{"id":46,"date":"2012-07-06T16:27:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T23:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2012-07-09T17:35:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T00:35:11","slug":"my-favorite-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need a cherry pitter? I&#8217;m your gal. A corn husker? Yep. Garlic slicer? Of course. I just love me some gadgets.<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to baking, I pretty much stick to the basics. I&#8217;m attached to my Bosch mixer, wooden rolling pin, and\u00a0 collection of rubber spatulas and wooden spoons. One thing I never have enough of is measuring spoons and cups. That is because when I bake, I bake with abandon. I don&#8217;t stop to think &#8220;Hmm. If I measure the sugar first and the oil next, I could use the same cup.&#8221; That would mess with my style&#8230;which is &#8220;use and fling&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>There is one measuring cup I like to use for liquid ingredients because it keeps me from having to bend over and eyeball the side of a measuring glass, trying to remember Biology class, and the way liquid measurements are hard to read because the meniscus makes the surface concave. See? I was listening, Mr. Folsom! This cup is read from the top. At last, someone was really thinking! This is an OXO Good Grips brand, but there may be others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/measuring-cup.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47 aligncenter\" title=\"measuring cup\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/measuring-cup.jpg?resize=121%2C121\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/measuring-cup.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/measuring-cup.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=121%2C121 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/measuring-cup.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=121%2C121 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/><\/a>I think I&#8217;ve tried every cookie sheet ever made. I detest non-stick surfaces and can&#8217;t imagine wanting to eat a cookie that has baked on one. (Don&#8217;t get me started!) Dark sheets just don&#8217;t reflect well, and my cookies get dark on the bottom. Cheap ones rust quickly and warp like crazy. I wholeheartedly recommend Doughmaster cookie sheets. I&#8217;ve had mine for years and even though they are a little dark around the edges (someone needs to invent a self-cleaning cookie sheet,) they work like a dream. Here&#8217;s a picture of a nice, new one:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cookiesheet.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48 aligncenter\" title=\"cookiesheet\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cookiesheet.jpg?resize=141%2C141\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cookiesheet.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cookiesheet.jpg?w=225 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a>The other thing I couldn&#8217;t bake without is a cookie scoop. Okay&#8230;I actually own four cookie scoops. They save so much time! I use mine for other things, too. I use the little one to measure out meatballs, the medium-large one to put cake batter into cupcake liners, and the large one for pancakes. Most of them have a handle that you squeeze to release the dough, but if you can find one with a thumb trigger, snap it up! You&#8217;ll have more control with that kind, especially if your hands are wet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cookie-scoop21.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51 aligncenter\" title=\"cookie scoop2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cookie-scoop21-e1341616258105.jpg?resize=201%2C94\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is one other item I use excessively: big, white, crisp, flour-sack dishtowels. Not just for washing dishes as I cook, (hahaha) but for covering rising bread dough, rolling up jelly rolls in powdered sugar, and swatting anyone who comes near the kitchen, trying to filch dough. I&#8217;d give you a picture, but I&#8217;m sure you all know what they look like. Find great big thick ones, and cherish them.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll add more to this list as I&#8217;m baking, or as new gadgets appear on the market. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need a cherry pitter? I&#8217;m your gal. A corn husker? Yep. Garlic slicer? Of course. I just love me some gadgets. But when it comes to baking, I pretty much stick to the basics. I&#8217;m attached to my Bosch mixer, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=46\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-when-i-win-the-lottery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YuGU-K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}