Gifts for Bakers: 7 Handmade Ideas from Etsy Shops

If you're shopping for someone who bakes, look at the steps their dough goes through: mixing, shaping, proofing and rolling. These seven are tools for bread and pastry, plus two for cookies that come out with a picture on top.

Earlywood Wood French Rolling Pin, Tapered 20 Inch

1 A Tapered French Rolling Pin

This 20-inch tapered rolling pin comes in jatoba, maple or a mix of jatoba, ebony and maple. The tapered ends let the baker tilt and turn it to roll pastry evenly.

Best for:

A baker who rolls out pie crust, cookies or pastry by hand.

Why choose this:

Without handles, they feel the dough through their palms and can steer the pin around a round crust.

Good to know:

Choose the wood. Returns are accepted within 21 days.

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FOREST Embossing Rolling Pin, Engraved Cookie Roller

2 An Embossing Rolling Pin with a Forest Pattern

This rolling pin is laser-engraved with a forest of fir trees that presses into cookie dough. It's about 15.8 inches long with a 7.5-inch patterned section, and it comes with three recipes for embossed cookies. The seller finishes it with oil it describes as food grade.

Best for:

A cookie baker who likes their cookies to look as good as they taste.

Why choose this:

One roll over the dough presses a whole forest into it, ready to cut into cookies.

Good to know:

The description says beech, though the title says birch. It ships from Lithuania, so import fees may apply. Returns are accepted within 14 days.

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Walnut 12 Inch Round Whisk, Danish Dough Hook

3 A Walnut Dough Whisk

This 12-inch dough whisk is shaped from black walnut and finished with mineral oil and beeswax. The open loop moves through stiff bread dough without clogging the way a balloon whisk does.

Best for:

A bread baker who mixes dough by hand before the long rise.

Why choose this:

It brings flour and water together quickly in thick doughs that wear out a spoon.

Good to know:

Hand wash only. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

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4 A Walnut Bench Scraper

This solid black walnut bench scraper, about 4 x 7.5 inches, has a flat edge for cutting dough and a hole for hanging.

Best for:

A baker who divides and shapes loaves on the counter.

Why choose this:

It cuts dough into portions, helps shape it and clears the flour off the counter afterward.

Good to know:

Hand wash and oil now and then. Returns are accepted within 14 days.

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Handmade Bread Proofing Cloth, Baker's Couche, Upcycled

5 An Upcycled Baker's Couche

This two-layer proofing cloth, about 25 x 31 inches, is sewn from upcycled fabric. The seller uses mostly cotton, linen and flax, and some pieces may include a little polyester blend.

Best for:

A bread baker who has started on baguettes or long loaves.

Why choose this:

The cloth is pleated between loaves so they hold their shape while they rise.

Good to know:

Each cloth is made from different fabric; a hanging loop is optional. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

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Chef Pastry Dough Rolling Board with Lips - Curly Maple

6 A Curly Maple Pastry Board with Lips

This edge-grain curly maple pastry board is built to order. Lips on opposite sides hook over the counter edge and stop flour going off the back, in sizes from 16 x 16 to 36 x 36 inches.

Best for:

A baker who rolls out dough often and wants one surface for it.

Why choose this:

It stays put while they roll and gives them a dedicated surface for pastry.

Good to know:

Choose the size; it's made to order and takes several weeks. Returns aren't accepted.

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7 A Springerle Cookie Mold with a Summer Pond Scene

This springerle mold, about 4.3 x 3.9 inches, is cast in resin as a replica of a hand-carved wooden mold. The scene shows a frog among cattails and dragonflies with mountains behind. The seller describes the resin as food safe.

Best for:

A baker who makes cookies for the holidays and likes the old traditions.

Why choose this:

Springerle are pressed picture cookies; this mold gives them a detailed scene without the care a wooden mold needs.

Good to know:

It's resin, not wood. It works with springerle, gingerbread, marzipan and fondant. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

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