The Very Best Baking Tools (For All Levels!) | Bake It Up a Notch with Erin McDowell
The Very Best Baking Tools (For All Levels!) | Bake It Up a Notch with Erin McDowell
You asked, and she answered! Food52’s Resident Baking BFF Erin McDowell shows us every baking tool, pan, and gadget you need to #BakeItUpaNotch. Joined by her friend Abena Anim-Somuah, Erin takes us through equipment for every level while making three of her favorite recipes: Pumpkin Streusel Bread, Jammy Pie Bars, and a Toasty Cinnamon Meringue Cake. READ MORE ►► https://f52.co/3J2m87n
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Easiest Pumpkin Streusel Bread: https://f52.co/34w5AWa
Jammy Pie Bars: https://f52.co/3KC3dAm
Toasty Cinnamon Meringue Cake: https://f52.co/3MDphMZ
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VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:59 The Budding Baker
00:15:44 The Baker On The Rise
00:34:03 Bake It Up Lots of Notches
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Beginner:
Maison Plus Heavyweight Stainless Steel Oval Measuring Spoons: https://f52.co/3HB08Pf
Ateco 1303, Bowl Scraper Set of 2: https://amzn.to/34HOPqK
Lys Set of 10 Glass Mixing Bowls: https://amzn.to/3BfilAw
Meal Prep Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls Set: https://amzn.to/3guIi5B
Crestware Half Sheet Pan Cooling Rack: https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-100451075-11553118?sid=fd-res-Mar2022-BIUAN_YT&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bedbathandbeyond.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fcrestware-half-sheet-pan-cooling-rack%2F300043097
Choice Half Size 19 Gauge 13″ x 18″ Wire in Rim Aluminum Bun / Sheet Pan: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/bakers-mark-18-x-13-half-size-19-gauge-wire-in-rim-aluminum-bun-sheet-pan/407BUNHALF.html
USA Pan Bakeware Square Cake Pan, 9 inch: https://amzn.to/339ROIc
USA Pan Bakeware Aluminized Steel Loaf Pan: https://amzn.to/3stLrb4
USA Pan Bakeware Aluminized Steel Pie Pan, 9-Inch: https://amzn.to/3HEeoYe
Intermediate:
Braun Electric Hand Mixer, 9-Speed, 350W: https://amzn.to/3ry1Vjq
Microplane Zester and Spice Grater: https://f52.co/3KbMbci
OXO Good Grips Fish Turner: https://amzn.to/3BaDADl
Ateco 1385 Offset Spatula with 4.5-Inch Stainless Steel Blade: https://amzn.to/3HEwJV9
Frieling Layer Cake Slicing Kit: https://f52.co/3vxjgLL
Five Two Bench Scraper/Five Two Ultimate Baking Tool Set: https://f52.co/34b4b7p
Simply Essential™ 3-Piece Long Handled Stainless Steel Mesh Strainers Set: https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-100451075-11553118?sid=fd-res-Mar2022-BIUAN_YT&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bedbathandbeyond.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fsimply-essential-3-piece-long-handled-stainless-steel-mesh-strainers-set%2F5552561
Five Two Good Measure Pastry Mat: https://f52.co/3I3Rby8
USA Pan Nonstick 9-Inch x 13-Inch Cake Pan: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-100451075-11553118?sid=fd-res-Mar2022-BIUAN_YT&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bedbathandbeyond.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fusa-pan-nonstick-9-inch-x-13-inch-cake-pan%2F1016924830
Advanced:
Rose Levy Beranbaum Signature Series Rose’s Reduction Spatula: https://amzn.to/3gMwYlq
King Arthur, Pre-Cut Baking Parchment Paper: https://amzn.to/3uyiE7Y
Wilton 8-Inch Cake Circle, 12-Pack: https://amzn.to/3Bj846a
Cuisinart Custom 14-Cup Food Processor: https://f52.co/3i0CgdK
Cuisinart Stainless Steel Spider Strainer: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-100451075-11553118?sid=fd-res-Mar2022-BIUAN_YT&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bedbathandbeyond.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fcuisinart-stainless-steel-spider-strainer%2F1047369726
OXO Quick Release Multi-Cherry Pitter: https://f52.co/3CAasWQ
Nordic Ware 60th Anniversary Bundt Cake Pan: https://f52.co/3hBUAtf
Nordic Ware Heavyweight Angel Food Cake Pan, 10 Inch: https://amzn.to/33jfKZA
Fat Daddio’s Anodized Aluminum Round Springform Pan, 9″ Dia. x 3″ Deep: https://goto.walmart.com/c/2552123/565706/9383?veh=aff&sourceid=imp_000011112222333344&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FFat-Daddio-s-Round-Springform-Pan-18-Gauge-9-x-3%2F49792787&subId1=fd-res-Mar2022-BIUAN_YT
Gobel Round Fluted Non-Stick Tart Pan with Removable Bottom, 9-1/2″ Diameter: https://surlatable.aiy7.net/c/2552123/635796/10190?subId1=fd-res-Mar2022-BIUAN_YT&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surlatable.com%2Fgobel-nonstick-tart-pans%2FPRO-17188.html
Pain de Mie Pullman Loaf Pan: https://go.skimresources.com?id=28369X863759&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fshop.kingarthurbaking.com%2Fitems%2Fpain-de-mie-pullman-loaf-pan&xcust=fd-res-Mar2022-BIUAN_YT
Nordic Ware Natural Aluminum Baking Sheets: https://f52.co/3KFuTnZ
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I would have SO much fun in that store!
