As a published cookbook author, Iโve purchased, gifted, and received a slew of baking items. And Iโm happy to recommend my absolute favorites to fellow home bakers. This baking gifts page is a great place to start if youโre shopping for a baker, creating a registry, or simply adding items to your wish list!
Baking Gift Ideas
Even if it’s not the holiday season, gifting something thoughtful to another baker is a wonderful way to spread (delicious!) joy. Plus, there’s always a birthday, anniversary, and other life events such as a wedding, shower, new home, or family visit around the corner. My team and I curated a list with 100+ gift ideas for the baker in your life… or if you’re doing some personal shopping. ๐ We also have a complete guide with Holiday Gifts for Bakers specially curated for the holiday season!
All of these baking gifts are items I own or are products I see with wonderful reviews. None of this is sponsoredโtruly just items I love! Some of these links are affiliate links.
Baking Gifts From Small Business/Individual Shops
So many unique and even personalized baking gifts in this list!
Sally’s Baking Merch
Sally’s Baking Merch – We have official apparel! The shirts and sweatshirts come in tons of colors, several different styles, and 3 different designs. Kids’ sizes are available, too!
Official Sally’s Baking Merch
Sally’s Baking
Sally’s Baking Long Sleeve T-Shirt
Adult unisex crewneck long sleeve t-shirt in various colors
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Sally’s Baking
Sally’s Baking Logo Crewneck Sweatshirt
Adult unisex crewneck sweatshirt in various colors
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Sally’s Baking
Cookie Crew Long Sleeve T-Shirt
Adult unisex crewneck long sleeve t-shirt in various colors
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Sally’s Baking
Cookie Crew Crewneck Sweatshirt
Adult unisex crewneck sweatshirt in various colors
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Sally’s Baking
Official Taste Tester Long Sleeve T-Shirt
Adult unisex crewneck long sleeve t-shirt in various colors
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Sally’s Baking
Official Taste Tester Crewneck Sweatshirt
Adult unisex crewneck sweatshirt in various colors
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More from Small Businesses & Individual Shops
Best Graphics For You
Personalized Recipe Notebook
A great place to jot down notes as you work on recipes.
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Color Me Eden
Recipe Card Tea Towel
Turn your beloved handwritten family recipe into a tea towel.
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Northwest Paper Studio
From The Kitchen Of Tags
I love these personalized tags for gifting baked goods.
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Mad For Monograms
Personalized Cookie Tins
I include these every year, and they’re the most purchased item!
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Our Platter
Personalized Serving Platter
Would be a perfect wedding, shower, or housewarming gift.
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Katie Belle Company
“Life is What You Bake It” Print
Such beautiful artwork to display in your kitchen.
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General Baking Supplies
This section includes standard baking tools that my team and I own and highly recommend. If you’re shopping for a beginner baker or are looking to stock your kitchen with high-rated baking supplies, start here.
KitchenAid
Hand Mixer
One of my most-used kitchen tools. Mine (5-speed) is 13 years old and still running strong.
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OXO
Measuring Cups & Spoons
Good quality and practical with magnetic handles so they stick together.
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Ninja
Food Processor & Chopper
I use mine for nuts, sauces, and so much moreโitโs helpful and versatile.
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Progressive International
Flour/Sugar Storage Containers
These are the best bulk storage containersโฆ and Iโve tried plenty! They arenโt fancy but they are a staple in my kitchen.
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Joseph Joseph
Adjustable Rolling Pin
The simplest way to roll cookie dough, pie dough, pizza crust, and more. The adjustable discs make it easy to roll any thicknessโno more uneven dough.
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Specialty Baking Supplies
Here’s a list of recommended baking pans and accessories beyond the basics… fun ones that a baker may not own yet!
Anthropologie
Old Havana Baking Dish
I have a few items from this line and the color is stunning!
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Ann Clark Cookie Cutters
11-Piece Cookie Cutter Set
Great quality cookie cutters for many seasons.
