Use a silicone spatula to fully incorporate mixtures in a bowl
Use a flexible silicone spatula to mix and fold in bowls while scraping the sides so everything combines evenly.
The flexibility helps you keep contact with the bowl and pull ingredients together. This is especially useful for mixing and incorporating ingredients thoroughly.
The short version
- Flexibility is what makes silicone spatulas effective for bowl mixing.
- Scrape sides and bottom to incorporate everything.
What you need
- silicone spatulaFlexible; used primarily for bowl work
How to do it
- 1
Add ingredients to a bowl.
/Use the spatula edge to stay in contact with the bowl surface./
Watch this step - 2
Mix/fold while scraping the sides and bottom to bring everything together.
/Rotate the bowl as you scrape to catch all unmixed areas./
Watch this step
What goes wrong
Stirring without scraping the bowl, leaving unmixed ingredients on the sides
Use a flexible spatula and deliberately scrape sides and bottom as you mix.
Why it works
/Flexibility lets the spatula conform to the bowl, improving scraping and reducing unmixed pockets./
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