When I whip cream, pour batter, or mix dough, I'm intent on getting every last bit out of the mixing bowl and into my dessert. Baking is all about precision, after all, and if can't effectively scrape the bowl clean…that just doesn't feel precise. Sure, a bit of leftover batter has never ruined a recipe, but it's annoying to feel inefficient. When I scrub brownie batter out of a bowl, I can't help but think, I could have baked that! And if I've gone to the trouble of weighing ingredients to the gram, do you really expect me to immediately forgo the diligence and say, Eh, I got enough out of this bowl, I'm good?
A rubber spatula helps, sure, but getting everything out of a bowl still feels tedious when I use one. Most of the time I feel like I'm paying baking taxes. Like I'm forfeiting a quarter cup or more to subterranean bean counters—or, I guess, batter counters—living in my sink drain.
Thankfully, Epi contributor Clarice Lam, a professional baker, introduced me to the joys of a bowl scraper, which is perfectly designed for getting every last bit of batter out of your bowl and into your pan. Read more about why we love them (and find a few favorite baking tools linked) below.
—Wilder Davies
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