
Hanukkah Cookie Cutter Set
Turns one of the eight nights into a baking project the whole family can join.
Bakersfun

~$7 typical price
A wooden-handled whisk with a stiff wire coil for mixing thick doughs and batters by hand.
Why it makes a great gift
Odd-looking, cheap and surprisingly useful for bread and muffin batters that clog a regular whisk.

Turns one of the eight nights into a baking project the whole family can join.

Orblue Bread Lame with 12 Blades
Clean scoring is what gives a sourdough loaf its ear, and a proper lame beats a kitchen knife.

Home ovens often run hotter or cooler than the dial says, and this explains a lot of baking mysteries.

A pan that turns a simple pound cake into something that looks like it came from a bakery.