Saturday, September 20, 2008

Favorite Kitchen Tools & Ingredients

My favorite things for baking (not in any particular order):

Tools & Equipment:
Bosch mixer--love it, love it, love it. Thinking about asking if I can be a retailer for Bosch.
Good quality loaf pans (Kitchen Kneads or Bosch store)
Silicone pastry mat (Pampered Chef)
Big, heat-proof spatula (Pampered Chef)
Cooling racks (Pampered Chef)
Pizza cutter for cutting dough for rolls, cinnamon roll-ups, ham & cheese roll ups, etc. (Pampered Chef)
Nice baking sheets (Costco or Orson Gygi)
Parchment paper for baking sticky cinnamon roll ups or cheesy roll ups (Kitchen Kneads or Orson Gygi)
Large tik wood rolling pin with handles that clear the edges of my baking sheets for when I'm rolling dough flat for things like dinner braids, focaccia, or graham crackers--look for a large rolling pin at a specialty kitchen store like Orson Gygi or maybe Spoons & Spice
Floss (yes, dental floss) for cutting cinnamon rolls
5 gallon buckets for storing wheat and large amounts of freshly ground flour for big baking days (Macey's or a friend of mine that orders them sometimes for a super price)
Wheat grinder- I like my K-Tech Kitchen Mill but what I really want is a Nutrimill (http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/)
Silicon basting brushes for brushing on melted butter(Target)- couldn't live without them. No little brush-hairs in my cinnamon breads!
Bread bags (Bosch store, http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/)
Good bread knife- Pampered Chef used to have one for about $13 but now they only have fancy, expensive ones that are even nicer, but too much $$ for me.

Ingredients:
Lehi Roller Mills Hard White Wheat (Costco)
Gluten (Kitchen Kneads)
Olive Oil (http://www.alpinefoodstorage.com/ or Costco)
Honey (http://www.alpinefoodstorage.com/ or Costco)
SAF Instant Yeast (Harmons or Macey's)
Lecithin (Kitchen Kneads)

1 comment:

The Nielsen Clan said...

Our KitchenAid just died... We are looking at buying a Bosch... What advice can you offer?