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Nordic Ware
Starry Night Cookie Stamps
The exact set I use for brown sugar cinnamon stamp cookies.
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Curated List of Thoughtful Baking Sets
We put together some various items that, together, make a thoughtful and complete set!
- Cookie Baking Set – Start with these baking sheets. They’re durable, don’t warp, and cool quickly. Pair with parchment paper sheets or a baking mat, cookie scoops, and a cooling rack for a complete gift. (I love using this lasagna turner as a cookie spatula, too!)
- Bread Baking Set – Gift some fun bread-baking companions like a bread lame, Le Creuset cast iron bread baker, and Flour Water Salt Yeast cookbook, and/or a linen bread bag.
- Cake Decorating Set – Start with the best round cake pans, either these 9-inch cake pans or these 8-inch cake pans. Add a cake turntable (because cake decorating is so much easier with a turntable!), this bench scraper for smoothing icing, this icing comb for textured icing, and/or these icing spatulas.
- 12-Piece Piping Tips Set – This piping tips set includes some of the most common decorating tips (including Wilton 1M) for cakes and cupcakes, plus it includes piping bags. To complete this entire gift, add a mint cake stand and these fun sprinkle spatulas.
- Pie Baking Set – Start with a quality pie dish (it’s my go-to, favorite one). Complete the gift with a pastry cutter, pie weights, pastry brush, and a pie crust shield.
- Baking Pan Set – Second to baking sheets, a 9×13-inch pan is the most common and practical pan to own because it’s useful for sheet cakes, bars, brownies, and more. Add a loaf pan, springform pan, and 9×9-inch pan to complete the set.
- Cake Decorating Supplies Set – I don’t own this, but it seems to have everything included! What a wonderful gift for beginner cake decorators.
Carriers & Cake Stands
Transporting and displaying your baked goods isnโt always at the top of the mind, so these accessories are majorly helpful to have on hand!
TOMNK
Bakery Boxes
Iโve tried many brands and keep coming back to these for when Iโm gifting my baked goods to others, especially around the holidays.
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Killer’s Instinct Outdoors Store
Farmhouse-Style Tiered Dessert Tray
I often put my produce on this and have it displayed on the counter as a fruit basket. Always receives compliments!
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Crate & Barrel
Glass Covered Cake Stand
Always nice to have a lid over your baked goods when storing/transporting.
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Anthropologie
Wood Serving Boards
I own all 3 sizes and use them for cakes, cupcakes, muffins, charcuterie, fruit, and more. Theyโre beautiful in person.
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Spread sweetness with baking gifts like a tablet stand, games, aprons, and more!
Crate & Barrel
Wood Cookbook Stand with Shield
To protect your cookbook from splatters and messes.
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GoChuckle
Hasty Baker Game
Collect ingredient cards and finish your recipe first in this family-friendly game.
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Caldo
Quality Apron in Many Colors
I have the spruce color. I have a lot of aprons and this is a high-quality, durable apron for a fraction of the price of some overly fancy aprons.
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Lana Home Craft
Personalized Embroidered Apron
Gorgeous embroidered apron can be personalized with anything and comes in many colors.
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Baking Gifts For Young Bakers
These ideas are wonderful for aspiring young bakers! We have and love many from this list.
Young + Wild and Friedman
Baking Sensory Kit
A baking-themed sensory activity for kids of all ages.
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Sandsthread
Matching Baking Aprons
Adorable yet functional matching customizable aprons for you and your assistant baker!
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America’s Test Kitchen
The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs
A great gift for any aspiring young bakers.
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Tiny Land
Wooden Kids Play Kitchen Playset
One of my team members has this for her children and it is LOVED!
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Americaโs Test Kitchen
Stir Crack Whisk Bake
A fun book for toddlers and young baking enthusiasts.
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King Arthur Baking Company
Big Book of Bread
King Arthur Baking Company holds nothing back to teach us how to make the BEST breads.
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King Arthur Baking Company
Baking School
You know I always love learning the hows and whys of baking, and this has been a fantastic book that guides bakers of any skill level.
