Good Baking Supplies

I like my WEAREVER brand non-stick baking sheets. I have a friend who swears by her baking stone - she makes the best chocolate chip cookies baking them on the stone. Cups and spoons - I love the ones from my grandma's. There are only 4 spoons, and they are easier and more easy to use than the set of 8 that my MIL got me.

There are lots of companies that specialize in the best. Willams Sonoma is amazing.

I have fallen in love with King Arthur Flour compmany.

They are the oldest Flour company in the United States and the employees own the company! Get their newsletter and their facebook page.

Every single thing I have ever purchased from them has been excellent. They run specials that sometimes include free shipping.. I already have the Catalog for Valentines Day. It is glorious!

Here is their website.
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/landing.jsp?go=Home

Be sure to give your daughter some baking lessons through different places in your area. There are lots of tips and secrets she can learn to make her baking the ultimate.

I have has my KitchenAid stand mixer for 20 years and LOVE it. It has never given me a problem. A stand mixer isn't always needed depending on what your baking. You need a hand held mixer for smaller baking jobs. i.e., small batches of cookies and small amounts of frosting.

I love Wilton's Performance Pans for baking both cookies and cakes. Wilton's has serveral different brands of baking pans. Make sure you get the Performance Pans, I don;t care for the other brands they sell. Also, I don;t like any dark pan because they attract/hold heat more. You can purchase them at Wilton's, J C Penney, Michael's and other craft stores.
William-Sonoma products are expensive, but very good also.

I recently started using 2 products that REALLY improved my baking:

1) Rolling Pin rings -- roll cookie/pie dough to even thickness. I was able to make super thin, crispy gingerbread cookies that were amazing! http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/silicone-rollin...

2) Pastry Cloth and rolling pin cover -- not sure why these work so well, but even the stickiest dough releases with just a bit of flour. Keeps dough from getting tough from too much flour. http://www.amazon.com/Ateco-Pastry-Cloth-Rolling-Cover/dp...

Have fun!

One thing that I think is really helpful is a good mixer, and Kitchenaid to me is the best. It is expensive, but a friend found one for me at a garage sale. I also buy my kitchen products from silicone bake ware to pans through QVC at qvc.com or over the air. You need a member number for this, but I think their products are excellent and can be returned with no trouble. Good luck.

I would encourage that with possibly some decorating classes like the ones you can sometimes find in craft stores... the Michael's stores here have cake decorating classes occasionally, and you might be able to find other type of classes, also.

As you can see from the answers so far everyone who bakes has their own loves and dislikes. Love my heavy duthy kitchenaid stand mixer, don't like the sam's brand cookie sheets, love the cookie sheets I got in villa park ay a rstaurant supply shop, love King Arthur, love 1 piece fully molded spatulas made entirely of silicone, don't like the ones where the head comes of and food can accumulate at the edge. Spend money on 2 or 3 good knives and have her taught how to care for them and sharpen then appropriately and she will have them most of her life if a quality piece.
Ideally if she is in love with this talk to her and find out if being the next great chef or baker is something she may want to do for a living then find out what her school offers as a cooperative program with colleges or culinary schools. Good luck and have fun the world of food is such an adventure.

I love the baking sheets sold at Sam's Club. They are their own private label but they are full size with NO non stick coating. They are made of a material that won't rust so they will last forever.

I do own a few Silpats but I am really not a fan of them. (Another nice thing about the Sam's baking sheets is that the Silpats will fit on them. Otherwise the Sipats are too large for other baking sheets.) I prefer to use nonstick cooking spray.

As for meauring cups, I think you must have at least 1 Pyrex glass measuring cups for liquids. As for measuring dry goods, I could careless. The plastic ones from the dollar store suit me fine.

I recommend a good set of heat resistant spatulas that can take heat to about 450 degrees. If you have a Kitchen Collection near you, they sell a nice set of 4 for $10 or less.

I know they are a lot of money but depending on the kind and quantity of baking you may want to invest in a Kitchenaid stand mixer. There is nothing like them especially on stiff doughs.

For spices I like Penzeys. They are in Naperville, IL and can be mail ordered. http://www.penzeys.com

All the best.

J.

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All-Clad makes odd-size measuring cups and spoons, which are awesome and so convenient. The set of cups is 2/3, 3/4 and 1-1/2cups. The spoons are 1-1/2tsp (1/2 Tbsp), 2 tsp and I don't remember the other size. I've only seen them at Williams-Sonoma. They're pricey but worth every penny (in my opinion) - maybe $30 for both. Everyone I've given them to as gifts raves about them.

The pampered chef is awesome. It's online and the products are very high quality.

I prefer the measuring cups that you read from above. The amounts are on a projection that sticks out on the inside of the cup.