Norpro Grip-EZ 1-Tablespoon Stainless Steel Portion Scoop, 37mm

Customers ask us which portion scoop to buy, and the answer depends on what you are scooping. Norpro’s Grip-EZ 1-tablespoon scoop is the small one, with a 37 mm bowl. It portions bite-size cookies, cake pops, truffles and small cocktail meatballs into identical rounds, so a tray bakes evenly and every piece is done at the same moment.

Squeeze the soft Santoprene handles and a stainless steel sweep inside the bowl releases the dough cleanly. The spring action returns the sweep to its place, ready for the next scoop. Norpro also suggests it as a melon baller and for dishing out small portions of pet food.

For drop cookies the size of a bakery cookie, step up to the Grip-EZ 4-tablespoon scoop, which holds four times as much. For cookie dough, a level scoop matters more than the size; scrape the bowl across the side of the mixing bowl before releasing so each portion is the same. Pair the scoop with the Norpro mini madeleine pan or the English muffin rings for other small bakes.