As the years have gone by, starting with teflon, every non-stick coating has turned out to be an environmental and health disaster. Each new one has promised to be non-reactive and non-health/environment harming and then it turned out it was. Why would you trust the next one?
Not intending to chide, actually wanting an answer because I’m afraid to use non-stick
I had a lot of kitchen "stuff" for baking and savory cooking. My daughter always ridiculed me about my "kitchen stuff", I had too much. She said all that is needed is a skillet, a knife, a spoon and a fork. Good for her! I loved my stuff. I also loved a well sto c ked pantry. My sense of security. She is 53 yo and jusy doesn’t and won"t understand.
Erin, I love all your videos. I just wish I had your talent. ❤❤❤
Delish ❤
You are awesome! Nope I don’t cook lolol but I do bake
Excelent video!
OMG I want to go to that store!!!! We have a very small kitchen store where i live :/
Things i have added: church steeples with stained glass windows, lit fireplaces, added gingerbread dogs , cats, a bakery with baked goods inside front window and awning, shutters, flower boxes Christmas lights, porch lights and wreaths,trees and bushes, lamps, fences, interior lit fireplaces, gates, gables, and all sorts of candy decorations. Even mittens, boots and a sled against the front area near the dutch door. I loved doing them every year while my kids grew up-they also did it with their kids. Be creative and trace things if you can’t draw well. Don’t be afraid.
I must be the top baker ok I only lack a couple things it seems🧐 I love watching Erin and her cheerful soul😍❤️❤️❤️❤️
The pastry cutter, (I have my mom’s that’s about 70 years old), are such a multitasker! Aside from baking, it’s great to get just the right chop for an egg salad, it gets tuna flaked in no time…it’s so versatile!
I love the BRAUN hand mixer! I got one to replace my old cheapo. The one I got from Amazon has a small 2-cup food processor attachment, which is great, since I was able to get rid of my smaller food processor that had a crack in the bowl. The ONLY attachment I wish BRAUN still made for it is the immersion blender attachment.
Water gnash??!!
"Someone" should buy you two offset spatulas– one large, one small.
I just bought the Braun hand mixer. Me silly, I have an Ankasarum stand mixer
What about the serrated knife? It’s not on the list! What’s your fave Erin?
I love your videos! I’m tearing up at Abena’s story at the end!! <3
We all love you Erin! You’re a SweetTart❤
I’m late here, but to add to the over thermometer. My oven was 100 degrees off!
I like the reduction spatula. I saw on the Amazon picture that the notches and numbers are different colors for easier reading, but reviews say numbers are same color as the spatula, which makes reading difficult. Hopefully this could be fixed b/c I’d really like to get one. Most buyers really liked the spatula otherwise.
Thank you for this video
I always have nervous breakdown selecting what pan ti buy ,what sifter to buy
I love my Danish Dough whisk! It’s great for the thicker mixes that would get caught in a regular whisk
Erin, I love that you use a Benzomatic torch! Isn’t it the best??? I use one in auto mechanic applications such as the easiest way to get the years baked on oil pan gasket off your oil pan quickly and easily so you can replace it! I am going to look for a second tip for mine so I can use it in the kitchen when I’m not using it on my car. I’m a chemist by profession, though retired now, but I love to work with my hands, and baking and cooking scratch that itch so well. In our south Louisiana weather I can’t always work outside on my car. It’s plain too hot. But I cook and/or bake most every day in the air conditioning.