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Holly Nilsson
Spend With Pennies: Everyday Comfort
Holly is a dear friend, and you can expect the same level of recipe testing and precision with her cooking recipes as you expect on my website!
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Lauren Allen
Tastes Better from Scratch
Lauren is a fellow food blogger and known for delicious recipes you can count on.
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Stephanie Wise
Comfort Baking
Stephanie is also a fellow food blogger. Her book is perfect for those of us passionate about our baking hobbies.
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Jocelyn Delk Adams
Everyday Grand
Jocelyn is a superstar and she certainly knows her desserts. Youโll fall in love with this cookbookโs beautiful photography and her fuss-free and exciting approach to cooking and baking.
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Erin Clarke
Well Plated Every Day
Erin, from the popular website Well Plated, does it again with her beautiful new cookbook filled with healthier cooking recipes.
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Deb Perelman
Smitten Kitchen Keepers
You can always count on Deb’s fabulous recipes! One of my very favorite cookbooks.
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Mike Johnson
Simple Small-Batch Baking
Mike is also a fellow food blogger, and this cookbook is excellent if youโre baking for fewer people.
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Erin Jeanne McDowell
The Book On Pie
Literally everything you need to know to bake the BEST pies. I *love* this book.
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Jessie Sheehan
Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Snackable Bakes
Jessie makes baking EASY and I had the pleasure of seeing this cookbook before it was released. Savory baking for any time of day!
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Zoรซ Franรงois
Zoe Bakes Cookies
Fabulous pastry chef and multi cookbook author, Zoรซ Franรงois, shares classic cookie recipes every home baker should have in their kitchen and repertoire!
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Claire Saffitz
Dessert Person
High-quality baking recipes from pastry chef Claire Saffitz! A book brimming with recipes and best success tips.
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Sally McKenney
Sally’s Baking 101
The ultimate baking book for home cooks of all skill levels with 101 sweet and savory, foolproof recipes plus helpful tips for best results.
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Sally McKenney
Sally’s Baking Addiction
This fully photographed baking cookbook is perfect for beginners and includes a broad range of 75+ recipes.
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Sally McKenney
Sally’s Cookie Addiction
Youโll find 75+ photographed cookie recipes, most of which are cookbook exclusives.
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Reader Comments and Reviews
Your list was so timely! I am 75 and wanted to make recipe books that are personalized for my grandchildren of their favorite recipes I made for them through years. Each one will be different due to their personal likes. I’m hoping it will be a nice reminder of our meals and baking times together. I have a small collection of pictures of them of baking together to go with some of the recipes we’ve made together. I can’t wait to order them and get started. Thank you so very much!
This is so sweet, Susan!
Wondering what the best surface for rolling out dough would be? Should i invest in wooden board or a marble one ? Ive purchased a couple of your recommended rolling pins, the adjustable one and the beautiful marble one in the wooden holder. Your advise is always the best.
I am older but rather inexperienced at handling dough . Thank you!
Lynne
Hi Lynne! Great question. It can depend on the type of dough you’re working with, but in general, wood and marble should both work. One advantage to using a marble surface is that it is cooler, which can be especially helpful when working with doughs like pie crust and sugar cookies, which rely on keeping the dough cold. We hope this helps!
I’m wondering where to find your engraved fork I’ve seen in some of the photos… I know you linked to it in at least one recipe, but I read so many of them I can’t recall which one! If I missed it on here, I apologize. (I looked on Etsy, but didn’t quite see what I was looking for.) Thanks in advance!
Hi Shannon! It is from Etsy, years ago. We canโt seem to find the exact Etsy shop this one came from, but here is a similar one: https://www.etsy.com/listing/153747276/eat-dessert-first-recycled-silverware
Do you have a recommendation for a cookie press? I didnโt see one in the baking tools list? (or did I miss it??)
We sure do! Sally owns and recommends this OXO cookie press.
I have been baking your recipe for zucchini muffins twice now! They are my go-to muffin!!
