Kids Baking Supplies, Cooking Utensils, Bakeware
Gift Suggestions for a Child Chef – Kids' Baking Sets
Mar 9, 2009
Children interested in television shows like Top Chef or shows hosted by Food Network chefs like Rachael Ray, or kids with a general interest in baking, will enjoy receiving items of kids' baking equipment as holiday presents or birthday gifts. Parents and children can use these items to spend quality time together baking treats for the family table, while children learn important skills like how to follow directions and measure ingredients.
Kids' Baking Supplies
Parents can check stores such as Sur La Table or Williams-Sonoma for kid-sized chef hats and personalized kids' aprons. Supply children with kid-sized oven mitts and pot holders, making sure they are meant for real baking and padded well enough to protect little hands from hot pans.
Parents should then look for real baking utensils and kids' bakeware scaled down to fit kid-sized hands. Double-check that all baking supplies are food-safe and suitable for use in a real kitchen and oven. Some might actually be toys that should only be used in a play kitchen. Double-check also to see if the tools are dishwasher-safe. Some may require hand-washing.
Good brands that manufacture quality children's baking tools include Sassafras, Toysmith (Bella Bistro line), and the Playful Chef. Parents can also check stores such as Williams-Sonoma, Sur La Table, or Crate and Barrel for adult baking supplies that are safe, appealing, and appropriate for children.
Kids' Cooking Utensils and Kids' Baking Sets
Children's baking utensils may be available as single tools or as part of a set. Baking tools for a young baker's kitchen might include:
- a wooden turner or metal turner
- a silicone spatula
- a wooden mixing spoon
- a wooden rolling pin or a silicone rolling pin
- a stainless steel whisk
- a pastry cutter or crimped pastry wheel
- a pastry brush
- color-coded measuring cups
- color-coded measuring spoons
- a kid-sized mixing bowl
Recommended kids' baking utensils and sets:
- Head Chef Kid's Kitchen Tools are made of food-safe silicone and shaped like little people with bendable arms and legs and kitchen utensils for heads. Each tool – spoon, whisk, pastry brush, spatula, and measuring cup – comes in a different neon spring color ($9.95 each).
- Silicone Rolling Pin, Junior by Silpin, a smaller-sized version of the adult nonstick version, available in a variety of fun colors ($12.00)
- Sassafras Little Cook Tool Kit contains adult-quality gourmet cooking tools in kid sizes, packaged in a clear vinyl tote ($20.00).
Kids' Bakeware
Young chefs will also need kid-sized nonstick bakeware or silicone bakeware. Possible pieces include:
- bundt cake pan
- spring form pan
- mini loaf pan
- mini muffin pan
- mini cupcake pan
- muffin tins
- pie plates
- enamel baking pan
- cookie pan or cookie sheet
- stainless steel cooling rack
- wooden pastry board
Recommended kids' bakeware sets:
- SiliconeZone Kids Pack 10-Piece Baking Set, which comes with four cookie cutters, two wooden utensils, and four baking pans of food-grade silicone bakeware in neon spring colors ($25.00).
- Toysmith Nonstick Bakeware Set is a nice introductory set, with four pieces of Bella Bistro Bakeware and four recipe cards ($20.00).
Parents and children can enjoy learning how to bake together using gifts of baking equipment to bake goodies such as cookies, pies, muffins, cupcakes, breads, and cakes. Bundled together, an assortment of these gift suggestions will make a great present for any boy or girl, equipping any child chef for years of cooking fun.
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