Springy homemade pizzas or delicate dumplings also all start with a quick roll on a floured surface. Since we were nervous about applying too much pressure, it was difficult to get an evenly shaped dough, and hard to form a nicely rounded pie crust. Perhaps most importantly, wooden versions should be free of cracks or splinters, and they should be smooth.

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They looked at other areas of the kitchen and decided to transform not only household essentials but to create innovative ideas for waste management and cleaning tools too. And while the pie dough we tested didn't stick to the rolling pin, it wasn't able to handle rolling it up and transferring it to a pie plate either, without sliding right off the rolling pin. Each was given a careful rating for design, performance, durability, ease of cleaning, and overall value.

This innovative rolling pin comes with four sets of removable discs that raise the rolling surface to create exactly the required pastry thickness of either 2mm, 4mm, 6mm or 10mm. This is fine for those occasional uses, but the super-stiff handles mean I wouldn't be reaching for this as my everyday pin. You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site. The major difference you'll notice between this rolling pin and traditional rolling pins is that the handles are fixed, so you won't be able to just hold on to the handles and roll out your dough. When filled with water of the right temperature, the rolling pin can be used to quickly roll out dough and fondants into perfect sheets; dough does not stick to the surface of the rolling pin.This innovative rolling pin takes the guesswork out of preparing biscuit dough, pizza bases, pie tops, lasagne sheets and filo pastry. Embossed rolling pins are cleaned just like any other wooden rolling pins, with a little special attention paid to the designs to make sure there’s no dough remaining. We love the colour of the silicone-covered roller and the three bands on the handles, which also make it supremely comfy to hold.

The density of the marble makes it cool enough to start rolling pastry straight from the drawer, and we find there is no need to cool it down further as it remains cold.During testing, we noticed that the rolling pin stuck to the dough more often than the other rolling pins we tested. In testing, those measurements came in handy when making cookies, but we found it puzzling that 1/6 inch was included, but 1/8 inch was not. For me they can’t have rotating ends otherwise I roll out like a woman deranged, I like a wooden one but it has to be glazed, I’m not keen on pins with turned ends as they mark the pastry, and pins with tapered ends – supposedly to roll a perfect circle, well you need 100 different rolling out techniques! Love this rolling pin, for the first time ever my marzipan is the same thickness on my Christmas cake.