Baking and cooking game changers
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Anonymous
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I’m looking for ideas for Christmas gifts. Specifically, I’d like ideas for baking and cooking items that have made a huge difference for you.
For me, those items would be parchment paper (I grew up greasing), microplane graters and zesters, and silicone cupcake/muffin pans. Thanks for your ideas! |
Anonymous
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Immersion/stick blenders.
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Anonymous
| Kitchen aid mixer, food processor, no-work bread recipe |
Anonymous
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Not the exact set I have (because I picked them up years ago at Homegoods or similar), but we use these ramkekins a ton:
https://www.amazon.com/Creuset-Set-Round-Ramekins-Multicolor/dp/B08249X9G1/ref=sr_1_4?crid=KRHG2O972AIC&keywords=le+creuset+ramekin+set&qid=1670514363&sprefix=le+crueset+ram%2Caps%2C335&sr=8-4 They're about 4 oz and we use them for baking prep, on charcuterie boards for nuts or olives, all kinds of stuff. Had no idea when I picked them up how often they'd come in handy. |
Anonymous
| Little prep bowls. They help so much with mise-en-place. |
Anonymous
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Those oblong measuring spoons that can fit inside a spice jar
Bowl scraper Bench scraper GIR spatulas A good fine-mesh sieve Scale - I only measure ingredients by weight for baking Chef n Force lemon squeezer |
Anonymous
| Potato ricer. I don't know why anyone would try to make mashed potatoes any other way. No mixer, masher, or fork will come close to the ease and efficiency of a ricer. |
Anonymous
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Metal fish spatula. This is probably my most frequently used utensil.
The parchment paper cake pan liners that are cut in the exact shape/size for cake pan |
Anonymous
| Food scale! |
Anonymous
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Silpat baking mat
Stand mixer Good wooden spoons |
Anonymous
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Parchment pre-cut into sheets
Oxo powdered sugar duster The Oxo loaf pan |
Anonymous
| A milk frother for coffee (anything from the $10 hand held battery-operated) Aerowhisk type as a stocking stuffer to a more expensive Nespresso item that plugs into the wall) |
Anonymous
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Most have aleady been said, but my preferences:
Silicone cupcake liners Silicone baking mats Immersion blender Good knives, and probably more important, a good knife sharpener that I know how to use |
Anonymous
This! |
Anonymous
Any recs on wooden spoons? |