Best Pie Tools
My favorite tools for pie baking!
I often get asked what tools I use when I bake a pie, and so here they are all in one place!
There’s nothing flashy or expensive, and in fact the biggest price tag on this list is a whopping $13. Mixing bowls and measuring spoons are kind of a given so I haven’t included them here. What you’ll find here instead are more pie-specific tools— like a pastry blender, pie weights, and a rolling pin. Read on to see what I can’t bake without!
See also:
- How to make foolproof flaky pie crust
- The best tips for making perfect pies
- How to blind bake pie crust
- How to make pie crust in the food processor
- How to prep and store pie crust in advance
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Essential pie toolkit
These are the tools I use every time I bake a pie, and that I couldn’t do without!
Pastry Blender, $10.99
A pastry blender is an absolute must when it comes to making homemade pie crust, and you’ll find it’s useful for plenty of other baking recipes too.
Rolling Pin, $13.00
Feel free to use whatever rolling pin you have that works best for you, but I love my french-style rolling pin. It has tapered ends that make it easy to grasp, giving me more control for even rolling.
Bench Scraper, $9.99
A bench scraper is super handy to have while you’re rolling out pie crust, plus it makes cleanup afterwards a breeze!
Pie Dish, $7.07
I use a variety of pie dishes— ceramic, glass, and metal; deep-dish and traditional. This is my favorite all-purpose pie dish. It’s the standard 9 inches in diameter (which works for almost all pie recipes), has a flat edge, and I love that the glass means I can see through to the crust.
Additional pie tools
These tools aren’t necessary, but can be very helpful!
Pie Weights, $5.99
You can get away with dried beans or rice, but a set of ceramic pie weights will last you forever. They transfer heat evenly and are easy to clean and store.
Pie Shield, $7.99
I usually cheat and just use foil, but a ceramic pie shield does a better job and it cuts down on waste.
Baking mat with measurements,$9.71
Take the guess work out of rolling out pie crust and other pastries! Plus this mat also has temperature, weight, and measurement conversion charts right at your fingertips.
Pastry Wheel, $4.64
Perfect for slicing crust strips for a lattice or other decoration. A 2-in-1 double wheel means you can choose either straight or scalloped edges.
Pastry Brush, $8.99
I didn’t put this on the must-haves because you can get away without it, but I brush every pie I bake with an egg wash before baking. It makes all the difference in presentation!
Giveaway!
I am so excited to give away every single one of the above tools to one lucky reader. This is in no way sponsored, just a little something from me to you. Because I love baking pies! And I want to share the love. So enter using the widget below, and GOOD LUCK! Update: this giveaway is now closed.
218 Comments on “Best Pie Tools”
My mother and aunt were the perfect pie makers. I, on the other hand, am not. Maybe if I had the correct pie making tools I could become a good making pie person and then it be a good old fashioned apple pie I would perfect.
My favorite Thanksgiving pie is between Pumpkin Pie and Sweet Potato Pie. So sometimes I just make both. I mean there’s no such thing as too much pie, now is there?
I like to make a huge deep dish apple pie.
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin pie is my favorite pie to bake for Thanksgiving!
I have made a maple pumpkin pie for a couple years that is pretty good. I want to make more apple and pear pies though!
I love making maple pumpkin pie! I would love to make more apple and pear pies though! (sorry if this is a duplicate post, the site crashed when I sent my first one!)
It’s so hard to choose just one favorite! I’m the Pie “queen” in our family, often making three or four for the holiday meals. My favorite would have to be apple, because it’s pretty foolproof and you can make it look oh-so pretty 🙂
I love pumpkin pie. It’s classic and always delicious!
Salted caramel bourbon pecan pie is my absolute favorite, although you only need a tiny sliver!
I love baking pies with my mom. My favorite to help her bake is pecan pie.
We make a cranberry pie with fresh cream every holiday season and it’s our favorite! So good!
We make a cranberry holiday pie with fresh cream every holiday season and it’s our favorite! So good!
pecan pie is my favorite
My favorite pie to bake is an ALL THE BERRIES pie chock full of every kind of berry you can stuff in there.
i always make a chocolate chess pie!
Coconut cream—not traditional but delicious!
I enjoy making apple pie for Thanksgiving dessert.
I like to make apple pies for Thanksgiving.
Sorry. I thought the first comment didn’t go through.
My favorite is homemade apple pie!
I make apple and pecan pies for Thanksgiving. I like to give a choice to my family. Most times though, they want both!
I’ve always wanted to try pie weights!
