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How do you store all your baking ingredients?

4 replies

CheeryCherry · 28/04/2012 08:47

My baking cupboard drives me mad...tiny bottles of food colouring/essences, pots of baking powder/sprinkled/choc chips, opened packs of raisins/almonds/sugar etc etc etc. So many bits and bobs. I have tried putting packets in tubs or boxes but they end up overflowing and a mess. Anyone got good storage solutions? Thanks.

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Likeaheadlesschicken · 28/04/2012 08:53

I have everything in labelled kilner jars, looks really organised and keeps it fresh. I store it all in a deep drawer so I can pull it out to be able to see everything and find what I need more easily.

Likeaheadlesschicken · 28/04/2012 08:54

BTW, kilner jars can be quite expensive but Ikea do three sizes and they are all around £1 each.

savoycabbage · 28/04/2012 08:56

You need bigger boxes!

I store my flours, sugars etc in Sistema containers. Mt baking powder etc in medium sized glass jars, hundreds and thousands, nuts etc in smaller jars and food colouring and all that in a shoebox.

I have extra shelf inserts from Ikea (rationell variera or something they are called)in the back of the shelves, with all the jars on.

MamaChocoholic · 28/04/2012 09:22

we have a big plastic box on wheels with a lid. it lives under the shelves in the ladder. kind of messy inside, but you can find anything because you're looking from the top down. and when I'm baking with the kids ds1 can pull the box out and get whatever without messing up the nearer shelves above.

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