bearisgray

I have a couple of Wilton four-cavity loaf pans that look like they should be a "quick-release" version.

They are NOT! It was very frustrating having half of each loaf remain in the pan!

I finally learned that parchment paper is, indeed, my friend.

I have started lining the entire cavity with parchment paper and the loaves plop out as slick as can be !
It is a bit of a bother doing so, but not nearly as aggravating as having the bread stick to the pan.

NikkiLu

Martha Stewart uses parchment paper a lot - one trick - she wads it up into a crumpled mess - then it is easier to handle in a pan. I use it to line my rimmed baking sheet when I bake my bacon - cleanup is a breeze - I just pour off the bacon grease and save it - then put the parchment paper in a plastic grocery bag and then into the trash.

Tartan

I love the stuff for easy release of loaf pans.

mountain-moma

I love using Parchment paper also for my bacon every things better with bacon grease ,,I also use it in my cake pans

NikkiLu,I do the same as you in a plastic grocery bag toss in the trash

illinois

What do you do with saved bacon grease nowadays? Used to be we had a container on the back of the stove and the grease was strained into that. It was used for frying later but didn't they decide that was unhealthy? (Well, isn't everything?)

jmoore

I just sold my bakery/specialty food store about 3 weeks ago but snagged a pile of parchment/sheet pan liners. We also used them when when we pans of brownies...you can remove the whole pan and then cut them neatly into squares on a cutting board without having to fuss with getting the first brownie out of the pan unharmed.

toverly

Love my parchment paper too! It's so much better than spraying the pan with spray grease.

mac

Alton Brown said on several of his shows that non-stick pans still need to be sprayed with an oil-base or silicon-base spray. I love my parchment paper. By the way there are a lot of uses for parchment paper. Look it up on the internet for uses for parchment paper.

By the way, I think "non-stick pans" is another misnomer or oxymoron that needs to be changed. Similar to "quilt in a day" -- I wish.

romanojg

Bacon grease is saved for later use, never thrown away. Used oil goes into an empty coffee can that sits on the back if the stove. Then the container when full is put into a plastic bag and out with the garbage. If I fry something and the oil is still clean and can be reused. I strain it and put into a container and stored in the fridge

romanojg

Mac, I agree. I always lightly spray my non stick pans. Parchment paper is also great to put on top of foil to keep the food away from the foil where it can pickup the metallic taste