New to the kitchen or just looking for more kitchen fun? These are a few of my favorite things; from baking to cooking must have as well as a few pantry staples.
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Baking and Cooking Musts!
PRIME DAY DEAL!!!! Danish Dough Whisk : If I can give you one thing for your kitchen…it would be this dishwasher safe dough whisk. So many of my readers have bought this whisk via my recommendation and love it! This dough whisk does the hard work for you when yo u mix bread dough or cookie dough. The large wire loops cut effortlessly thought the batter/dough, mixing it perfectly.
PRIME Day DEAL!! Digital Kitchen Scale: Before you ask yourself do you really need this….YES YOU REALLY DO. Kitchen scales are so important! I use them to weight out my squashes for recipes, chocolate for baking recipes. I also bake bread by weight, not cups. As explained in On Measuring Flour…, measuring flour in cups is not consistent. Weighing flour and dough by weight is a huge time saver and yield consistent baking results.
Cooling Racks are so important for cooling cookies, cakes, bread and more! Avoid that soggy bottom after you bake!
PRIME DAY DEAL!!!! Silicone Pastry Brushes : Dishwasher friendly and a must for any cook or baker. Pastry brushed are for everything from brushing olive oil on vegetables and egg wash onto My Most Delicious Challah.
Nordic Ware Quarter Sheets or Nordic Ware Naturals Two Half Sheets with 1/8 Sheet Set. These are the ONLY cookie sheets I will ever use. Use them for roasting all of your vegetables (like the carrots in Almost Ran’s Perfect Moroccan Carrot Salad) to baking absolutely everything (including Fig & Brown Butter Scones). They clean up beautifully and never scorch the bottom of anything.
PRIME DAY DEAL!!!! Stainless Steel Wire Whisk Set – 3-Piece are a must for both cooking and baking. I love the rubber grips and the shape of the handles on these whisk.
PRIME DAY DEAL!!!! Garlic Press/Crusher: If you don’t have one – get one! I love crushing garlic to release all that garlic goodness. I use this crusher for pressed garlic in salad dressing and wherever crushed garlic is called for.
PRIME DAY DEAL!!!! Digital Magnetic Timers: I love how these are magnetic – I stick them on my microwave and my fridge. I LIVE by my kitchen timers. I use them from timing my French press coffee in the morning, to my bread rising, to pasta cooking on the stove.
In the Pantry:
PRIME DAY DEAL!!!! Soom Chocolate Tahini. This is a must! Chocolate and tahini are perfectly blended with a touch of sea salt. It’s decadent perfection eaten straight from the jar or used in recipes like my Chocolate Covered Frozen Yogurt Bites.
New York Shuk Kafe Hiwaij. Of all the Kafe Hiwaij blends, this one is my favorite. I mix this spice blend into my morning coffee, my iced coffee, and into many recipes including Fig & Walnut Spiced Biscotti and Petite Hiwaij Walnut Coffee Cakes.
New York Shuk Hiwaij I love this blend for my Spiced Lentil Spare Rib Soup and Yemeni Style Chicken Soup.
New York Shuk Zaatar and Sumac. I use these two spices all year long. They are gorgeous for sprinkling on top of hummus before serving or try them in my Zaatar Roast Chicken with Olives and Lemons.
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