As a cookbook author, I’ve purchased, gifted, and received many (MANY!) baking items around the holiday season. And I’m always thrilled to recommend my favorites to fellow home bakers. This baking holiday gift guide is a great place to start if you’re shopping for someone who loves to bake, or if you’re simply adding items to your own baking wish list!
Baking Holiday Gift Guide
Gifting something thoughtful to another baker, especially around the holiday season, is a wonderful way to spread (delicious!) joy. My team and I curate a new baking holiday gift guide every year, packed with special items from fellow small businesses, and general baking items from online retailers.
Here are 100+ gift ideas for the baker in your life… or if you’re doing some personal shopping. 🙂
Plus, I also have our non-holiday gifts for bakers page if you need even more inspiration.
All of these baking gifts are items I own or are products I see with wonderful reviews. None of this is sponsored—truly just items I love! Many of these links are affiliate links.
Baking Gifts From Small Business/Individual Shops
There are many unique and personalized gift ideas in this giant section. I broke this section into 3 subcategories for easier browsing including Wall Art, Personal Accessories, and Kitchen/Home.
Sally’s Baking Recipes Shirts
Sally’s Baking Recipes Shirts – My shirt shop is now open! They come in tons of colors, several different styles, and 4 different designs. The “Cookie Crew” shirts would be so cute for a cookie decorating day. Kids sizes are available, too.
Official Sally’s Baking Recipes Shirts
Sally’s Baking Recipes T-Shirt
Sally’s Baking Recipes T-Shirt
Cookie Crew T-Shirt
Cookie Crew T-Shirt
Official Taste Tester T-Shirt
Official Taste Tester T-Shirt
Sally’s Baking Recipes Long Sleeve T-Shirt
Official Taste Tester Long Sleeve T-Shirt
Personal Accessories
Beautiful Wall Art
For the Kitchen & Home
Curated List of Thoughtful Baking Sets
We threw together some various items that, together, make a thoughtful and complete set!
- Cookie Baking Set – Start with these baking sheets. They’re durable, don’t warp, and cool quickly. Pair with parchment paper sheets or a baking mat, cookie scoops, and a cooling rack for a complete gift. (I love using this lasagna turner as a cookie spatula, too!)
- Bread Baking Set – Gift some fun bread-baking companions like a bread lame, Le Creuset cast iron bread baker, and Flour Water Salt Yeast cookbook, and/or a linen bread bag.
- Cake Decorating Set – Start with the best round cake pans, either these 9-inch cake pans or these 8-inch cake pans. Add a cake turntable (because cake decorating is so much easier with a turntable!), this bench scraper for smoothing icing, this icing comb for textured icing, and/or these icing spatulas.
- 12-Piece Piping Tips Set – This piping tips set includes some of the most common decorating tips (including Wilton 1M) for cakes and cupcakes, plus it includes piping bags. To complete this entire gift, add a mint cake stand and these fun spatulas. (I have them!)
- Pie Baking Set – Start with a quality pie dish (it’s my go-to, favorite one). Complete the gift with a pastry cutter, pie weights, pastry brush, and a pie crust shield.
- Baking Pan Set – Second to baking sheets, a 9×13-inch pan is the most common and practical pan to own because it’s useful for sheet cakes, bars, brownies, and more. Add a loaf pan, springform pan, and 9×9-inch pan to complete the set.
- Cake Decorating Supplies Set – I don’t own this, but it seems to have everything included! What a wonderful gift for beginner cake decorators.
General Baking Supplies
Specialty Baking
Carriers, Cake Stands, & Serveware
Home, Games, & Personal Accessories
Gift Ideas for Young Bakers
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I am interested in trying to make sourdough bread, creating my own starter. Are there any suggestions you can give regarding the type of canister or crock I should use? And are there any starter recipes that you would recommend? Thank you. I truly enjoy your recipes and willingness to teach the novice homecook how to improve the baked results.
Hi, We do not have any experience baking with sourdough starter, so we’re unsure what canister you should use!
Seriously — can’t resist reading your upbeat attitudes & best instructions ever!!
I am a subscriber, and I received the first email announcing your new t shirts n early November. I lost that email, but I think you offered a discount to subscribers until the end of November. I’d really like to give some shirts as gifts. Can you resend the original email or send me the code? Thank you!
Hi Jessica, use code SALLY20. Bella Bean Studios (the business I am using to print and sell the shirts) accepts that code until Nov. 30.
