Baking Tools for Kids: Mixer, Sifter, Spatula and Baking Sheet

Seven tools for baking cookies and cakes: the mixer for beating batter, the sifter for lumps in the flour, the spatula for scraping the bowl and lifting cookies, the scoop for even portions, the pastry brush for egg wash, the cake pan and the baking sheet.

Spatula, at seven letters, is the longest word and reads normally across, like sifter. Mixer and scoop read backwards.

Baking Utensils Vocabulary: 7 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down; 3 of the 7 read backwards. The longest word is Spatula, with 7 letters.

Brush: A pastry brush, for spreading egg wash or melted butter on dough.
Mixer: An electric machine with beaters for mixing batter and whipping cream.
Pan: A cake pan or baking pan, the metal container batter is baked in.
Scoop: A scoop for ice cream or cookie dough, which makes even portions.
Sheet: A baking sheet, a flat metal tray for cookies.
Sifter: A mesh tool that breaks up lumps in flour and powdered sugar.
Spatula: A rubber spatula for scraping batter from the bowl, or a metal one for lifting cookies.

How to Solve the Baking Utensils Word Search

"Mixer" has the only X and reads backwards; so does "scoop", with its double O. "Spatula" is the longest word and the only one with an L. "Pan", just three letters, is the last to find.

Baking Activities for Kids

Bake simple cookies and tick off each tool as you use it.
Ask children which tool they would use for each step of a recipe.
Set up a pretend bakery with the tools from the list.