I also recently got a bench scraper. It’s been a godsend for pie dough, biscuits, and cleaning up my cutting board when I cut things up. It ruins your knives to scrape the sharp edge across the cutting board, so a scraper at the ready keeps me from doing it. My hands are hot, actually everything it hot, so I use my pastry cutter to blend butter into flour. I also put everything including the bowl with flour into the freezer 10 min before I start my pie dough. With practice, I’ve stopped putting things in the refrigerator for a quick cool-down to putting them into the freezer most of the time. That way I know it will be cold enough to proceed when I take everything out of the freezer. Southern heat has produced some considerable challenges when I work with dough. I’m working on methods to deal with it more easily and get reproducible results.
I’m still struggling with pie dough. My mom uses shortening to make pie dough because it was supposed to be healthier than lard, like my grandma used. But we know it’s not healthier, it just melts at a higher temperature. Shortening has also gotten expensive. A traditional can of Crisco is $20 at Walmart this week (Oct. 2022). The same sized can of lard is $10. I use butter, but I’m going to try butter and lard, half and half, to see if I can prevent some pie crust problems. Butter comes out of my crust either during par baking or during pie baking after the par bake did well. I haven’t figured out the minimum cooling required to successfully bake a pie with a butter crust. It works fine when it’s cool, all 3-4 months of the year, but since it is mostly hot here, I have to figure this out. Since we wear shorts at Christmas a lot, it’s a significant problem. I also do not have a marble countertop or board. My grandma had a full marble countertop specifically for dough. My grandpa built the kitchen so she would have exactly what she needed to make excellent dough all year. My sister, who lives in the Dallas area, has a 2 ft x 3 ft marble slab she uses for dough. I have a tiny apartment kitchen right now, so I don’t have a marble board. I’m considering getting one as soon as I can figure out where to store it.
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I love you both!!! Please keep your wonderful content and yummies -you both are wonderful and inspiring!!!
Erin fills in the educational gaps that Martha Stewart typically overlooks or ignores, Erin is a true teacher of goodness!
Erin, I love your detailed and entertaining baking videos! Can you tell me where you get all of your aprons from? I also. love that you wear the head wraps while baking!!!
Erin, I love this! I agree with Charlie, Emma and Mickey, with adaptive aids for disabilities. I have Low vision, ( brought on my uncontrolledly baking in 2020) And have found, talking digital thermometers and scales for vision impairment, and a host of other sight related items. I do have issues with clarity in vision, everything is enlarged. PLEASE PLEASE do an episode of tools for determined bakers!! Thank you. (( I also decided, I have enough tools, to open up a store. *LOL* or a teaching lab))
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Fabulous video. I have long wanted a Kitchen Aid but I really wouldn’t get the use from it. Thank you for the video.
Nice!
The mind is willing but the body is weak. I still will not stop so I can bake yummy goodies for my daughter. 😤💜
Thank you for this video! I often see stuff in the stores but not sure if I need them, and. i hv bought a lot of equipment I don’t actually use, so this video is super helpful! 🙌🏼♥️
Ms McDowell thank you. I am a baker, I love baking. You are my go to for advice. Thank you for providing such incredible details. I look forward to seeing more every day. You are my guru!
The sifter/sieve is awesome for smushing through puddings, mousse, or cream fillings. This makes the smoothest texture.
i laughed so hard at the heart shaped cookie cutters before her eyes😂 made my day
This was SO helpful as a budding baker – thank you!
I bought the cake spatula for my relative who is starting a baking business. Thanks for this episode.
Erin McDowell is the only person I watch on Food52, and she’s worth the time. I wish she had her own channel. Thanks, Erin.
I have a small precious metal scale in my kitchen for measuring grams. Its very accurate.
Making a lot of bread products I find that ba danish dough whisk makes life easier.
Erin!!! She’s so funny! Love watching her on Food 52
Could anyone tell me what brand of silicone spatula Erin picks up at 9:55 I don’t think it’s a Gir?
Is there a link to the actual large circular aluminum spatula you show? The only link I see is to a plastic, more rectangular one.
Just found you and i just love your personality
Thank you all !! 😉
Wish we had this kind of stores here!
adore this channel! the ads make this unwatchable
Erin, also on scales: to weigh small amounts, ingredients you would use measuring spoons for, get a kitchen scale accurate to 0.01g. That should be sufficient for measuring down to 1/8 teaspoon. It would be best to use a laboratory balance accurate to 0.1 mg, but those are extremely expensive, have to be used in a specific environment, and can only weigh up to about 30 g. But they do fractions of a gram incredibly well, far better than would ever be needed in the kitchen. There are several scales that weigh accurately to 0.01g and 0.001g if you spend a bit more. 1/8 t. water is 0.62 g.
You are just the best!