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03-15-2008, 04:50 PM
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Does anyone out in
C@HLand have Silicon bakeware? Use it? like it? I guess I'm too old school for the new fandangled materials, but...
Roy drove himself crazy cleaning those darn "non-stick" mini muffin pans to reuse so quickly last night. So now I'm thinking of giving these a try.
Hoping some of you can give me some opinions and suggestions. thanks.
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We used silicon mini muffin tins for the wedding. They worked really well - just didn't have enough. The food does just pop out! I only had 2 12 muffin pans - not enough, I should not have left the 24 muffin metal pan at home! I'd like to get more silicone if we ever do that again.
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Roy couldn't stand it, so he ran down and picked up a silicone muffin (regular size) 'pan' - we tried a little batch of the zucchini quiches and man, they came out like a dream. The only down side I can see is they just don't brown like metal does. So, it's a toss up which is more important...the dish dog says go with the silicone..
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We did the little mac & cheeses and the tortilla cups in the silicon pans. The mac & cheeses did need a little extra time - but the tortilla cups came out crisp and prefect.
I agree with the dish dog - go silicone!!!
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What is a dish dog?
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"What is a dish dog?" - Roy
dish dog is the dish washer, Laura.
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Oh and just to add to the silicone thing. I don't have them but I have read that you can use the cups to freeze appys prior to baking. I don't remember what appitizers they were. But they were prepared in the cups, frozen, popped out and placed in a baggie to cook later.
I bet that would work with a lot of appys: tarts, quiches,
etc. I will have to go online and see if I can find the recipe that had it.
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I received a set for christmas, 2 8" round pans, 1 9" sq, cupcake and bread. I don't think I'd ever buy anything else for baking, they're great.
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cory, does your bread brown??
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Interesting----I asked this question about TWO YEARS ago and had NO response----needless to say I have never tried these gems---now I may go and purchase the ones that have been on the market here for a while----
THANKS for the feedback, y'all----
FINALLY!!!!
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