By signing up you agree to Crafty Arts Ltd using your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. The wooden pin is beautifully smooth, and we're impressed with how easily pastry can be rolled out without using much pressure. While cookies may be the first dough that comes to mind, they’re also used for pasta dough, pie dough, and even some yeasted doughs. The pin is 48cm wide (one of the larger pins), but this includes the long handles, taking the actual roller down to a relatively short 24cm, which is still a manageable size for most tasks.

This ingenious device also ensures that pastry or dough is rolled to an even thickness throughout and to the exact size required, via measurements on the surface of the rolling pin.They're very popular for holidays like Christmas, Easter and Halloween, and great for children to use. This innovative rolling pin comes with four sets of removable discs that raise the rolling surface to create exactly the required pastry thickness of either 2mm, 4mm, 6mm or 10mm. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Whatever the required level of thickness, our adjustable rolling pin will help you roll out perfectly sized pastry every time.

This is especially helpful when I'm making a pie, as it prevents me from transferring the dough to the pie plate only to realize I didn't roll it out enough. The long length was great for working with larger pieces of cookie dough, and it let me rest my hands anywhere along the length of the pin to provide pressure where it was needed. Whatever you choose, make sure it's long enough for your regular use and won't cause any wrist strain. If you’re making homemade fresh pasta without a machine, a rolling pin is crucial for getting the dough perfectly thin, especially if making filled pastas where the dough will become double thickness once formed.

Because I can unscrew the handles of the Joseph Joseph rolling pin, cleaning off sticky dough isn't a problem. Their first piece for the brand Joseph Joseph was a simple glass chopping board but the functional, hygienic nature of this shifted the brothers focus onto designing everyday products with a core problem-solving approach. And while the pie dough we tested didn't stick to the rolling pin, it wasn't able to handle rolling it up and transferring it to a pie plate either, without sliding right off the rolling pin. This innovative rolling pin takes the guesswork out of preparing dough and pastry with 4 sets of rolling pin rings that raise the rolling surface by different amounts, to create exactly the required pastry thickness.

Each of our selected rolling pins was tested hours on end by our product tester for the most authentic results. Also, since the measuring discs roll along the counter, you might struggle to roll dough that is longer than the rolling pin itself. This makes it hard to get hardened dough cleaned out of the nooks and crannies of traditional rolling pin handles.This one is a narrow baguette-shaped wooden pin and we are delighted to note that the wood used is from well-managed forests.

The coolness (which can be increased further by chilling it in the fridge) makes them ideal for making puff pastry. Embossed rolling pins are cleaned just like any other wooden rolling pins, with a little special attention paid to the designs to make sure there’s no dough remaining. While many of these are personal preferences—like choosing between a French-style rolling pin and one with handles—there are a few good rules, like using a marble one for puff pastry, since the rolling pin itself can be chilled. To cut down on the amount of sticking, we'd suggest generously flouring both the rolling pin and the dough you're rolling out. Marble rolling pins are often preferred for pastry doughs, since the stone stays cold and helps keep butter from getting soft in the dough.If the pin is not very wide, your hands may creep into the rolling area, making it harder to manoeuvre.