King Arthur Flour's classic baker's bible! Delicious recipes for breads, cakes, muffins, scones, crackers, cookies, pies, pastries...if it's made with flour, it's in here!!

King Arthur is the *only* brand of flour I bake with. The King Arthur Baker's Companion is the bible of baking, but they recently tweaked their classic baking recipes (scones, yeast breads, pastries, pie crust, cakes, etc.) to incorporate whole grain flours: barley, buckwheat, spelt, oat, and others.

1-1/2 tablespoon scoop of dough yields a 2-3/4-inch cookie. If you want perfect cookies, it's very important that they be the same size.

The classic nonstick Silpat (made in France) is a baker's dream. Perfect for cookies, breads, and other baked goods that tend to stick and burn, it's good for 2-3,000 uses and is safe up to 482 degrees F.

Admit it...your favorite part of the muffin is the top. So why waste the rest of the muffin? A muffin top pan makes exactly that...six large muffin tops waiting to be dusted with streusel, fruit, chocolate...your imagination is the limit.

Do you enjoy fresh mangos, but hate the mess?? OXO Good Grips Mango Splitter attacks the heart of the mango dilemma--the persistent fibrous seed. You're then free to score the mango into cubes and pop it from the tough peel.

Oxo's Angled Measuring Cups mean that you no longer have to keep bending down to see if your liquid ingredients are level. Easily readable from the top down, metric measurements are also provided.

Tired of sticking too-short toothpicks into your baked goods to check if they're done? Enter the OXO cake tester, perfect for Bundt cakes and other decorative pans that are too deep for toothpicks.

My workhorse for machine breads. I got mine for less than $90 on sale, half the price of the Zo (Zojirushi), plus it comes with a 3-year warranty. The only downside is that it bakes *very* hot and you will likely need to set your crust to "light," especially if the dough contains a lot of sugar. For the money, this is easy to use and the included recipes are quite good.

Great for blending and beating, it's versatile and super-quiet.