Gift Guide: 38+ Creative Gifts for Bakers

While we love our KitchenAid mixers, we don’t love the beater that comes with them. This rubber beater means you’ll spend less time stopping to scrape down the edges of the bowl. Who doesn’t love a time saver?

The metal bowls that come with most KitchenAid stand mixers are fine, but we love this upgrade because it is heavy, sturdy, and allows you to see whether everything is thoroughly mixed.

The gold-standard of instant-read thermometers! We’ve had the same Thermapen in the Wholefully kitchen for almost a decade, and it’s helped us make hundreds of batches of yogurt.

Freshly ground spices lend much more complex and interesting flavors to baked goods than the stuff in the pre-ground shakers. We particularly like this one because it works as both a grater and whole spice storage container.

Handleless, tapered rolling pins give you more control and maneuverability, and will have you looking like a pro.

(No longer available.) Not only is a marble rolling pin beautiful, but it can help keep your pastry dough cold as you roll it out. Give this to the baker who loves to make their own breakfast pastries or puff pastry.

A beautiful wooden bench knife is much sturdier and definitely more aesthetically pleasing than the cheap plastic kind!

Every cook needs a set of good quality silicone baking mats. They turn any baking sheet into non-stick, and they make cleanup a breeze!

If your baker friends aren’t already on the “make all the sourdough bread” train but want to be, this set makes getting started easy! With a live sourdough starter and a sturdy stoneware crock, they’ll be off and baking in no time.

No need to zest an orange or squeeze a lemon to add the flavor to baked goods! These citrus oils pack a zesty punch in a small package. Plus, they are packaged in adorable tiny bottles.

These natural food colors make beautiful pastel tints for your favorite treats! And they come in a sweet metal storage tin.

We love the work that Diaspora Co. is doing to decolonize the spice industry, and their fresh spices are so incredibly flavorful!

With ink made out of gel food coloring, these food decorating pens are a great gift for the baker in your life who loves creating intricately decorated cookies and cakes.

We loved every honey we tried from the small, Black-owned company. The ginger honey was a particular favorite among everyone who tasted it!

Beautiful sprinkles in a medley of colors and shapes are such a fun stocking stuffer. We also recommend combining them with some of the other fun ingredients on this list for a themed gift basket.

Every baker needs a kitchen scale, and if your favorite baker doesn’t have one, this is a winner in our books. It’s small enough to fit in any kitchen, but flexible enough to work with any recipe.

Having freshly baked cookies on demand just got easier. Freeze your cookie dough in this divided tray, and you’ll have perfectly sized cookies to bake later!

Custom cookie cutters make for fun sweet treats. These 3D printed cutters are customized to look like your baker’s favorite furry friend.

Intricate piping tips like the ones in this set make beautiful frosting flowers and leaves in a snap. Expert dessert decorators will love the time-saving aspect, while novices will appreciate the ease of use.

This book truly lives up to its name—it’s an absolute treasure chest of classic southern baking recipes. The recipes are honed from generations of Southern bakers, and they are written in a way to help you bake a successful dish, but also teach you how to become an overall better baker.

This classic tome is a must-have for every home cook’s shelf, covering the hows and whys of every type of baking. Gift this one to the baker who wants to understand why certain recipes work (and why others don’t) so that they can come up with their own creations.

This is a sourdough cookbook for folks who are intimidated by sourdough! It’s packed with beginner’s tips, interesting recipes, and a relaxed attitude that is really comforting for the new baker.

A storybook and a children’s cookbook in one neat book, Pie for Breakfast will have the kids itching to get in the kitchen to try something new with you.

Christina Tosi’s latest offering is all about the younger set, with creative desserts (Apple Pie Waffles! Tropical Mermaid Muffins!) paired with kid-friendly kitchen lessons. Give this one to the kid who is itching to get into the kitchen and bake their own treats.

With each page divided into thirds (the top section is toppings, the middle is ice cream flavors, and the bottom has cookie and crust bases), you can mix and match these ice cream recipes into thousands of delicious sundae combinations. And you don’t need an ice cream maker for these recipes, either (though you could absolutely use one if you wanted)!

The debut cookbook from fellow blogger Jocelyn Delk Adams is full of family history and over 50 colorful, flavorful cake recipes inspired by her family. With recipes like Cinnamon Roll Pound Cake and Key Lime Pie Cake, there’s a new twist on an old favorite for everyone.

None of the recipes in this cookbook are particularly complex—instead, they are homey, from-scratch desserts that each come with a story of their Midwestern roots. Gift this one to the baker in your life who grew up in the heartland and has a nostalgia for their childhood favorites.

With over 650 recipes, this cookbook serves as an excellent resource for making all kinds of desserts. Each recipe is labeled by its level of complexity, and both newbies and experts will have lots of variety to choose from.

Vintage silver gets a modern update when metal stamped with phrases like “Baking the World a Better Place.”

(No longer available.) If you’ve ever tried to drive to Thanksgiving dinner with a pie wedged in the floorboards of your car, you know why a pie box is a MUST have. It keeps a pie perfectly safe while in transit!

This thick, sturdy apron has a minimalist look and holds up well to any cooking messes.

This is definitely the cutest way to wash fruit before making pie, cakes, or bars.

This enamel pin is a great stocking stuffer for your favorite bread baker.

This one’s for the chocolate lovers! This delicate necklace shows the molecular structure for theobromine, which is found in chocolate.

(No longer available.) Show your favorite pie baker some love with a cheeky “Nobody Likes a Soggy Bottom” enamel pin.