Whether you have a close friend who is a professional pastry chef or a sister who likes to stress-bake — and sometimes stress-burn — it’s truly the best to have someone in your life who enjoys whipping up fresh oven-baked wonders on the regular.
Gifting them the best gadgets and goodies to deck out their kitchen is a very thoughtful way to thank them for all those times they were kind enough to share a batch with you.
These practical, clever, and quirky gifts for bakers are a nod to their favorite hobby. From a fun pie-shaped puzzle that'll help pass the time while their treats are in the oven to a steam-powered toaster oven for baking single-serve treats, these 30 best gifts for bakers provide something that'll suit everyone's taste.
Anyone who loves baking experiments will appreciate having this hardback recipe journal on hand. It provides several handy templates, a list of baking techniques, essential equipment, and even easy measurement conversions. They can even use it as a food diary to record and track their favorite dishes that they've made throughout the year.
How many tiers are too many? The limit does not exist! Take their baking rack up another level (or two or three) with this accordion-style mesh cooling surface.
Clad in a rosy copper hue, every level of this four-tier baking rack can be extended or contracted to the height they need, and they can even keep a few tiers collapsed if necessary. Using this will help them cool off a massive batch of cookies quickly and concurrently.
While you can never go wrong with getting them a pair of top-rated oven mitts to assist them with getting a grip on piping-hot pans, it's always nice to get a gift for bakers that adds a dash of humor, too. While most home chefs add a whole lot of TLC to their bakes, this oven mitt also delivers a pinch of salty attitude.
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Precious Cargo
Bakers Sto 'N Go Cookie and Cake Carrier Container
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Precious Cargo
Bakers Sto 'N Go Cookie and Cake Carrier Container
There is nothing worse than spending long, careful hours perfecting a cookie or cupcake decoration ... only to have them get totally smushed in transit.
This nifty carrying case comes with four slide-out tiers, and they can use as many of them as they need to transport their baked goods from one place to another. The ants at their next picnic don't stand a chance!
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For Star Bakers
thecleverclove The Great British Bake-Off Enamel Pin
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For Star Bakers
thecleverclove The Great British Bake-Off Enamel Pin
As any experienced pastry chef can tell you, the path to star baker is paved with plenty of soggy bottoms along the way.
This enamel pin, emblazoned with the now-infamous lighthearted warning from the judges of The Great British Bake Off, is a great gift for bakers who have a cheeky sense of humor.
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For Your Salt Bae
Maldon Salt Company 20-Ounce Resealable Tub of Sea Salt Flakes
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For Your Salt Bae
Maldon Salt Company 20-Ounce Resealable Tub of Sea Salt Flakes
Any baker worth their salt knows that a little finishing sprinkle of Maldon turns a basic baked good into one that tastes Michelin Star-worthy.
Wow them this year not just with a box, but a 20-ounce tub of Maldon sea salt. These little crystalline pyramids add pleasant crunch, light salinity, and an Insta-worthy aesthetic to dishes both savory and sweet.
The using-a-wine-bottle-as-a-rolling-pin trick works in a pinch, but if they're starting to get serious with their pastry-making practice, they need to get a real one.
Help them out with the Joseph Joseph Adjustable Rolling Pin, a gift for bakers that comes with 1/16-, 1/6-, 1/4-, and 3/8-inch removable discs for flattening out doughs of all types to the perfect thickness.
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For Family Recipes
WoodCardGifts Wooden Recipe Box With Dividers And Recipe Cards
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For Family Recipes
WoodCardGifts Wooden Recipe Box With Dividers And Recipe Cards
If they love revisiting family recipes over and over again, help them keep their secret ingredients under wraps with this gorgeous, customizable gift for bakers.
This recipe box is made of beautiful walnut wood and has a sprawling floral design etched into it, another with their name. You can decide whether to include matching section dividers and recipe cards, too.
Save the plastic rulers for kiddie craft projects. The JK Adams Pastry Board with Rolling Pin Holder is basically a baker's sidekick.
