I love kitchen-gadgets especially when something old is new again. I love to bake, and any shiny new tool warms my heart.
Do you like to bake? What is your favorite baking tool?
Random Thoughts
This post is all about old kitchen tools being new in 2022. I have to say my new favorite is a big cutting board made out of acacia wood. I used my counter as a cutting board, and it shows. Well, they are 39 years old, so I say that my counter tops held out very well. I look around my kitchen at the cuts and scrapes on the kitchen furniture and it shows this house had a lot of living at one time, lots of memories. My kitchen is not a showpiece it’s a kitchen that says come on in for tea and coffee and a cookie or two, my kitchen is warm and inviting. I truly believe that the kitchen is the heart of the home.
New old tools on the block
Nordic ware quarter sheet, two in a pack, lightweight. You can also use these sheets to cook vegetables on.
The following tools are made by the best company
Best Cooking Rack-Checkered chef-rack- has little feet on the bottom which holds up the rack so air can circulate all around the rack. Cooling the cookies in a shorter time. Also, nonstick coated aluminum.
Best spring form pan-I love mine; you can use it for more than cheesecake. I also use mine to make a round cake. You can also use for quiche and deep-dish pizza.
Best 9×9 square pan-This brand (best)has a unique square pan that when you bake brownies they come out chewy &crispy.
The Best Loaf Pan-is heavy-duty and baked items pop out quickly.
Best cupcake tin-this tin easily releases your baked goods, cleans up quickly and easily.
Silpat half-sheets baking mats- I love these mats. They help cookies to brown evenly and slide right off the tray. Very easy to clean up. You can use them over and over again.
Precut parchment paper-Love these. So much better than pulling it off a roll. These parchment sheets are precut to fit nicely on the cookie sheet.
Instant red thermometer MK4– Very accurate and reads easily. I never used a thermometer for cooking until recently. Every kitchen should have one, especially for cooking meats.
Stainless Steel mixing bowls-lightweight, durable, easy to clean. Comes with lids so you can store food or whatever you are mixing to finish up later.
Ten rules of Baking
10 Basic Rules of Baking
- Read your recipe. Before you even start adding things to your mixer, read your recipe all the way through. … I’m guilty of not reading thru only to discover that I had missed a step
- Do the research. Don’t just wing it. Proper preparation is the key for correct results.
- Avoid distractions. Do not try to multitask
- Check your ingredients make sure you are using baking soda instead of baking powder or cinnamon instead of chili powder.
- Check your utensils. …make sure you grease the right size pan before you start
- Follow the instructions. …do not change the recipe midstream, you may get disastrous results
- Preheat the oven. …nothing worse than discovering you did not turn the oven on, wasted time
- Make accurate measurements.do not just dump, or use a coffee cup to measure a cup of flour or sugar
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Always use fresh ingredient’s
I cannot emphasize this enough. Only purchase the ingredients that you know you will use quickly. ( I recently found a spice I had for eleven years) just use fresh ingredients.
Always crack an egg in a separate bowl, this prevents digging for eggshells in your baking mix.
Conclusion
Never bake when you do not feel like it, chances are the baked item will not turn out right.
I hope you enjoyed this information!
Happy baking!
Kathie