Can someone recommend a pastry brush that doesn’t on occasion shed a hair somewhere in your dessert/bread for a guest to discover.  Thanks.

Mine sheds too!  Help!

I use the Oxo silicone pastry brush which is highly recommended by Cook’s Illustrated.  I am no where near the level you guys are but, so far, so good. 

Oxo makes 2 sizes of brushes.  The larger size is more for basting.  The smaller size is a pastry brush.

They do the job beautifully, IMO, and clean up is a breeze

http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-Grips-Silicone-Pastry-Brush/dp/B000JPSI8C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1288363392&sr=8-1

I also have a silicone brush which I bought for the very reason you complain of, but I don’t like it as much a conventional brush, it doesn’t cover as well, in my opinion.

I buy all my brushes here.  I buy the natural board brushes and they don’t shed, plus they stay soft.
I do not put them in the dishwasher

http://www.brush.com/baking-and-pastry-brushes-pastry-brushes-c-2_58_95.html

http://www.brushes.com

2 links but all the same site

jeannette - 29 October 2010 11:00 AM

I also have a silicone brush which I bought for the very reason you complain of, but I don’t like it as much a conventional brush, it doesn’t cover as well, in my opinion.

ditto.