Sour Cream Lemon is my favorite, along with a classic pumpkin.
Pecan pie – make it every year!
cranberry apple
I love to bake & treat my family. Love pie baking especially
Pumpkin pie is my favorite pie to bake for Thanksgiving.
Love apple pies.
Chocolate pecan for me.
Chocolate pecan or deep-dish cherry pied for me.
It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without Pumpkin, Pecan and Sweet Potato Pies.
Pecan pie, pumpkin pie, even mince meat
I love a big apple pie–any time of year!
My favorite pie to bake is pumpkin!
Apple pie is my favorite to bake for Thanksgiving! Yum!
Apple pie is definitely my favorite to bake on Thanksgiving! Yummm!
I love making chocolate pecan pie – it’s a little different from the typical pumpkin, but still feels like it’s a holiday pie. As for the pumpkin – I like putting that in a cheesecake!
I love to bake Pumpkin ? for Thanksgiving.
I found a recipe a couple years ago for Cranberry Orange Pie, that’s a new favorite.
This will be my first pie. I need all the help! 🙂
I generally like making cream pies, but this time of year I like sweet potato.
Big shock…..pumpkin.
I love Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving!
For the past two years I’ve been baking your Dutch apple pie recipe, and it’s a huge hit every single time! Between that and my mom’s recipe for sweet potato pie, I’d say those are my two favorites 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
For the past two years I’ve made your Dutch apple pie recipe and it’s always a huge hit! 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
Pumpkin is always a must.
My family always requests black raspberry (but I love all pies!)
Pumpkin pecan pie
There are 4 of us at Thanksgiving and at LEAST three pies – pumpkin, apple and pecan or chocolate pecan. Love to make pies!
I️ love blackberry and peach pies in summer. Thanksgiving and Christmas are the season for pecan pumpkin and sweet potato! I’d love the kit and pie weights!
I like making Pecan Pie for Thanksgiving. Strangely enough, its also the pie I love to eat at Thanksgiving!
Apple pie and a good bourbon-laced pumpkin is always of the menu.
In the fall, I love to make pecan pies the most.
My favorite pie to make for Thanksgiving is Apple Pie! Thank you for offering the giveaway!
I love most pies, but pecan and coconut cream are my favorites. Lately, I have been more interested in baking pies, instead of cakes and cookies all the time.
Apple Pie
My family loves Cherry and apple pie. And of course the pumpkin pie!
This set will come in handy for the holiday pie baking season! Thanks for the chance to win it! ☺
Sweet Potato
Love making pie!! I need to perfect making my oies pretty!
Love making pies!! I need to perfect making my pies pretty!
I’m making an apple cranberry pie.
I’d love more pie practice and these tools would be such a huge help. I love fruit pies- especially apple for Thanksgiving and blackberry in the summer.
My favorite holiday pie is Pecan.s
My favorite holiday pie is Pecan
Cranberry apple! But my kids would say pumpkin.
Pecan pie!!
Chocolate Pecan Pie, most definitely!!
Pumpkin
Pumpkin pie.
Pecan
I love a classic apple pie for Thanksgiving.
Butterscotch Pie is the family favourite of 4 generations! My teen daughter has asked me to help her make the next butterscotch pie 🙂
My custard pumpkin pies! Yum! Also the best pecan cream pie!
My favorite to make (and eat) would definitely be pecan pie!
Love making apple pie with a lot of cinnamon and whipped cream on top! Yum
I love chocolate pecan pie.
Pie…. yuuum!
Pie… yum!
I love to bake a Sweet Potato Pie for my family for Thanksgiving!
I like to bake my family a Sweet Potato Pie for Thanksgiving.
My favorite pie to bake for Thanksgiving is Sweet Potato.
My favorite pie to bake for Thanksgiving is Sweet Potato.
I am super new to pie baking and am ready to take it up a notch with baking my own crust (Ive become obsessed with learning about beautiful crusts after seeing so many beautiful pies on Instagram) so, so far my favorite pie to bake on Thanksgiving is a classic Apple Pie!
Double Layer Pumpkin Pie and Old Fashioned Apple Pie, my family love these two pies I make. That they tell me every year if I want to try another one “No” it’s a tradition. So with the perfect pie tools I can make pies year round instead of just holidays. I do love pies but those crusts are a challenge, but I am up for it saw a lot of great sounding recipes just haven’t gotten around to try them all yet. Really do have to have pie weights and I have obtained those yet and the bean method not so sure about the first few times it wouldn’t have that flavor.
I’m traditional so I like to make pumpkin pies or as a southern gal pecan pie. Yum!