Thanks so much for your help!
I love these ideas. Whenever my family asks for a wish list, all I do is send them this link.
Great ideas. I’m putting one your shirts on my wish list. I saw the size chart, but just for reference, what size are you wearing in photo above? Also are the shirts 100% cotton and did they shrink for you?
Hi Amy! The shirts are 100% cotton; I find they slightly shrink, but not much. I’m wearing Women’s Small. I also like the unisex sizes for a little more comfy room.
Thank you very much!
My cousin’s daughter, who will be 13 next year, loves baking. what would you suggest as a gift?
Hi Darlene, how about one of the baking sets under “Curated List of Thoughtful Baking Sets”? Any of those would be a great gift for a baker looking to build up their baking pans and tools. Otherwise, an apron is always a fantastic option!
I love that so many of these are from Etsy!! A great list. Thank you!
Hello Sally,
Could you recommend a highly rated bench scraper? I didn’t see that in your list.
Thank you!!
Hi Peggy! I own a couple bench scraper and my favorite is by the brand OXO. (I love most of their kitchen tools.) Here it is on Amazon, but I think you can purchase it at many kitchen retailers: https://www.amazon.com/OXO-Multi-purpose-Stainless-Scraper-Chopper/dp/B00004OCNJ
I am looking at the reviews on Amazon for the USA Baking sheet you recommended. Many said it warped, became discolored and/or the coating pealed off. Have you had any problem with any of these?
Thank you
Diane
Hi Diane, I’m just seeing your comment/question now so my apologies for the delay. I’ve never had my USA Pans warp before but they can become discolored and peel coating if they’re put in the dishwasher. (Hand wash is recommended.) I also really like Nordic Ware half sheet pans, also linked above.
As always, a wonderful list of so many options for gifts! I also love that it came out on my birthday. Guess I’ll have to share this with my husband.
Thanks Sally!
So perfect 🙂 Happy belated birthday, Amy!
What a fantastic list! As a follower from Canada I am grateful that many of these things can be found on amazon.ca. I am also beyond excited to see you recommending this sprinkle company – Sweetapolita! They are a Canadian company and their sprinkles are phenomenal. I have a professional baker friend in my life and these are the sprinkles she almost exclusively uses. I also can attest to the fact that I have eaten numerous baked items [more than I am willing to confess to!] From several bakeries [that I don’t know the owners of] who also exclusively use the sprinkles and I can personally attest to the fact that not only are they gorgeous but they also taste good. That can be a hard combination to find! Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving!
They’re my favorite! So many fun colors and designs. Thanks for reading this gift list, Julia!
Thank you so much for your generosity… as always you are always a blessing to us home bakers… thank you for the ideas and continue to inspire us! God bless u always
Thanks so much for the kind note, Zeny – I appreciate your readership!
Wonderful ideas–thank you!
This looks awesome! I may add four of them to my wishlist! Thank you Sally! Again.
I may or may not have forwarded this post to my husband so quickly I ripped a hole in the space-time continuum.
According to his family, I’m really hard to shop for. I don’t think I am, but now he has a list to give them! He just has to, you know, remove the things that I already have 😉
Thank you for the detailed gift guide that you have graciously provided. So many great and useful ideas! Thank you so much!!
I am so glad you posted this! I just made a mental note yesterday to do a search on your site for baker must haves for my stocking ;). Particularly, I have been trying to function without owning cookie scoops for years and this Christmas that needs to change lol. I feel like most of your recipes that I frequent use the 1.5 size so I’m going to start there! Happy holidays! P.S. I am never going to enjoy pumpkin anything without homemade salted caramel drizzle again now lol. P.P.S. I have your Great Pumpkin Pie, No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake and Best Pumpkin Cake Ever all prepared for tomorrow… and that’s only for a family of 5 (2 adults and 3 littles). Thinking of skipping the meal altogether and just having dessert haha. Thank you so much for helping me make holidays festive, fun and delicious for my loved ones! My family totally thinks I am a baking legend because of SBA. Thankful for you! I am such a fan girl, happy Thanksgiving Sally! 🙂
Thank you so much for the kind and thoughtful note, Janel! Sounds like you have a delicious Thanksgiving ahead of you 🙂 Have a wonderful holiday!
Just another reason I follow you… not only do you provide useful tools and gifts, but you include the links and you even promote other chefs cookbooks! You’re so humble! Thanks for always providing great recipes and excellent content! Happy Thanksgiving!