Other Kitchen Tools

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Published 2009

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There are also a handful of smaller tools, which can make life a lot easier, especially if you bake regularly. Some of the more common items that you may find handy are:

a serrated knife or scalpel for scoring
a scraper for cleaning the flour off your bench
a divider for dividing the dough into loaves
an oven temperature dial for double-checking that your oven thermostat is reading correctly
a solid pair of oven mitts
a hearth or pizza stone (always place in the oven before baking so that the stone is hot). The aim of baking on the hearth is to supply the loaf with an initial burst of bottom heat, which will make the loaf spring upwards more than if baked on a tray
a spray bottle for spraying water into the oven
oil spray for greasing trays and tins
a heat-resistant spatula
a natural (not nylon) bristle pastry brush
a piping (icing) bag — a couple of medium-sized piping bags for savoury and one for sweet recipes is ideal, with a few different-sized nozzle attachments
two plastic 2–3 litre (70–105 fl oz) buckets for starter cultivation.

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