33 Best Gifts for Bakers to Use Every Single Day

An essential set for any baker, this Circulon baking pan set took the top spot in our baking pan set tests. The cake and cookie baker will love the fine texture and even browning these pans produce. The set also comes with two round cake pans for bakers who want to make tiered cakes as well as a muffin tin and rectangular pans. 

Out of all the dry measuring cups we tested, these Oxo measuring cups and spoons were the most accurate. The rubber handle makes these comfortable to hold and it’s easy to see the large printed measurement markings. Each piece is magnetized to nest in each other for easy and organized storage. 

It’s a bit expensive, but it’s hard to go wrong with a KitchenAid stand mixer for bakers Not only can it make pasta or spiralize with the proper accessories (sold separately) but it made smooth cookie dough, cake batter and flawlessly whipped egg whites in our tests. It can also be customized to add a personal touch for the baker in your life. 

Bakers will appreciate this “book” of honey filled with six varieties from orange blossom to lavender. Each jar is 3 ounces, perfect for just a spoonful or using in recipes. 

This spatula is our go-to in our Test Kitchen, Kitchen Appliances Lab and home kitchens. It’s sturdy but flexible enough to get into corners; plus, it’s heatproof up to 550ºF. This “Ultimate” size is standard, but it comes in a variety of sizes, like mini and skinny, for various needs. 

Although this dowel rolling pin looks simple, it was our Kitchen Appliance Lab’s top pick for rolling pins and will be sure to delight any baker. It’s 19 inches long, which means it can roll out large batches of dough such as cinnamon buns that need to be rolled into long, wide rectangles. It’s made of maple wood so it’s strong yet light making it easy to control. 

This beautiful recipe journal can be personalized and gives bakers a place to jot down all their recipes and notes. It also offers a handy measurement conversion chart for quick access to knowing how cups compare to milliliters and more. 

We love this cookie press: The ergonomic design can press cookie after cookie without straining hands and the clear cylinder shows how much dough is left. It comes with 12 stainless steel discs including a daisy, flower, sunflower, fleur-de-lis, butterfly, bear, shell, leaf, heart, snowflake, tree and wreath. 

Any baker would love receiving an item from Le Creuset, a brand known for its durable and exquisite stoneware. These mini cocottes are great for making individual desserts and a wide variety of savory dishes, too. This set comes with a cookbook full of more ideas; plus, they’re dishwasher safe so clean up is easy. 

We love this tool for dusting everything from cake to coffee with powdered sugar or cocoa. It’s easy to fill without making a mess –just dip it into the larger container. (The tip of the handle rotates to open and close the head of the wand for filling.) It takes up minimal space in your drawer.  

This silicon pie crust mold will help the baker in your life take their pie game to the next level. The mold comes with five different beautiful pie crust patterns to mix and match on top of a pie or use one as a single crust around the pie. Since the mold is made out of silicone, the crusts easily pop out and clean up is a breeze. 

This cake is just as fun to make as it is to cut open and reveal a rainbow-colored cake with a river of multi-colored sprinkles. This cake kit comes with everything you need to make this Rainbow Explosion Cake including cake mix, coloring gels, frosting and sprinkles. 

Hedley and Bennett are known for their aprons, which aren’t only stylish but  functional as well. They have an adjustable neck tie, a long string that wraps and ties around the front (perfect for holding side towels) as well as pockets for stashing anything from recipe cards to pens and thermometers. They come in a ton of fun colors and patterns like the latest special edition featuring imagery from the Grateful Dead. 

For those that are still baking bread well after quarantine, this set comes with everything you need to make traditional European-style artisan bread. It comes with a dough whisk, proofing basket, domed-lid bread pot and a gorgeous french-style lame to score the dough. 

For the baker that wants to bring the bakery home, this cookbook is all about bread. Each recipe has step-by-step photos to ensure top quality results. It’s great for beginners and experts alike as the recipes progress from simplest to more complex recipes so a novice baker can start at the beginning and work their way through each recipe, while a more advanced bread maker may choose to skip around. The book features all kinds of bread such as sandwich bread, dinner rolls, monkey bread and many more.

