Best Small Baking Dishes

The baking dish you use when you’re cooking for one is very important. Here are the best small baking dishes.

There are two essential things you need to know when you’re baking and cooking for one. The first is that you’ve got to know how to reduce a recipe. Some recipes are easy to reduce and others are a little bit more involved. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered here. At One Dish Kitchen, we have hundreds of tested recipes that we’ve already scaled down for you.

The second important part is using the right baking dishes. With each recipe, I reference the baking dish or bowl I use and often provide a link to purchase it from Amazon or from another retailer. The size of the dish used in the recipes at One Dish Kitchen is very important. The recipes are developed and tested using the dish that is recommended. One thing to remember, if you use a much larger baking dish for the recipes featured, the cooking time will be different than listed in the recipe and the results may not be the same.

The 5-inch Baking Dish

The most used and recommended baking dish on our site is the 5×5-inch (125×125 mm) baking dish which has a base of approximately 25 square inches (160 sq cm) with a volume of approximately 22 fluid ounces (650 ml). It’s the perfect size when cooking for one or two people. In the early days of One Dish Kitchen, we referenced the Le Creuset 5-inch square dish. You’ll still see it in many of our recipe photos. However, it appears that this wonderful little dish has been discontinued by the company. You may still be able to snag one at a discount home store, but you cannot purchase it from Amazon or from Le Creuset at this time.

This discovery led us to test other similarly sized dishes to use with the recipes requiring a 5-inch dish. The good news is that we ended up sourcing our own 5-inch baking dish that we use and love and are now selling it here on our website. It’s sturdy and deep and ideal for every one of our recipes that call for using a 5×5 or a 4×6-inch baking dish.

• The Emile Henry Individual Rectangular Baker, with Outer dimensions of 7.9″ x 5.5″ x 1.8″ Inner dimensions o: 5.9″ x 4.8″ x 1.6″, is another great alternative to the 5-inch square baking dish. You can find a listing for it in the Bakeware section of our Amazon storefront and should be able to find it at other retailers or directly from Emile Henry.

In addition, we tested 6 different small baking dishes. These dishes or similarly sized dishes should be easy for you to find in your local stores and on Amazon.

Ramekins

Many of our single serving desserts are baked and served in ramekins. We use and recommend these sizes:

• 8.5-ounce ramekin
• 10-ounce ramekin

Where To Find Small Baking Dishes

We sell our own 5-inch baking dish on our One Dish Kitchen Store website.

Many other small baking dishes can be found at Amazon, and at Home Goods, Target, Walmart, Macy’s, and other department stores in the US. If you live outside the United States, you should be able to find similarly sized dishes at your local stores.