5. Measuring cups - dry measure cups are important for measuring ingredients like flour and sugar. Don't measure your dry ingredients in a liquid cup! And don't try to do it by eye either!
4. Bowl scraper - to ensure that you get all the batter out of your bowl for that extra cookie or cupcake, use a bowl scraper to get everything out. Rubber spatulas work too, but a plastic bowl scraper is sturdier and covers more surface area.
3. Silpat - silpats are rubber mats that you put on cookie sheets so that the cookies come off the trays easily. Your cookies will never stick to the tray again! Best of all, they're cleaned really easily.
2. Digital scale - accuracy and precision is paramount when you're baking. Unlike when you're cooking, bakers need to stick to the recipe and make sure the proper amounts are measured.
1. KitchenAid mixer - cookies, pie dough, cake batter. The KitchenAid is a jack of all trades and makes baking so much easier. You can even match your mixer to your kitchen decor since KitchenAids come in a variety of awesome colors!
I never knew there was a difference between dry and liquid measuring cups! What do dry cups look like? Also, I don't need a bowl scraper because I have a tongue.
ReplyDeleteHi Dori! Dry cups are sold together and include (a cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/4 cup and 1/8 cup). The smaller ones fit inside each other like those Russian babushka dolls. Make sure you level off the top of the cup after you fill it!
ReplyDeleteHere's a url for a picture (http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/Dictionary/D/Dry-measuring-cups-4885.aspx).
I sincerely hope you run those bowls through a dishwasher =)