I’m traditional, so I bake pumpkin pies or as a southern gal pecan pie. Yum!
I’m excited to try and make my first pie this year!
Believe it or not, I do not care for pumpkin pie. I think it’s a texture thing. I prefer to make Dutch apple pie. It’s much more satisfying to me, and my family members love my recipe.
I love pumpkin pie! And, really, this time of year I make tons of pumpkin things, bread, bars, soup, chili, etc (but NO pumpkin in my coffee, that’s not right).
I love apple pies and trying fun various with it like adding cardamom or some quince!
Our favorite is black bottom pie.
My dear friend Nancy (Who is no longer with us) used to get one every year at Thanksgiving for she and I.
We were the only ones that ate it, so it was “Our thing” LoL. I make the pie, and share it with my husband he is the only other person in the family that likes it so I have someone to share it with, and remember someone special. That’s what the holidays are about.
Love you website! I like making sweet potato pie!
I like caramel apple walnut for thanskgiving.
I like caramel apple walnut for Thanksgiving
Cherry pie for me ?
I just like to make a good apple pie any time of year!
Pie has always been my favorite dessert to make and eat! Thanks for the giveaway!
Mine too!
I like making key lime pies for Thanksgiving.
I like making key lime pies for Thanksgiving usually
Chocolate Pecan!! These tools look fabulous!
I always make a pumpkin pie and an apple pie.
I usually make a pumpkin pie and an apple pie.
Pumpkin Pie is my favorite pie to bake during the Thanksgiving holiday
My husband loves Pecan Pie so that’s usually my go to!
My husband’s favorite is Pecan Pie, so that’s usually my go to!
OO wow I think I only own 2 of these things …. Pecan pie is to dye for …..yummm
I love to bake pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving!! I use fresh pumpkin and my mom’s pie crust recipe! Delicious!!
I love to make pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving!
I love to make pumpkin or apple pies and do the fancy little borders using my acorn or maple leaf cookie cutters to spruce up the ring around the crust. I enjoy the time it takes to sit and ponder what I am thankful as I cut them all out.
My fave pie to bake is Apple with a crumble topping!
My favorite is sweet potato.
I’m wanting a gluten free crust option…possible??? Thanks for anyone who knows!!!
I love all pie (and desserts) but a classic apple pie with vanilla ice cream always hits the spot!
I love pumpkin pie! I make it whenever I get a craving for it, even in the summertime.
I love pecan pie!
I love making pumpkin pie with my great grandmas recipe!
My favorite is cranberry, pecan and white chocolate. I think I got the recipe from a Pillsbury Cookbook years ago.
I love pecan pie but it’s always harder to make than pumpkin pie!
I love to make pumpkin pie for the holidays
I used to make a chocolate pumpkin pie, but last year we had sweet potato pie for the first time and LOVED it!
We love making sweet potato pie
Pumpkin pie
I love a good apple pie!
My favorite is pecan pie with a little bit of dark chocolate chips!
Pecan pie
You just cannot beat a homemade pumpkin pie for the holidays! With nice cold whip cream on top.
You cannot beat a homemade pumpkin pie for the holidays, especially with some whip cream on top!
Definitely peppermint crunch pie.
Cranberry apple pie!
I like to bake pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving but I also like to search the web to find new recipes to bring something different as well.
I like to bake pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving but I also like to search the web for different recipes to bring something new as well.
Favorite pie to bake for Thanksgiving is Pumpkin.
Pumpkin pie always wins around the holidays. Desserts are my favorite to make!
My favorite pie is apple for Thanksgiving.
I like to bake a sour cream apple pie for Thanksgiving.
Organic pumpkin pie.
Organic pumpkin pie is my favorite.
A pecan pie is a must for Thanksgiving, along with a pumpkin pie, of course!
A pecan pie is our favorite for Thanksgiving.
I love to make caramel apple pie!
I always bake pumpkin pie for thanksgiving every year.
I make my Great Grandma’s recipe for pumpkin pie. The BEST EVER!
Oh my favorite to make is Pumpkin Pie!
Favorite is apple pie.
We always make an apple and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving…my favorite is always the apple!
Pumpkin pie is my favorite to bake.
I love making an apple pie.
I love pumpkin pie.
Always pecan. It’s my favorite!
My favorite pie to bake for Thanksgiving is apple pie. I would love to attempt pecan pie! It tastes so good! Another pie I would love to attempt making is coconut cream pie. I am new to baking so I’ve only made apple and peach pies! Thanks for the giveaway chance!