How Do I get that Cookie Crew t-shirt
Hi Susan, you can learn more about our t-shirts and how to purchase them here.
I’m looking for a good candy thermometer, what would you recommend?
Hi Gisele, here are all of our favorite candy making tools!
Hi Sally! My friends and I were discussing how much we miss your challenges. We have been exploring our momโs and grand momโs cookbooks for something we can work with. And we are working hard on learning cane decoration. Weโve learned a lot and our decorated sugar cookies and cupcakes have become a huge hit!
We are wondering if you plan to do the Pie week or the 10 days of Christmas cookies? We love them!
Hi Barb, absolutely! Sally’s Pie Week and Sally’s Cookie Palooza are two of my favorite times of year/website traditions! And I’m bringing back the challenges next year. ๐ I decided to take a break so I could work on my manuscript this year.
Hi Sally – and your team!
Iโm visiting your website tonight for the first time, from Ireland, and Iโm very impressed. The red velvet layer cake brought me to your website & Iโll most definitely be trying out this recipe v soon!
Your baking tools list and gifts list are great. Iโm glad to see you recommend Nordic Ware bakers sheets – Iโve been using them for over a year now & find that food cooks far more evenly on them; also versatile for different sweet or savory recipes. Theyโve already โearnedโ their spot in my new small kitchen. Iโm back to making Bundt cakes and so impressed with the sheer variety of their pans, Iโve started a collection! Their Bundt cake pans come in different cup capacity sizes – something important for folks to check if buying one. They come in 6 cup, 10 cup and 15 cup options, for cakes to suit different occasions & numbers of guests. Iโve had several deliveries from Nordic Ware in the past 18 months – speedy shipping and delivery and everything arrives in perfect condition, very well packed. They even offer recipes for the use of each pan, in addition to care instructions, on the front and back of the colorful wrapper surrounding each cake pan. Finally, in my last order, I specified that one of the Bundt cake pans was a gift, so they sent me a separate box (within the overall packaging) to use to gift wrap the cake pan for my friend – so they went the extra proverbial mile. That was impressive & great customer service.
And no, I donโt work for or have any association with Nordic Ware, save being a very happy customer. And as you had some excellent items on those gift lists…. Nordic Ware have some very elegant mini-Bundt shaped decorations one could wrap around gifted baked goods, or keep for the Christmas tree! Oh, and they have great cup and spoon measures, yes, with Bundt cake markings: functional, pretty, and less expensive gifts for the budding (or experienced) bakers in any home!
Finally, Iโm on about my third wooden rolling pin, but came across a great one at Ann Clarke cookie cutters – it is made in such a way that when cookie dough is rolled out, it will get to the correct thickness of the sugar cookies: 1/4 inch thickness – the baker may have to โrollโ the dough, and use cookie cutters, but at least the cut cookie shapes will all be of uniform thickness, to ensure even cooking, across a sheet of cookies; also easier to decorate minimizes waste, and thereโs no fighting as to one person receiving a bigger cookie than anyone else – It really works!!! All I could do was shake my head and say โHow did I ever manage without it, all these years?โ!!!
I also saw a rolling pin with several sets of colored bands, online and by sliding a pair of matching colored bands, one band at each end of the rolling pin, the baker can similar to above, control the thickness of the cookie dough/ pastry, with 3 or 4 options, which might be useful to your readers. Iโve kept the rolling pins to two – the good โold-fashionedโ one for pastry making and the Ann Clarke one for sugar cookies, which once cool, are iced. I have yet to see cookie cutters to surpass the Ann Clarke ones – they donโt tarnish, theyโre very sturdy, easy to use. They come in the most amazing shapes and every event or occasion is catered for, across all walks and chapters of life – and they regularly have discounted promotions. These help, if trying to grow a collection of cookie cutters and color gels, etc – especially if one is trying to encourage kids to gather โround in the kitchen, to be involved in the process, whether rolling dough, using the cutters and if they stay long enough to decorate, it usually brings out their own artistic flair! And no, I donโt do any work with Ann Clarke & Co. either.