This set is nonstick with straight edges that will help you achieve professional results with little know-how. We love the square pan for brownies and blondies and the rectangular for cakes and even savory dishes like lasagna.  It comes in a red chili color as well as a blue. 

For the aspiring or current master cake decorator, this 55-piece set from Wilton has just about any tip one could need to make a professional-looking cake. It includes an assortment of round, star, petal and leaf tips as well as specialty tips and it all comes in a convenient storage case so they won’t get lost in a drawer. 

Fans of Magnolia Bakery can now make the bakery’s famous banana pudding or red velvet cake at home with this baking book. It includes recipes as well as explaining tools and offering baking tips, making it great for the beginner or advanced baker. 

The Great British Baking Show devotees can now become their own baking contestants at home with this Love To Bake book. It contains the best baking recipes from the show throughout the years such as chai crackle cookies, raspberry and salted caramel eclairs, chicken and leek pie and many more recipes. 

This kit will delight any donut lover and allow them to make fresh hot donuts at home. It comes with a chocolate donut mix, making it easy to whip up a fresh batch and a commercial-grade donut pan which will produce perfectly shaped and evenly cooked donuts. 

Pamela’s makes gluten-free baking easy and tasty which is why we love the brand. Their packaged mixes make baking very convenient, and range from gluten-free cakes and brownies to pancake mixes and flour mixes. We’ve reached for the cake mixes even though we’re not gluten-free!

This spatula is an essential tool for anyone who’s into cake decorating.  The long, thin designs allows for easy decorating and even smearing on the tops and sides with a smooth finish. The elevated handle helps ensure there are no accidental smudges and the coated rubber grip makes it comfortable to hold.  A smaller version is available for cupcakes, too 

This 1-quart copper saucepan is not just a show-stopper: It’s perfect for melting butter with a spout for pouring. 

Silpat is our top pick for baking mats. These can be used instead of parchment paper and turns any baking pan into a non-stick surface. It comes in a ton of different sizes from toaster oven to half sheet to full sheet sizes and more. 

Nordic Ware is known for its bakeware and these baking pans are well known for their quality and ability to evenly bake and brown. They are made with aluminum for excellent heat conductivity and edges are reinforced to add strength and prevent warping. This set is also very versatile and comes with two half sheets to make two different items at the same time. These are not nonstick, which some bakers like for getting browner, cripsier results.

This 10-piece set of durable glass mixing bowls offers pieces from 1 ounce to 3 1/2 quarts. It’s perfect for portioning out ingredients before baking and mixing. Plus, they barely take up any space for storage. 

Chicago Metallic offers some of our favorite bakeware at a value that also tests well in our Lab. These fun colored cakes pans (one, 8 1/2-inch and one, 6 1/2 inch) make a great, one-off purchase though other pieces are available to make a complete set, like a 12-cup muffin tin or jelly roll pan. 

Nordic Ware is known for their beautifully designed bundt pans. This one’s heavy-duty for even heating, nonstick and has handles for easily transferring in and out of the oven as well as flipping. 

A good vanilla extract is not cheap and is easy to run through. This paste is even more special and offers a more concentrated vanilla taste. Plus, you’ll see the little flecks as if you were using vanilla straight from a pod. 

Diaspora Co. focuses on helping their spice farmers in India and Sri Lanka thrive by paying an average of 6% higher than commodity price. They source 30 single origin spices from cinnamon to pepper. Our Test Kitchen raved that they were delicious.

This heavy duty pan is a game-changer for bread makers who want to add variety to the bread shapes they make compared to a standard, round Dutch oven. It’s just over 15 inches long and 10 1/2 inches wide, suitable for rectangular loaves or short baguettes. It can be heated to 500ºF, which ensures a beautiful, golden crust. The numerous handles make it easier to maneuver. 

If your giftee is more of a savory baker than a sweets baker, they’ll love this Original Baking Steel. It’s extremely popular for making the perfect crispy and bubbly crust pizza in record time but  can also be used to bake bread in the oven, cook hamburgers on the grill and more. 

Getting parchment paper to lay flat can be tricky, which is why we love these sheets that simply unfold and fit a half sheet pan.