The Butter Book's Guide to Better Baking Ingredients

Knowing and finding the right ingredients when baking can be a stressful and arduous task. Don't worry though, we've curated a list of some of our favorite ingredients and products so you can begin your baking journey successfully!

Butter permeates baking and cooking, and that's why finding a butter you enjoy is so important! For all of our butter uses, Plugra Butter is our go-to at The Butter Book!

Chocolate makes the world go round. No? Well it sure makes our heads spin at The Butter Book, and the folks over at Guittard are responsible for it!

If the aesthetically pleasing bottles don't already sell you on Nielsen Massey's pure vanillas, then the taste most definitely will. Nielsen Massey; for all of your vanilla needs!

Nespresso brings luxury coffee and espresso machine straight from the café and into your kitchen.

One of our longest standing partners, the King Arthur Baking Company, is our sole provider for our flour, the most basic and essential ingredient out there!

Chef Rubber has got your back for any and all of your pastry ingredients and culinary tools. Look at all these colors!

The Spice House in Chicago has been the premiere provider of spices for The French Pastry School for years. They have hundreds of high quality spices from around the world.

Rare Tea Cellar, located in Chicago, specializes in the finest and rarest teas and ingredients available.

Domino Sugar offers a variety of high quality sugars, from granulated, brown sugar, cane sugar, and confectioners’ sugar.

Morton Salt offers a variety of table, kosher, and sea salts for a variety of baking and pastry possibilities.

Lesaffre Dry Instant Yeast offer bakers a diverse range of products uniquely formulated for a variety of baking applications and processes.

Using the highest quality of eggs will yield a better result in baking. We love using Eggland’s Best Eggs because, not only are all of their hens all-vegetarian feed, but their eggs have 6x more Vitamin D, 25% less saturated fat, and stay fresher longer compared to other egg brands.