What are the most common tools and utensils used in baking?

Answer 1

Pastry Blender-use to cut shortening into dry patsry ingrediatents Cutters-use to cut our biscuits and cookies from rolled dough. Available in many shapes and sizes Pastry Brush-Use to brush pastry or bread with melted butter or glaze baked goods. A separate brush us yseful for greasing baking pans Pastry Board and Cloth- working surface for rolling out pastry, biscuits, or cokkies and for kneading dough. Usually made of wood. Heavy cloth cover many be used to keep dough from sticking to the board Rolling Pin-rolls out dough for piecrusts, biscuits, and cookies. sometimes covered with a knitted cloth cover to prevent sticking

Answer 2

Basic tools and equipment used in baking:

• cake pans, bread pans, pie pans and cookie sheets

• mixing bowls in several sizes

• measuring cups (one for dry measure, one for liquids)

• measuring spoons

• mixing spoons (I prefer wooden ones)

• a whisk

• a hand mixer or a stand mixer (a stand mixer is an investment, and for light baking a hand mixer will do just fine)

• "pancake turner" for removing cookies

• spatulas in a couple of sizes (rubber much better than plastic)

• drying racks (keep baked goods from being soggy on the bottom)

• cooking spray

• funnels in different sizes

• colander or strainer

Optional/special use items:

• double boiler (used for some pie fillings and frostings)

• egg separator

• pie weights

• paper or foil baking cups

• zester (for citrus rinds)

• nutmeg grater (I also use this for grating fruit rind very fine as for Key Lime Pie)

• pastry blender

• food processor (some people prefer using one for making pie crust and bread dough. I find it handy for grating carrots as for Carrot Cake.)

Answer 3

Baking Sheets

Measuring Equipment

Mixing Bowls

Pastry Bag

Pastry Brush

Sifter

Rolling Pin

whisk

oven

Sifter

Answer 4

meshering cups and flour