s not clean and ready to go.
Mixing Whisk
I use silicone spatulas every single day — scraping bowls clean, folding in ingredients, and stirring thicker batters. They’re gentle on pans and heat-resistant, which makes them perfect for both baking and stovetop cooking.
Silicone Spatulas
My go-to pan for casseroles, brownies, cornbread, and quick weeknight bakes. A 9×13 is one of the most versatile pieces in any kitchen — perfect for both sweet and savory dishes.
9x13 Baking Pan
Not just for muffins — I use this for egg bites, mini meatloaves, baked oatmeal, and small individual desserts. A muffin pan is one of those sneaky-versatile tools every home cook can use.
Muffin & Cupcake Pans
Consistent measurements make a big difference in baking. A basic set of measuring cups and spoons keeps recipes accurate and helps everything turn out the way it should.
Measuring Cups And Spoons Set
A simple tool that keeps baked goods from getting soggy. I use cooling racks for cookies, breads, muffins, and even for resting cooked meat. They help everything cool evenly.
Cooling Racks
Helpful Appliances & Cookware
These are the kitchen helpers that make cooking and baking faster, easier, and more flexible. I use them for soups, sauces, quick blending, pasta casseroles, and busy-night meals.
On busy nights, my Ninja Foodi saves dinner. I use it for air frying, roasting, and quick “set it and walk away” meals. It’s great for home cooks who want homemade food without babysitting the oven.
Ninja® Foodi®
This stock pot lives on my stove. I use it for big batches of soup, boiling pasta, and even baking simple casseroles. It’s oven-safe, so I can start a pasta dish on the stove and finish it in the oven — perfect for hearty, one-pot meals.
Classic Series Stainless Steel Stockpot With Lid
An immersion blender is perfect for pureeing soup right in the pot, blending sauces, or whipping up a quick smoothie — without dragging out a big blender. I reach for this a lot when I’m making cozy soups or creamy sauces.
Immersion Blender
A hand mixer is one of those appliances that makes baking so much easier without taking up a lot of space. I use mine for mixing cake batter, whipping cream, beating eggs, and pulling together simple everyday desserts. It’s quick to grab, easy to cle...
Hand Mixer
Simple Baking Inspiration
A few cozy resources to spark ideas, keep things easy, and help you feel confident in the kitchen.
Simple baking cookbook I love for easy, everyday recipes.
baking cookbook
I keep a simple conversions cheat sheet in my kitchen because it saves me every time I’m baking or trying a new recipe. Things like cups-to-ounces, tablespoon conversions, oven temperature adjustments, pan size swaps… all the little details that make...
FREE Printable Kitchen Conversion Chart