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Spent $80 on a good kitchen scale and my bread actually came out right for once

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Used to be one of those people who thought scales were overkill and you can just eyeball it lol. Grabbed a $30 one on sale a few months ago after my sourdough kept turning out like a brick and now I actually measure everything by weight instead of cups. The difference is wild - my ciabatta actually gets those big air pockets now and my cookies come out the same every single time instead of being flat one batch and puffy the next. That $80 one probably has better sensors and a longer battery life than mine though.

skyler_baker13d ago

Richard_west5 nailed it, that difference between cups and weight is huge. I used to be the same way, thought scales were just for people who wanted to be extra precise about things. Picked up a $50 model last year because my banana bread kept coming out too dense and now I weigh everything for baking. The consistency is what really got me, cookies and muffins come out the same every time now. Never going back to measuring cups after seeing how much better the results are.