Oxo Precision Scale with Timer You cannot bake without this. Your days of mea- suring bread flour with a measuring cup are over. We promise you will like it.

Stainless Steel Bench Scraper Count on this multitasking tool to quickly scrape flour and leftover bits of dough from work surfac- es. It’s also ideal for lifting and turning yeast dough – or use it to divide dough into neat sections for loaves and rolls. Measurement markings make it easy to gauge portions at a glance.

Large Quart Mixing Bowl There are a lot of opinions on whether you should use a metal bowl in bread baking, I have had no problems thus far. Use what you like, just make sure its large.

Proofing Basket No, you do not cook your bread in these baskets. They are just for the final proof to help keep the dough perfectly shaped. You can get boules (round) or batards (oval) depending on what you prefer.

Le Creuset 6 3/4 Qt Oval Dutch Oven If you don’t have one of these, run, don’t walk to the store! A dutch oven is the best cooking multi- tasker out there. They’re quite an investment, but they will last you a lifetime. Definitely the most used piece of cookware in our kitchen. Meat Thermometer You should have one of these anyway, but I like to use it to keep an eye on the dough temperature throughout the whole process.

Bread Lame Scoring your bread loaves with a sharp knife is hard, make your life easier is a lame.

Bread Flour Whole Wheat Flour For flour, we like to use Central Milling Company. They have some incredible four for any type of baking. This recipe use both bread flour and whole wheat.

Proofing Covers You could also use clean, plastic garbage sacks, or dry cleaning bags. But if you want a reliable op- tions every time, buy these.