45 Best Gifts for Anyone Obsessed With Baking Bread

For the hostess, this vintage-inspired bread board will become a conversation piece. They're inspired by serving pieces that originated in the late 1800s to early 1900s, when bread was the heart of the meal. They're made from acacia wood and hand wash only.

Now, they can easily keep track the rise time and feeding schedule for their sourdough starter with this convenient dry erase board—it'll magnet right to their fridge.

Maybe your friend is a new baker looking for a good cookbook to help perfect their sourdough. We recommend this book from Maurizio Leo featuring easy-to-follow recipes. Not to mention, it'll look beautiful on display.

While bread can be scored with a bread knife or kitchen shears before it bakes, a lame is an upgrade that yields great results. Using it on your bread before baking helps control the expansion so it keeps its shape and doesn't burst. And we especially love the look of this pick, which makes for a special gift that won't break the bank.

She can carry her essentials in this minimalist tote bag that flaunts her "sourdough era." There are a few other punny designs, including one that says "Don't get me started."

Traditional measuring cups and spoons could suffice for measuring ingredients, but a kitchen scale ensures precise amounts. For this reason, a high-quality kitchen scale is a great gift for a serious bread baker.

These square blankets from Sourhouse can be folded, tied, or wrapped a dozen different ways to help keep bread clean and fresh. One of our editors tried them, and the abstract patterns (you've got options) are even cuter in real life. She loves wrapping up her bread in a blanket for gifting.

Add a crusty piece of bread to their gallery wall—but make it chic. This minimalist painting by Andrea Jeris comes in a gold frame.

For baking sourdough, a pan or Dutch oven will do the trick, but a bread cloche can take your loved one's loaf to the next level. In our Lab tests, this bread cloche (ranked the best) yielded a beautifully-browned loaf every time.

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Give them the gift that lets them rep their favorite hobby and look stylish doing it. The sweatshirt is made from cotton and comes in a variety of colors.

While your friend may already be using a wide mouth mason jar for their starter, we especially like this starter jar upgrade from Lékué. The starter jar has a screw top with a valve to easily release air, and it comes with a rubber band to help track the growth of their starter.

We couldn't help but add this ornament to our list. Sourdough starters are the pride and joy of most bread bakers and adorning their tree with one of these cute ornaments seems rather fitting.

If they prefer dipping bread in olive oil, let us suggest this flavorful gift set from Brightland. It includes a bold oil (Awake), a smooth oil (Alive), and two flavors: lemon and garlic–perfect accompaniments to a crusty hunk of bread.

Add a bit of artisan-inspired style to their kitchen table with a terracotta bread warmer and hand screen printed tea towel. The terracotta bread warmer should go in the oven for 5-10 minutes at 350 degrees, then it should give bread warm for about 40 minutes.

Baking can be messy and that's where a quality kitchen apron comes in handy. While most aprons make a good gift for bread bakers, this one is especially helpful for newbies thanks to the measurement conversion chart printed on its underside. All bakers will love the numerous pockets, perfect for holding a thermometer, pencil and more.

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What pairs better with bread than butter? Let us recommend an easy-to-use French-style butter crock which allows you to keep softened salted butter on your countertop for up to a month–making bread and butter even closer at hand.

Your friend probably loves baking bread because they appreciate a good loaf of sourdough. If they're too busy to bake right now, a Wildgrain subscription box is the ideal solution: Each box can include delicious sourdough, along with pasta, pastries and more, delivered right to their door.

A proofing basket will help your loaf retain its shape and is a valuable replacement for a mixing bowl. If you've ever wondered why your local bakery’s boule has an intricate ring pattern on top, the shop likely uses a basket like this during the final rise.