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    Best Baking Spatulas

    We evaluated five spatulas and spoonulas from brands like Gir and All-Clad. Chocolate chip cookie dough: You’ve met your match.

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    Five spatulas with a plate of cookies
    CR's evaluation included five spatulas and spoonulas. We made cookies, pudding, omelets, and cooked ground turkey to find the best among them.
    Photo: Lisa Fogarty/Consumer Reports

    I’m not a baker, but I am an enthusiastic dough dabbler. Both kitchen amateurs and pros know that a tool can make the baking experience a pleasure or a chore. For us dabblers, a quality spatula can mean the difference between churning out cookies that keep them coming back for more and cookies that make them run for the hills.

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    When we set out to evaluate spatulas from best-selling brands like Gir and All-Clad, we realized quickly that “spatula” and “spoonula” are used interchangeably by some brands. Spatulas have an angled tip that is slightly flexible and ideal for mixing heavier doughs and scraping the sides of bowls with precision. Spoonulas, or spatula spoons, also have a somewhat flexible tip, but they are shaped more like a spoon. Spoonulas are great at handling more delicate batters and are better for scooping and flipping baked goods.

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    Which is the right baking spatula for your needs? We tried our heat-resistant spatulas and spoonulas on heavy chocolate chip cookie dough, pudding, omelets, and ground turkey. Some of the models are designed in one piece, which means they feature the same material throughout and don’t have a separation between the head and handle, while others are designed in two pieces with a separation between the handle and head. We also cleaned them thoroughly because there’s nothing worse than finding dough caked onto your tools. Three picks rose to the top.


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    Lisa Fogarty

    Lisa Fogarty is a senior multimedia content creator at Consumer Reports. She studied journalism at Columbia University and has written numerous health, parenting, fitness, and wellness articles for The New York Times, Psychology Today, Vogue, and NPR. Lisa is passionate about mental health and is a co-creator of The Hunger Trap Podcast, which focuses on eating disorders. In her spare time she surfs, plays the guitar, and kickboxes. Follow her on X: @lisacfogarty