Glass vs Metal Bakeware
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Comments (3)For baking cookies I love the Doughmakers brand of cookie sheet. They have a pebbled surface and are made in the U.S. I've baked a LOT of cookies in my time, and these have been the best. I don't care for the air bake ones. works well for biscuits too. cast iron also bakes up beautiful biscuits. Preheated and greased cast iron is the ONLY way to truly get great corn bread. For quick breads I have recently tried the Lodge cast iron bread pans. I've gotten the best banana bread out of them, and am anxious to try yeast breads. I LOVE cast iron, but hadn't been sure about it for baking. So far, so good, at least on banana bread. The same bread recipe did not cook in the middle with the Emile Henry pan. I am using Emile Henry pie dishes and have gotten some wonderful pies out of them. I do what their web site suggested (and some cookbooks) by pre baking the crust a tad before adding the filling. I am going to try a cast iron pan one of these days. One of the Lodge ladies swears by a pie baked in a 9 or 10 inch skillet. Still, you can't go wrong with clay. I've used pyrex pie dishes, and cooks magazine likes them the best for pies, but I still like Emile Henry better. They are also beautiul and make a nice presentation. le Cruset pottery is made in China. I won't touch it. I haven't been thrilled with shiny metal pie pans. I have found that dark metal pans tend to burn baked goods before they are finished cooking through. Turning down the oven temp didn't help. Hate non stick and feel it is toxic....See MoreSilicon Bakeware - Am I the only one here who doesn't?
Comments (20)My niece gave me silicone pans for Christmas one year - we got a loaf pan, a square cake pan and a round cake pan. I made brownies in the square cake pan. I didn't like the "movement" of the pan trying to transfer a pan full of batter to the oven, as has been mentioned already. It didn't stick any more than any other pan, but I guess out of stupidity on my part, I cut up the brownies - and cut huge slices right thru the pan!!! As I said it just didn't dawn on me - who "unmolds" brownies from a pan then cuts them? You cut them in the pan! After I did it I couldn't believe I was so stupid, but it truly didn't occur to me that the knife would cut thru the pan. I have some "cutting boards" that are made out of a similar material and I obviously cut on those, so I just didn't think. So that went in the trash and I haven't used any of the others since. I think I prefer glass or metal! Altho I did switch to a silicone pastry brush and I LOVE it. And I do have some silicone spatulas as well, but I think I like the rubber ones better - the silicone is kind of stiff and that's the point of a rubber spatula - that it bends and conforms to the dish/pan. I have been thinking about buying the silicone sheets to bake on - they're awful expensive tho, so I wasn't sure they were worth the expense. Lisa...See MoreLooking for good bakeware
Comments (10)I don't bake much as far as desserts, mostly casseroles. I use my Longaberger baking dishes, and some other stoneware I have. Even if I do bake a cake - its usually in a 9X13 longaberger dish. sometimes I use a bundt pan, its heavy and non-stick but couldn't tell you what brand it is :( Muffins don't seem to matter what crappy muffin pan I use because I use paper or tins. My baking stones for cookies are pampered chef. I have one nice air-bake sheet pan too that I put rolls on. Oh and if I do feel compelled to bake a pie, my pie plates are Longaberger too. so - very little metal bake pans here....See MoreCountertop Convection's - Quartz vs Metal Rod
Comments (2)Thanks, I did go ahead and purchase that model mainly because I couldn't find anything current that's well-rated, suits our counter needs, and still uses the metal rods. Unfortunately, all the reviews and responses I have read say that if you spill grease on the quartz glass they will likely break and that replacement for them is difficult. Trying it anyway and hoping for the best since I don't see any other alternatives....See More- 5 years ago
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