Looking for a last-minute Mother’s Day idea? Why not a baking date with Mom? Set aside an hour or an afternoon to bond over childhood favorites, whether that be cookies, muffins, or pie. These tools and essentials will make the whole process friction-free.
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ProductWonder Cup
This measuring gadget is great for sticky substances (honey, molasses, corn syrup) or semi-solids (pumpkin puree, peanut butter) that are tough or sloppy to measure with a conventional measuring cup. You adjust the gradation to the amount you need, then pour or pack in the ingredient. You then slide down the clear plastic portion of the measure and it scrapes everything cleanly into the bowl. -
ProductRolling Pin Rings
Have trouble rolling your pie dough to an even thickness? These simple silicone bands are an easy, low-tech aid. Just slip them on either end of your rolling pin (they stretch, so they work with either French-style dowel pins or American-style ball-bearing pins with handles), and they’ll prevent you from rolling the dough too thin in any spots. Even if you don’t struggle with rolling dough evenly, the bands make it a snap to measure the thickness of your dough without fussing with a ruler.The color-coded set includes bands for 3/8-inch, 1/4-inch, 1/8-inch and 1/6-inch thicknesses. -
Sponsored ProductIf You Care Parchment Baking Sheets
Take a tip from pro pastry chefs: having pre-cut parchment sheets that perfectly fit your half-sheet pans makes it so much quicker and easier to add a non-stick layer under everything you bake. And these parchment sheets from If You Care are totally chlorine-free (as are all of If You Care’s paper products), so they’re environmentally friendly. -
ProductKuhn Rikon Mini Scoops
These Kuhn Rikon mini scoops make fast work of portioning out perfectly equal scoops of cookie dough. (They're also essential for dividing the meringue for these Mother's Day mini pavlovas.) They come in 1-, 2-, and 3-Tbs. sizes, and are conveniently color-coded so you can easily grab the right one for the job. -
ProductPastry Bags on a Roll
If you’re piping icings and batters, you’ll need pastry bags at the ready, and how handy is it when they come in a roll? TSP’s box of 30 bags is easy to store in a kitchen drawer, and they’re BPA-free, too. -
ProductT-Fal Ingenio Rolling Pin
Getting pie crust right can be challenging for any baker, but T-Fal’s Ingenio rolling pin makes it that much easier. The nonstick surface prevents dough from sticking, meaning less flour for your work surface (and hence, less mess). Built-in legs keep the pin from rolling away when you’re done with it. -
ProductOxo Silicone Baking Cups
There are no lots of reusable silicone baking cups out there, but these ones from OXO boast some really smart features: tabs to easily remove them from the pan, plus a fill line to ensure that your cakes turn out an even height. You can use them in muffin tins, but they’re sturdy enough that you can line them up on a baking sheet if you need an extra muffin tin in a pinch.