This stunning maple- and walnut-wood baking board features a border of measurements, as well as circular guides at its center to help them roll out their dough to the perfect proportions.
If they've already scored their dream stand mixer, help them adorn it with some handy attachments that'll do the hard work for them. This 2-in-1 attachment will soon make messy measuring and sifting a thing of the past.
It'll precisely weigh up to 4 cups of dry ingredients with a built-in scale, then sift them to achieve a fluffy batter before sending them directly into the mixing bowl below.
If there's just one thing that your recipient loves more than baking, it's their pet. For this gift for bakers, all you have to do is send the Etsy seller a photo of their fluffy friend, and they'll turn it into a custom 3-D printed cookie cutter that looks just like Fido or Fifi.
Pop out perfectly portioned cookies with a mess-free dispenser to easily create sweet shapes without a cutter. Its 12 stainless steel pattern disks will seamlessly push out cookies in fun shapes like flowers, butterflies, leaves, and snowflakes, so they're ideal for any holiday or occasion. They're almost too cute to eat.
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For Saffitz Stans
Clarkson Potter What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People by Claire Saffitz
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For Saffitz Stans
Clarkson Potter What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People by Claire Saffitz
Claire Saffitz's first cookbook, Dessert Person, is practically baking canon now. For serious bakers who've just finished baking their way through it, good news, she's back with a follow-up that's sure to be just as much of a smash hit, called What's for Dessert.
Where Dessert Person was a pull-out-all-the-stops crash course in the art of French-influenced pastry, What's for Dessert is written with the beginner baker in mind. It includes 100 fun and streamlined (read: EASY!) recipes, including No-Bake Strawberry Ricotta Cheesecake and Caramel Peanut Popcorn Bars.
Here’s a jewelry gift for bakers that’s a little quirky and unexpected from the usual sugary sweet baubles out there.
This .86-inch high, 3-D printed flat beater necklace is the ultimate “if you know, you know” accessory that'll be sure to get nods of approval from other cooks. It comes as a pair of earrings, too, if that's more their style!
Novelty socks are an easy yet always-appreciated gift idea. This particular pair is covered with the tools of a home cook's domain, including a whisk, spatula, rolling pin, and a cheese (or butter!) grater. Their cozy softness and fun colors help make a day spent on their feet a little more enjoyable.
If they're somehow managing to make five-star cakes from pans that look (and sound) like old tin cans, just imagine how much better their bakes will get when you gift them this beautiful, investment-worthy upgrade.
This 9-inch round cake pan from 360 Cookware is no joke — it's surprisingly hefty, made of thicker-than-average .07 gauge stainless steel. This will help them get even browning without hot spots, and the material will continue to look and feel top-notch even after countless uses.
For creative, one-of-a-kind cookies that look as good as they taste, this engraved rolling pin will stamp out a unique pattern with just a single roll on fresh dough.
While this may seem like a simple gift for bakers, it's extremely useful. This pastry scraper can be used to portion, cut, chop, and scrape dough off of their prep surface.
There are also measurements on the scraper, so they'll always perfectly portion whatever they're working on. Plus, it's super easy to clean because of its stainless steel construction.
Humans have been baking bread for millennia, yet the process can still feel intimidating. If they want to churn out fresh-baked loaves without having to babysit a boule for hours at a time, you need to get them the KBS Large 17-in-1 Bread Machine.
This bread machine can knead and proof dough, bake different types of bread and make yogurt and jam all with this one device. It also has an impressive 15-hour bake timer that allows them to add ingredients first thing in the morning and then enjoy a warm, freshly baked loaf at the dinner table.
Melanie Yates is the senior service editor of Best Products, where she writes and reports pieces pertaining to the etiquette, dilemmas, and how-tos of gift-giving for different occasions. Previously, she was the site's senior home editor, covering all things decor- and bedding-related since 2015. Her digital byline can also be found on Bustle, House Beautiful, and Elle Decor. A longtime classical-music enthusiast, Melanie spends her off-hours enjoying performances big and small across New York City.