Time to go…… โcookie dutyโ tomorrow, so I must get some sleep. Thank you for such a great website. Iโve taken plenty โscreen grabsโ for tools youโve recommended and methinks the red velvet cake might be delish, and if so, Iโll simply have to come back and try out more of your amazing looking recipes.
God Bess,
Elmarie, from
Louisburgh in County Mayo, Ireland
Which Oxo scale would you recommend if I will only use for baking? Is the 5 pound sufficient or should I buy the 11 pound?
Hi Mary, the 5 lb has always worked great for us!
I just got the Nordic ware mini scone pan after eyeing it for quite some time. I normally just go for โrusticโ scones but the scones came out so perfect and pretty! A perfect gift for a scone-maker!
What a great resource! Thank you so much for compiling this list. I am bookmarking it for future gift ideas.
Such a great list Sally-thank you
I have so many baking supplies. I don’t need a Tshirt or candle but for my birthday this year I got the best gifts. I got a 20 pound bag of flour, sugar, flat of eggs good vanilla and good chocolate. Those were the best. Christmas I got a baking class great fun.
Looking lemon chicken recipe please
Hi Sandy, here’s our creamy lemon thyme chicken recipe!
Hi, I was ordering your cook books. And the Andy one shows at a cost over $51.00 os that the correct price? Th othets were about $15.00.
I love all the recipes thatI have tried. Love getting g your emails, thanks for all you and your team do!
Hi Lanie! The Sally’s Candy Addiction book is only available as an eBook for now, which is why the price is so high for hard copies. Hopefully it will be back in print at some point! Thank you so much for making and trusting our recipes.
Hi, great list. I have a question, love the decals for the mixer. Once you have placed them, do they remove easily in future if you decide you want them off or want a change? Thanks JD
It depends which ones you buy. For the ones linked above, I have had difficulty removing them!
So fun to click through the list to look at everything! Great gift ideas, too! I am definitely sprucing up my old plain white mixer! ๐
So glad you found this page resourceful (and fun!).
The sunflower mixer is totally adorable ! Will this list still be around at Christmas ?
Yes, we keep this list updated! We also have a holiday gift guide if you’re interested ๐
Loved the list of items! What are your recommendations for a cake turntable for decorating cakes and a candy thermometer?
Hi CR! See #2 under the “Thoughtful Baking Gifts & Sets” for a turntable recommendation. We link to trusted candy thermometers in our homemade caramel apples post – see the “Tools You Need…” section. Thanks!
What a complete list of baking gifts! I’ll probably end up spending hours checking each one of them but I’m sure that I’ll find something for every member of my family. Maybe the perfect gift will get them into the kitchen more, some of them could definitely use the incentive.
Thank you for this gift guide! Do you have any recommendations for boxes/small tins when gifting baked goods? I’ve been wondering if there are any air-tight ones that could be used.
Hi Steph! What a great question. I’m not sure if this will link properly (copy and paste into your browser if needed), but I’ve used something similar to these before: https://www.etsy.com/listing/189290434/6-kraft-compostable-salad-boxes-wedding
I like boxes with transparent window so you can see the beautiful baked goods. These are cute for the holidays: https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Cookie-Boxes-Packaging-Containers/dp/B098QZVBH8/ and so are these: https://www.amazon.com/OurWarm-Christmas-Holiday-Packaging-Containers/dp/B08D6QJQHQ/
This is an amazing list!
Hi! I not only a baking addiction, but i love to cook the food from different countries or cultures. I really like your recipes and I hope the website can add a function to save those recipes to a personal email.
I love you hair it looks so good!! Thanks for all the gift ideas ๐
Anyone with kids the Hasty Baker game is so fun! My kids got it for Christmas from Sally’s previous list, and all my kids love playing it! Definitely recommend.
Thank you for all of the gift ideas! I even found some items to add to my Christmas list.
I had no idea that mixer decals existed! I have a boring old white one, going to order some pink to brighten it up.