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Gift Guide For The Home Baker

Fantastic gifts for the home baker in your life. These gifts are perfect for the entertainer and baker in your life. As a professional in the food industry, both online and in restaurants, I have used many baking items over the years, these are some of my favorites.

baking necessities

Top 10 Kitchen Necessities

  1. OXO Kitchen Scale. Precision when measuring ensures success when baking.
  2. KitchenAid Stand Mixer. Workhorse of my kitchen.
  3. Thermapen One. For caramels, steaks, pies and more!
  4. Cake Pans. I own about 30 of these pans in all sizes.
  5. Half Sheet Pan. Perfect for cookies or roasting veggies.
  6. Silpat. Cannot live without these silicone mats!
  7. Staub Cocotte. Make compotes, rice krispies, stews and more in this!
  8. High Heat Spatula. Use in hot pans or in cold bowls.
  9. Nesting Bowls. You can never have enough bowls and these store great.
  10. Oven Thermometer. You need to make sure your oven is at the right temperature.
baking pans gift guide

More Baking Equipment to Have

  1. Nordic Ware Brilliance Bundt Pan. My favorite bundt cake pan, easily have so many slices of this bundt cake!
  2. Springform Pan. My cheesecake pan.
  3. 8 Inch Square Baking Pan. For brownies, snack cakes and bars!
  4. 9X13 Pan. This is perfect for sheet cakes or more brownies and bars!
  5. Cake Turntable. If you frost cakes a few times a year and have the space hti smakes it so easy!
  6. Cake Lifter. Makes moving a cake so easy!
  7. Round Cookie Cutters. I use this for cutting cookies, scones, donuts and making my cookies more round when they are done baking.
  8. Pie Shield. Sometimes the crust bakes too quickly for the filling this keeps it from burning!
  9. Cake Saver. Helps keep my cakes fresh.
  10. 8oz Ramekins. I use these for chocolate lava cake and creme brûlée!
favorite baking ingredients

Favorite Ingredients

A large mixing bowl filled with ingredients its a great gift!

  1. Callebaut Chocolate Callets. I have these in milk, dark, and white chocolate! The best for cookies, melting for frostings or even dipping!
  2. Rodelle Dutch Cooca Powder. The best, intense but smooth chocolate flavor!
  3. Espresso Powder. This little star adds so much flavor!
  4. Buttermilk Powder. Perfect substitute for buttermilk on hand!
  5. Fleur de Sel. The finishing touch!
  6. Vanilla Bean Paste. Take your frosting to the next level with this!
  7. AmeriColor Food Coloring. These gel food colors make vibrant colors.
baking equipment gift guide

Filler/ Small Gifts Items to Fill Inside a Larger Gift

These gift items would be perfect to fit inside a larger gift like a stand mixer, dutch oven, large roasting pan.. etc.

  1. Angled Spatula. Use this all the time for spreading frosting around.
  2. Paddle Attachment with Scraper. This is such a nice little addition to the Kitchen Aid stand mixer since it scrapes the bowl for you!
  3. Kitchen Torch. Pairing this with some vanilla beans and a set of ramekins would be the perfect creme brûlée gift!
  4. Stasher Bags. I use this in and out of the kitchen- they are so versatile!
  5. Mini Spatula/Spoonula Set. These are two of the most used items in my kitchen.
  6. Silicone Hotpad/Trivet 7". Perfect for holding hot dishes and keeping your table safe when serving hot dishes.
  7. Candy Dipping Set. Makes dipping so much easier!
  8. Medium Cookie Scoop. So many uses- ice cream, meatballs, cookies and more!
  9. Souper Cubes ½-Cup. Freezing buttermilk, soups, sauces and more!
favorite cook books

Cookbooks

  1. Brilliant Bites. Meagan wrote this beautiful book with entertaining in mind so many bite sized treats perfect for your next party!
  2. Clean Simple Eats. I love all things Clean Simple Eats and their recipe are delicious too!
  3. Better Baking Book. I met Kristin years ago at a blogging conference and admired her love of baking science. Such a great book!
  4. Modern Comfort Food. I love all of Ina's recipes and this is my most recent favorite book of hers.
  5. The Perfect Cake. This cake book by Cooks Illustrated shares so many delicious fool-proof cake recipes.
  6. Skinnytaste Meal Prep. Gina shares absolutely delicious meal prep ideas with healthy eating in mind!

Pretty Things

  1. Botanica Serving Platter. Gorgeous flowers and I love the side handles so you don't get your fingers touching the food.
  2. Christmas Cookie Tea Towel. So cute!
  3. Rifle Paper Co. Marguerite Mug. This makes me so happy when I have my tea!
  4. Baker Sweatshirt. So cute
  5. Cookie Dealer T-Shirt.
  6. Custom Apron. So many options I linked my favorite!
  7. Champagne for Breakfast Sweater.
  8. Baking Queen T-Shirt.