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Must-have bakeware for the kitchen

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Here are 12 must-have items to make you a better baker at home.

1 Cake racks Cake racks are essential tools for cooling cakes and cookies. Buy at least one large cake rack (the size of a sheet pan) for flipping out sheet cakes. Round cake racks are convenient for individual round cakes.
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2 Copper bowls Egg whites rise better when beaten in copper. This leaves two choices--a copper bowl designed for beating by hand (make sure you buy a big one so there’s plenty of room to whisk) or a copper insert for your stand mixer. Be sure to clean the copper thoroughly with salt and vinegar before you use it each time. Make sure there is no trace of fat adhering to the bowl.

3 Food processor A food processor is indispensable for grinding nuts and for pureeing solid mixtures. It is also useful for making most dough.

4 Molds and ramekins
Baking molds and ramekins are used for tarts and tartlets, babas and savarins, brioche, madeleines, custards, soufflés, and more. For tarts, cookies, and cakes, non-stick or silicone molds are best. If you’re stuck with traditional molds--especially if you are making madeleines or financiers, which love to stick--butter the molds, refrigerate them, butter them again, and then flour them.

5 Parchment paper
Almost indispensable in baking, parchment paper is now available at most supermarkets. If you can’t find it, substitute waxed paper (which will leave traces of harmless wax on foods), but not aluminum foil, which will leave specks of metal and may tear.
 

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    sparkplug
    on 2009-11-15
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    Regarding #2 - I have heard that egg whites rise better when beaten in a copper bowl but I guess I've always wanted to know...why?

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