Essential Baking Equipment
- Oven: Electric, gas, or convection oven for baking goods.
- Measuring cups and spoons: Accurate measuring of ingredients.
- Mixing bowls: Various sizes for mixing ingredients.
- Whisk: Beating eggs, whipping cream, and incorporating air.
- Spatula: Mixing, folding, and spreading batters and doughs.
- Rolling pin: Flattening dough for cookies, pastries, and bread.
- Cookie sheet: Baking cookies, brownies, and flatbreads.
- Muffin tin: Baking muffins, cupcakes, and small cakes.
- Baking Pan: Round or rectangular shaped pans for cakes, breads, and lasagna.
- Kitchen Towels: Cleaning up spills, lining baking sheets, and covering dough.
Specialized Baking Equipment
- Stand Mixer: Powerful electric mixer for kneading dough, whipping egg whites, and mixing batters.
- Food Processor: Can chop, puree, blend, and mix ingredients quickly.
- Baking Mat: Non-stick surface for rolling out dough and working with sticky materials.
- Kitchen Scale: Precise weighing of ingredients for accurate recipes.
- Dough Hook: Attachment for stand mixers used for kneading dough.
- Pastry Brush: Applying glazes, egg washes, and butter to baked goods.
- Piping Bags and Tips: Decorating cakes, cookies, and pastries.
- Candy Thermometer: Monitoring the temperature of sugar and candy mixtures.
- Bread Machine: Automatic appliance for kneading, rising, and baking bread.
- KitchenAid Attachment Hub: Adds functionality to stand mixers with attachments such as pasta makers, ice cream makers, and juicers.