The type of bakeware you choose impacts everything from brownie edges to cake cooling times. Learn the differences between light and dark pans, how to use specialized pizza pans, and how to adjust oven temperatures for different sizes.
When breaded chicken breasts are deep-fried, the result is moist, flavorful chicken with a light, crispy outer coating. An old-fashioned cooking method, deep-fat frying is often shunned because of the large amount of fat involved in the cooking process.
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A pizza pan with holes is usually referred to as a perforated pizza pan, and it is identified by several tiny holes along the bottom of the pan. While the holes might not look like anything special, they allow heat to reach the entire crust as it bakes, which results in a crispier pizza crust.
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Cakes need to be completely cool before you attempt to frost them, lay on fondant or apply other decorations. Cakes can stay in the baking pan to cool overnight, but you'll need to do a little work after taking them out of the oven to ensure the cakes retain their shapes and consistency.
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Roasting pans and baking dishes are two closely related types of kitchenware. Often, they can be used interchangeably, with each performing the other's function. The difference between the two methods is more a matter of custom and tradition as opposed to anything physical.
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Baking pans and sheets come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes. Most recipes call for a specific type of pan, but understanding the difference between a cookie sheet, a jelly roll pan and a cookie pan can be confusing, especially since you may bake the same treats in all of them.
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Fannie Merritt Farmer edited the first brownie recipe in the 1906 edition of "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book," according to βThe Nibble,β a magazine devoted to specialty foods. Household chefs quickly improvised recipes and techniques to make rich, delicious brownies with a consistent texture from edge to center.
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A slightly healthier alternative to deep fried chicken is baked, pan-seared chicken. Searing or pan frying the chicken gives a nice flavor, while finishing off the chicken in the oven cuts back on the amount of fat used in the process.
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Pizza just isn't pizza without a crust that is crispy on the outside and soft and bread-like on the inside. You achieve this pizzeria result by greasing your pizza pan properly. Greasing the pizza pan reduces the chances of sticking and gives the crust the proper flavor and texture.
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Dark nonstick pans have become a very common sight in kitchens. While you still have to grease the pans in many cases, the nonstick coating makes it that much easier to extract the food from the pan.
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Novices can sometimes be intimidated by baking, because it has a reputation for requiring close and careful accuracy of measurement and technique.
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Homemade donuts let you bring this favorite treat home, and if you skip the fryer in favor of the oven, you can keep the fat and calories under control. While specialty doughnut pans are available, you can make donuts in your favorite flavors in the oven on a standard cookie sheet without any special equipment.
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Frying pans or skillets are typically used to saute, pan-fry or sear foods. Certain situations may lead you to use a frying pan for other uses, such as baking. Electric and stove-top pans typically have flat bottoms and deep, flared or straight sides, a convenient shape and size for some baked dishes.
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Whether to choose light baking pans or dark baking pans comes down mostly to personal preference. Vintage pans are usually dark to begin with, and may have darkened with age. With the exception of nonstick baking pans, most bakeware sold today is made of aluminum, and light in color.
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