kitchen MVPs- baking essentials

one of the questions i'm most often asked is about my kitchen gadgets. i don't have many and the ones i do have get used- a lot! so, here's my top 5 MVP list of baking essentials- click on the bold for the link!

1. my kitchen aid mixer

i love my mixer, or as my kids call it "mommy's shasheen." this beauty gets used at least twice a week- bread, pizza dough, whipped cream, cookies, cakes, muffins, cupcakes- pretty much everything that needs mixing.

2. silicone sheet mats

these are pricey, but so so worth it. they keep everything from sticking to pans that are supposedly nonstick. i love them.

3. spoonula

something about the shape of this- not quite a spoon, not quite a spatula- makes it perfect for mixing dough and batter, scraping down  the sides of my mixer, or scraping every last bit of batter from a bowl into a pan.

4. nonstick baking sheets

i have four of them and they are used almost every day.

5. stainless steel mixing bowls

what don't i use these for? the ones with lids are fantastic. if i make anything that requires refrigeration, the lid makes the bowl stackable. 

until next post- maggie