To be an extraordinary baker like YumSugar [1], not only do you need skills, patience, and time to practice, but you need the necessary tools as well!

As I was looking through the Yum Market [2] on TeamSugar, I noticed that you've saved a lot of the essential basics. Now is a good time to take a look through your cabinets and pantry to make sure you have plenty of sugar, flour, and baking soda for the upcoming holiday baking.

Also check for the important equipment: kitchen timers, mixing bowls, cookie sheets, measuring cups and spoons. If you are more advanced, you may want to get some of the special extras highlighted below. A cake decorating gadget, pie caddy, springform pan, and cake stand are all fabulous to have, but not 100% crucial.

I plan on adding this cute little individual pie slice pan [3] to my growing collection of baking tools. Found by ljc_sugar [4], this will be wonderful for pies, puddings, soufflés, mini cakes, and much more.

To learn more about the bookmarking feature of TeamSugar please read GeekSugar's explanation [5].