Essential Pie-Making Tools You’ll Use Now and Forever

To indulge in a delicious treat any day, get yourself into a hygge mood with your favorite playlist, throw on a stylish apron, and bake up your favorite pie. Want to ensure a smooth pie-making experience? Be sure to arm yourself with the best tools first. From decidedly simple (but no less helpful) instruments, to more high-tech, optional gadgets, all are tested and designed to help you make easy work out of creating that perfectly flaky crust and the Instagram-worthy lattice top that may or may not accompany it.

When it comes to working in the kitchen, proper preparation is half the battle! Below, some of our favorite pie-making tools, many of which will perform double-duty in the kitchen long after your homemade pie has been devoured. A crust-cutter, for example, can be used to cut sheets of fresh pasta, and the serving dishes are nice enough to be used year-round for food presentation. And you’ll wonder how you did without the brushes we found, which can be used for everything from dabbing on a delicate egg wash to slathering barbecue sauce.

A few tools are enormous time savers, as well. The genius lattice cutter we found will give you a perfect diamond-topped pie every time, with no braiding or elaborate folding required. And the tried-and-true Cuisinart is one of the handiest and most versatile tools there is—even the pros swear by it. Combine one or more of these gadgets to make your pie-baking as easy, as, well, you know.

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Clear Mixing Bowls

• Sur La Table, $70

A nested set of durable, chip- and odor-resistant glass bowls saves space and offers up a variety of sizes for all of your cooking and baking needs.

Measuring Spoons

• Crate&Barrel, $15

And in copper! So in right now.

Pastry Blender

• Amazon, $7.49

Cut your butter into your flour to create the perfect pea-sized pieces you keep reading about. A little elbow grease never hurt anyone!

Food Processor

• Amazon, $139

But we won’t judge you AT ALL if you want to speed up the crust-making process with a couple of quick pulses. Hey, Ina does it!

Baking Mat with Measurements

• Amazon, $20

Or make it even simpler for yourself and roll against a pastry mat with measurements right on it until you reach your desired length.

Pastry Brush

• Amazon, $6.97/set of 2

From brushing off excess flour off your crust to basting your Thanksgiving bird, these affordable brushes will find many uses in your kitchen. Make sure you pick up a few in different sizes.

Pastry Cutter

• Sur La Table, $12.95

You think those pretty lattice crusts make themselves? Use this handy double pastry cutter for both smooth-sided and lattice strips (and maybe ravioli, too!).

Lattice Pie Crust Cutter

• Williams Sonoma, $20

We won’t tell if you don’t tell.

Ceramic Pie Weights

• Sur La Table, $14

Don’t be a victim of crust shrinkage. These reusable ceramic weights keep your pastry shape in place and are washable.

Ceramic Pie Plate

• Food52, $78.75

Did this stoneware pie plate make you swoon, too? Almost makes finishing the pie a real treat.