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    Home > Baking Basics, Tips, & Information

    Equipment

    There are pieces of equipment that will make baking easier and more successful. Here you will find many that I use.  Not all of these need to be purchased at once but added slowly as the need arises.

    Read about Food Processor Tips When Baking. An exhaustive list of Baking Equipment and Utensils with photos, as well as a post on Kitchen Organization.

    Learn more about the Equipment:

    • The Champage colored Breville Bakery Chef Mixer with a glass mixing bow.
      The Breville Bakery Chef Review
    • Photo of scale used in baking
      Weighing Ingredients Using the Tare/Zero on a Scale
    • Disher/scoopers for Cookie Tips
      Numbers and Sizes of Disher/Scoopers
    • Cuisinart Food Processor
      Food Processor Tips When Baking
    • Indispensable Baking tools
      Indispensable Baking Tools - Why You Need Them
    • Three different compositions of baking pans are featured - a 9" glass pie plate, a 9"decorative clay shortbread mold, and a ceramic blue and white pie plate
      Baking Pans
    • Large storage box for Kitchen Organization
      Kitchen Organization
    • Sheet Pans in baking
      Sheet Pans for Baking
    • Overall shot of equipment
      My Pastry Kitchen Essentials
    • Cakes being filled at bakery
      Baking Equipment and Utensils
    • Pan Size Conversions
      Pan Size Conversions
    • Scale
      Measuring for Baking
    • The Champage colored Breville Bakery Chef Mixer with a glass mixing bow.
      Baking Basics - Equipment

    Hi, I'm Helen! Being a self-taught baker and owning a bakery for over 25 years, I found many ways to make baking more successful and less intimidating. Even busy people can bake as in many cases, recipes can be done over days. The goal is to make your baking life easier, more enjoyable, with great outcomes on a consistent basis.

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    Fall Favorites

    • A slice of the Cinnamon Whiskey Tart sits on a plate with a scoop of ice cream and caramel sauce.
      Cinnamon Whiskey Apple Tart
    • A slice of the pecan upside down cake sits on a white plate with a lace edge which sits o ntop of another orangish pate.
      Pecan Upside Down Cake
    • Traditional Apple Strudel
    • Cinnamon Bun Apple Pie slice on a plate with the pie plate in the background.
      Cinnamon Bun Apple Pie
    • An individual Gingerbread with Orange Sauce on a white plate with dots.
      Gingerbread with Orange Sauce
    • Pumpkin Dinner Rolls and Breakfast Rolls out of one recipe
      Pumpkin Dinner Rolls Two Ways

    Popular Recipes

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      Cuccidati - Italy's Finest Cookie
    • This picture shows a slice of the coffee cake on a white, lace edged plate on a marble counter.
      Apricot Crumb Coffee Cake
    • Langue de Chat cookies in a bowl.
      Langue de Chat
    • A split double strawberry muffin showing its pink interior next to a streusel-topped muffin on a white scalloped plate with a fresh strawberry.
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    • Large nut pieces for Chopping Nuts
      Chopping Nuts - A Quicker Way

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