Get the Look of Jennifer Garner's 'Pretend Cooking Show' Kitchen

Snag the kitchen tools and gadgets the actress uses in her Facebook cooking demos.
By People Staff
January 18, 2017 01:33 PM
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BEAR-PRINT PAJAMA SET

On the second episode of Jennifer Garner's "Pretend Cooking Show," the actress whipped up homemade English muffins from scratch. The dough required some work the night before, so Garner showed the first steps while dressed in adorable bear print pajamas.

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HUCKLEBERRY COOKBOOK

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“One of my favorite restaurants in Santa Monica is Huckleberry run by Zoe Nathan,” Garner says. “I was so happy when she made a cookbook. One of my favorite recipes in here is something I make all the time. It’s a total family-pleaser. Their English muffin recipe."

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GLASS MIXING BOWL

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Garner mixed her dough in a large glass mixing bowl. The generous shape allows enough room for the dough to rise overnight.

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STEEL COOLING RACK 

Garner uses a similar cooling rack to let air circulate underneath her baked muffins.

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ROUND BISCUIT CUTTER SET 

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To get classic, uniformly-shaped Enflish muffins, Garner used biscuit cutters—which can also be used for shaping cookies and hand pies.

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CAST IRON SKILLET

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Garner used another kitchen staple a cast iron skillet to cook the muffins on her stovetop before placing them in the oven to finish baking.

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INA GARTEN COOKBOOK 

On Dec. 20, she posted her first Facebook cooking video, a step-by-step tutorial she titled “Pretend Cooking Show.” Before jumping into making a honey white bread recipe from Ina Garten's 2006 cookbook Barefoot Contessa at Home, the actress had some sweet words for her cooking inspiration. “I’m not an expert but if you want to make your family happy over and over again this is one recipe that, if you get it down, you can do anything with it. And it’s by Ina. Love you, Ina!” said Garner before kissing her stickie note-tagged copy of the cookbook.

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SILVER STAND MIXER

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To start preparing her bread dough, Garner adds the ingredients to the bowl of her sleek, stainless steel KitchenAid stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment.

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GLASS MEASURING CUP

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The actress uses her liquid measuring cup to portion out the precise amount of water and milk needed for the recipe. The advantage of using the glass measuring cup? It's safe to use with hot liquids, and can be put in the dishwasher, microwave and oven.

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INSTANT READ THERMOMETER

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Garten's recipe calls for warm milk heated to 110 degrees F, which activates the yeast without killing it. Garner takes no chances, and checks the temperature with her Thermapen instant-read thermometer. The waterproof gadget comes in 10 colors, but we're partial to Garner's bright purple pick.

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GLASS STORAGE CANISTERS

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To keep the kitchen organized—and make measuring and leveling easier—Garner stores baking ingredients in large glass canisters with lids. Each jar is labeled with cute, handwritten ingredient names (in purple sharpie!) to quickly identify her bread flour, cake flour, all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, and granulated sugar.

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COPPER MEASURING CUPS

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Bakers know that measuring ingredients is one of the most important steps in every bread recipe. To make sure her dry ingredients match the recipe exactly, Garner scoops and levels off the flour in her beautiful, copper-plated dry measuring cups.

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PASTRY SCRAPER

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After letting her dough rise, Garner uses her pastry scraper to quickly cut and divide the soft dough into sections.

BUY IT: Stainless-Steel Pastry Scraper, $10; williams-sonoma.com

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SILICONE MATS + NON-STICK BAKING SHEETS 

"My mom made bread men for my sisters and me when we were little and they were our favorite things ever,” said Garner, who baked her dough people on a baking sheet lined with a Silpat mat. The silicone mat creates an evenly-heated surface, and the non-stick material helps the food lift off easily from the baking sheet.

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DENIM APRON

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A cross between a pinafore and an artist's smock, Garner's cross-back apron looks as functional as it does comfortable.

BUY IT: Denim Pinafore (similar style), $69; etsy.com

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MRS. MEYER'S DISH SOAP

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Baking can get messy with all that kneading and measuring. So Garner keeps a bottle of Mrs. Meyer's Lemon Verbena Dish Soap by the sink to wash all her tools and gadgets.

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RICE COOKER

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While Garner didn't actually use this gadget during her bread tutorial, we couldn't help noticing the Zojirushi rice cooker sitting on the counter. The mini appliance has several cooking settings, to make everything from white and brown rice to steel cut oatmeal.

BUY IT: Zojirushi Stainless Rice Cooker, $99; amazon.com

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