Re: POLL: Favorite baking gadget

Number one is my little timer that i can take with me when i leave the room during cooking.

Number two, regarding baking, my set of icing bags, and tips. They can be used to make anything more eye appealing.

One of my favorite tools is a large spiral mixing tool (I don't know what else to call it) for making bread. It's shaped like a wooden spoon handle on one end and has a cicular metal device on the other. It's wonderful for mixing together bread dough before it gets to the kneading stage. I saw Father Dominique use it on his show and now I don't make bread without it.

Martha

Dough hook?

That could be what's it called. I don't use a Kichenaide for my bread, I make everything by hand, but that could be what's it's called. It's been a while since his show was on.

Martha

King Arthur Flour calls it a dough whisk. Here's a picture.

-dexygus

I also love my scoop, but I have a hard time releasing the dough sometimes. Tricks to resolve that problem, anyone??

Yes, dip the scoop in water, every 4-5 scoopings or so

-- Sincerly,

C=3D=A6-)=A7 H. W. Hans Kuntze, CMC, S.g.K. (_o_)

Hey thanks! I'll try that.

Yes, dip the scoop in water, every 4-5 scoopings or so

-- Sincerly,

C=¦-)§ H. W. Hans Kuntze, CMC, S.g.K. (_o_)

might try flouring or wetting the scoop

I really liked his show, too. If you can't find that tool anywhere, you can ask on his site

rona

Hmmm. That doesn't work for me -- it defaults to their home page. Their search engine doesn't find anything under "dough whisk".

Alan Moorman

You can find them at Sur La Table or order one online! Here's the link:

Alex

If you look under their catalogue click on bread baking, then tools, then look for dough whisk. The link does work if you cut and paste the entire link--with my newsreader the 8 at the end gets cut off.

rona

It's called a Danish Dough Whisk. Cheapest place I've found for it is

My vote is for my precision mini sifter. Great for lightly flouring surfaces.

Yeah. I did that....... (pasted it all including the 8.)

Alan

Let me guess Alan, your graduating subject was not communication.;-)

The catalogue search engine will find it under subject: tools&kitchenware= and input: dough whisk.

Although that thing does not look sturdy enough to me, who knows, might b= e the next best thing to sliced bread.

-- Sincerly,

C=3D=A6-)=A7 H. W. Hans Kuntze, CMC, S.g.K. (_o_)

Alan:

It's King Arthur item number 5568

Dough Whisk (5568)

Experienced bread bakers rely on this sturdy, 15-inch, wood-handled brodpisker, or Dough Whisk, for everything from the stiffest bread dough to the most delicate pancake or muffin batter. We've sold thousands of these whisks over the years; we use them at our national bread-baking classes, and once folks see how they work, they just have to have one! We now offer this whisk with our centuries old King Arthur logo.

$9.95 US + s/h

You should be able to find it by item number or by searching for "whisk" under "bread baking" using the web site catalog word search feature.

Truly a fine classic baker's tool.

Cheers, The Old Bear