Ateco French Rolling Pin

by Ateco

Product Features

• Made of maple
• 20" length
• Tapered, French style rolling pin

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000KESQ1G
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,162 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)
  • #1 in Home & Kitchen > Kitchen & Dining > Bakeware > Baking Tools & Accessories > Rolling Pins

Product Description

Ateco's French-style rolling pin is made of solid maple, is 20" in length and is tapered from the middle to each end to permit easy rotation around dough for rolling out perfect circles. Since 1905, Ateco has manufactured tools to help professionals as we

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

98 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Functional, and useful., February 14, 2008

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Ira Carmel (Sacramento) - See all my reviews
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This style of tapered rolling pin is far more useful than the conventional flat rolling pin for making pie doughs, pizza doughs, calzones, and other rolled out baked goods. The idea is that the tapered aspect of this rolling pin creates what I call a "dough front" which migrates around in a circle as you turn the dough and it is rolled. As you turn and roll the dough it maintains a consistant thickness as it is rolled out. This technique is not possible with a flat rolling pin. This kind of rolling pin greatly reduces the "cracking" of pie doughs associated with flat rolling pins.

Without getting into the mathematics of elasticity of substances, and the conversion of spheres into circles, I will just say that the tapered aspect of this rolling pin makes the conversion easier, more repeatable, and less prone to variable thicknesses of the final product. Combine this rolling pin with a board with sized circles and you are well on your way to becoming a super pie maker.

See a good cook book like "Cooks Illustrated" for more information.

This rolling pin is what is advertised, it was inexpensive, and of fine quality.

Sincerely,
Ira Carmel

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great little rolling pin, April 9, 2008

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Kevin R. Grimm - See all my reviews
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This rolling pin is small, light weight, and rolls dough out nice! I would recommend putting some oil on it, every now and then, to keep it looking nice.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best rolling pin I've owned, July 8, 2009

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James Schroeder - See all my reviews
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After doing a quick check I discovered that I had collected no less than 12 rolling pins over the years!

Wood ones, metal ones, marble ones.....with handles, without handles....obsession?

But once I got my hands on this beauty, the remainder were thoroughly cleaned and dispatched to Goodwill.

If you do pastry or any baking needing a rolling pin....this is the one to have!