25 Essential Baking Ingredients

Baking is based on sugar, flour, butter and eggs. With these basic ingredients, the baking possibilities are endless: think crusty breads and delicate French pastries, to simple three-ingredient pie crusts. From shelf-stable dry ingredients to refrigerated spares, these are the essentials for a basic bakery.

Room Temperature Items:

• All-purpose Flour
• Granulated Sugar
• Powdered Sugar/Confectioners’ Sugar
• Golden Brown Sugar
• Baking Soda
• Baking Powder
• Kosher Salt
• Active Dry Yeast
• Cornstarch
• Vegetable Oil
• Light Corn Syrup
• Vanilla Extract
• Cocoa Powder
• Cream of Tartar
• Honey
• Oats
• Chocolate Chips: Dark, Milk, and White Chocolates
• Spices: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Allspice, Cardamom, Ginger 
• Dried Fruits: Raisins, Apricots, Cherries
• Nuts: Almonds, Pecans, Peanuts, Macadamia Nuts

Refrigerated Items:

• Eggs
• Whole Milk
• Buttermilk
• Unsalted Butter
• Full-fat Plain Yogurt