The list of my baking tools below results from many tests to find the home kitchen's best baking tools. If you’re new to baking, start with the tools listed below in Sourdough Starter Creation & Management and The Beginning Baker. Once you become more serious about baking, head down to the Increase Baking Consistency section to build out your toolset.
If you're looking for more tools, check out my Amazon storefront, where I have all my favorite tools (and baking books!) on one page. Note that some of the links below are affiliate links in which I earn a small amount on each sale (you’re not charged over normal price). These small earnings help keep this site up and running — so thank you and happy baking!
Your Sourdough Starter
These are the best tools to help create and maintain your sourdough starter.
The Beginning Baker
A list of a few tools to help you get started baking sourdough bread at home.
Cast iron and built to last. This pot traps steam to encourage maximum dough rise.
These KitchenAid scrapers easily remove sticky dough from containers, the bench, and off your fingers.
Increase Your Baking Consistency
Use these baking tools to help you increase your baking consistency in your home kitchen.
This steel gets incredibly hot with no risk of cracking. It also cooks pizza incredibly well.
Some recipes here call for “high extraction flour,” this helps sift out some bran/germ to get there.
Flour
The list below are my most-used flours here at home, but look local first! There are many great farmers and millers scattered all over with incredible flour options.
CM has some incredible flour; this is a workhorse flour for any bread.
Pans & Storage
These tools will help you bake pan loaves and are a collection of excellent storage options for flour and grain.
This pan is perfect for rye bread and sandwich loaves. See my guide to baking pan bread for more.
I use these to store all my flour (they hold 5 pounds). They are airtight, light, and solid—just the best.
Grain Mills
Below is a list of my favorite grain mills used to mill fresh flour in my home kitchen regularly. They are all built extremely well and are capable of producing excellent flour.
A beautiful mill capable of producing very fine flour at a fantastic price (get 5% off with my link).
A hand-operated, well-built mill that’s capable of producing extremely fine flour at low temperatures.
Other Equipment
Other useful tools when baking sourdough bread at home.