#Small plastic rolling pin cracked#

The better experience you get with a hand-tuned pin starts with opening the box. Rolling pins are tinged with nostalgia for real or imagined mothers and grandmothers, and they are your tactile connection with the dough you shape. While function is the most important aspect of any kitchen tool, aesthetics make a difference in how you relate to it.

Less expensive rolling pins may be perfectly functional tools, but this is a beautiful object to have in your kitchen that will last a lifetime with proper care. With a significantly longer straight section in the middle than other tapered pins, its shape offered the agility of a tapered pin with the surface smoothing capabilities of a dowel pin.

#Small plastic rolling pin cracked#

The heaviest of the tapered pins, it flattened dough with less effort than narrower lighter models, but it wasn’t so heavy that it cracked or dented the dough (as handled pins sometimes did). The hard maple surface has a smoother finish than a basic mass-produced rolling pin, which keeps dough from sticking and makes it easy to clean.

Our experts and testers agreed that a handleless pin is the best tool this one stood out amongst the 12 rolling pins I tested. The hand-finished, 23-inch Whetstone Woodenware French Rolling Pi n has all the pleasing features of a high-end rolling pin without the outrageous price tag (similar hand-turned pins cost $60-$100).