Love cherry pie!
Last year was our first year baking homemade pies…and my favorite was making the apple pie!
favorite pie is dutch apple pie
I love cherry pie.
cherry pie is my all time favorite
My favorite pie to bake at Thanksgiving is an apple pie, I love the smell of a freshly baked apple pie and it tastes delish warm with vanilla ice cream on top!
I love pies so it is so hard to choose! Pumpkin is by far my favorite seasonal pie. But a thimbleberry (a local fruit) is amazing as well. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
Sorry if this is a duplicate, I got an error message on my last message. My favorite seasonal pie is pumpkin, but I also love Thimbleberry (a local berry up here) pie. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
I’m actually not a huge fruit pie fan, so I like baking either pecan pie or chocolate cream pie!
I always love baking chocolate pecan pies.
An apple cheesecake pie
I love a good cherry pie
I am not very good at baking pies myself. My husband likes pumpkin pie so that would be the one I would have to make during the holidays.
I do love Pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.
I love pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving
I love fresh peach pie in the summer!
I just made my first ever homemade crust over the weekend! My favorite thing to use crust for is a quiche! Your quiche recipe is always my go to!
Pumpkin pie is my favorite pie to bake for Thanksgiving.
pumpkin pie is a must love to bake this
I always make a chocolate pudding pie. It is my family’s favorite.
I have never made a pie. Oops! Bucket list?
Pumpkin chiffon pie!
My favorite pie for Thanksgiving is pumpkin.
I am truly torn between peach and pumpkin pies. I love making both of them and love them both equally.
I am truly torn between peach and pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving. I guess if I really have to pick, I would have to say peach.
I could really use this pie tool kit! Thanks for the chance. ?
I am missing so many things this is a great prize ….
Yum! Can’t wait to make pumpkin and caramel apple pie!
My favorite to make is lemon meringue pie.
My favorite pie to make for Thanksgiving dinner is Mincemeat.
Pumpkin pie, same as every other day of the year!
Thanksgiving means Pumpkin Pie time at this house! Yum!
I love making banana pie or blueberry pie!
I love making apple pie with my family! 😀
I love French Silk pie.
Apple PIE IS MY GO TO
I love baking apple pie!! Yum!
I love making apple pie!
I love baking sugar cream pie
I can’t narrow it down to just one!! But for this Thanksgiving I’m baking an eggnog custard pie – created the recipe last winter & eager to make it again!
I love peach pie, my favorite to make and eat.
Pumpkin pie, of course!
well we HAVE to have the traditional pumpkin, but it’s not my favorite to bake. Probably caramel apple pie is my favorite one to make. But lots get made for Thanksgiving to make sure that there is a pie that everyone likes. 😉 This year there will be pumpkin, caramel apple, rhubarb, lemon, chocolate & plain apple.
Chocolate- yum, thank you
Caramel apple is probably my favorite one to make. But there will be several for Thanksgiving to satisfy everyone’s taste. Rhubarb for my husband, pumpkin for my daughter, lemon for my brother in law, plain apple for my father in law, chocolate for the kids.
I love to make Apple pie.
My favorite pie to make is a Cinnamon Apple Pie.
My favorite pie to make is a Cinnamon Apple Pie served with French Vanilla ice cream.
I love to bake my Great-Grandmother’s pumpkin pie.
We are a little unconventional, as a Florida native, my favorite pie to make is key lime. Yum! Happy Thanksgiving.
I am a Florida native so my pick is unconventional….I love to make a key lime pie. Happy Thanksgiving!
My favorite pie is pumpkin and served with lots of whipped cream, thanks!
I love banana foster pie! usually end up with pumpkin, but regret not making banana every year.
I have always baked an apple pie since my family loves it but I’m really thinking about baking a berry our tbis time around.
Pumpkin pie is my favorite.
I like Apple pie
Classic pumpkin pie!
I love pumpkin pie! My sister and my mom are the bakers in the family. My sister would love all these pie tools. There’s always pumpkin and apple pies at our Thanksgiving table. We have so much to be thankful for including the yummy pies. Thank you for the chance ☺
Pumpkin pie is my fave. I hope this comment posts. My other comment said it didn’t go through. Thank you for the chance ☺
i like to make a chocolate cream pie or apple crisp
For me it has to be apple pie. I make so many of them as I get request. I started cheating with the crust until last year when I found a great butter crust.
This could be a duplicate I got a error message on my last post…
I love making apple pie. I make so many of them as I get requests.
pumpkin
I love a nice hot baked pecan pie.
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