BAKING TOOLS AND EQUIMENT

Dry measuring cup- it is used to measure the volume of solid cooking ingredients such as flour,
sugar, and others.

Measuring spoons- it is used to measure small quantities of both dry and liquid ingredients.
A set of measuring spoons is ranging from ¼ teaspoon until 1 tablespoon.
Liquid measuring cup- it is used to measure liquid ingredients such as milk and others.

Wooden spoon- used for stirring sauces and for mixing ingredients in cooking.
It is made of wood and has a long handle.
Rubber Spatula- it is used to gently scrapping out the contents of bowls without scratching the
surface; stirring and blending butters and other mixtures; and gently folding mixtures.

Pastry Brush- it is used to spread a glaze or egg wash on the crust or surface of the food.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF BAKING PANS:

Round Baking Pan- it is frequently used in baking cakes, they are often made from aluminum and
result in tender, evenly- baked cake layers.

Rectangular baking pan- a flat, rectangular metal pan placed in an oven and used for baking such
as bread rolls, cookies, sheets cakes, Swiss rolls, and pizzas.
Square Baking Pan- it is ideal for baking brownies, bar cookies, cakes, cobblers, and more.

Loaf Baking Pan- it’s function is to shape bread while it is rising during baking.
Muffin Baking Pan- used for holding batters or mixes while they bake in the oven.
They are usally used in baking muffins and cupcakes.

Sieve or Sifter- it is used to aerate and separate dry ingridients like fluor and others, which will lead to
a lighter and more tender crumb in baked goods.
Pie Baking Pan- it is used in sweet baking pie; the deep depth of the pie pan sides can ensure that
your dish maintains adequate moisture levels and maximizes flavor.

Rolling Pin- used to evenly flatten and shape everything from pie and pastry doughs to cookie and
pasta doughs.
Whisk- used to blend ingredients together quickly or to incorporate air into ingredients such as egg or
heavy cream in order to increase the volume of the mixture.

Pastry Blender- it is usually made of narrow metal strips or wires attached to a handle and is used by
pressing down on the items to be mixed.
Used to cut, shape, or mold pastry.
Electric Eggbeater- it is ideal tool for whipping egg whites and cream into stiff peaks.

Mixing Bowl- used for mixing ingredients or whipping cream using a whisk.

Oven- an enclosed cavity or tunnel where dough or batter is surrounded by a hot environment and
becomes baked and transformed into bread, cookies and other products.
Different types of Shellfish:
Crustaceans- are invertebrate animals of the subphylum crustacea having a hard-shell exoskeleton.

Shrimp- a crustacean with elongated body a primarily swimming mode of locomotion.

Crab- sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large claws on
the front pair.
Lobster- they have long bodies with muscular tails and live in burrows on the sea floor.

Cray Fish- they are freshwater crustaceans; they are like lobsters, but their size is smaller.
Mollusks- are clade of organisms that all have soft bodies which typically have a “head” and a “foot”
region.
Their bodies are covered by a hard exoskeleton.