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Friday, December 25th, 2015 01:38 am
Friday, December 25th, 2015
wax vs parchment paper
Friday, December 25th, 2015 04:38 pmNote to Self:
Wax paper is not the same as parchment paper. Parchment paper is meant to be used for baking; wax paper is not and will smoke in the oven. Do not bake with wax paper!
I had mistakenly thought that "parchment paper" was the British term for "wax paper". I don't recall ever having seen rolls of "parchment" paper for sale in the grocery store. But as rolls of aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and wax paper last me for years, who knows when the last time was, that I really stopped to look.
Also news to me, parchment paper is often coated with silicone or other agents. Considering that silicone is not biodegradable, and I don't want unknown chemicals leaching into my food, I suppose I'll skip the short-cuts and keep greasing my pans.
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Yesterday I found that another button on my oven doesn't work anymore. The "Temperature Down" button. Therefore I can't set the oven to less than 350 degrees, as I sometimes like to do for keeping food warm. I guess I'll have to get the control panel replaced eventually after all.
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I've now tried out both of these recipes which use packaged cake mix as an ingredient:
Pistachio Pudding Cookies and Lazy Cake Cookies. While they both taste good, the texture & taste doesn't seem as good as stuff I make from scratch. And using cake mix isn't that much easier than using flour, sugar, etc.
Wax paper is not the same as parchment paper. Parchment paper is meant to be used for baking; wax paper is not and will smoke in the oven. Do not bake with wax paper!
I had mistakenly thought that "parchment paper" was the British term for "wax paper". I don't recall ever having seen rolls of "parchment" paper for sale in the grocery store. But as rolls of aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and wax paper last me for years, who knows when the last time was, that I really stopped to look.
Also news to me, parchment paper is often coated with silicone or other agents. Considering that silicone is not biodegradable, and I don't want unknown chemicals leaching into my food, I suppose I'll skip the short-cuts and keep greasing my pans.
.
Yesterday I found that another button on my oven doesn't work anymore. The "Temperature Down" button. Therefore I can't set the oven to less than 350 degrees, as I sometimes like to do for keeping food warm. I guess I'll have to get the control panel replaced eventually after all.
.
I've now tried out both of these recipes which use packaged cake mix as an ingredient:
Pistachio Pudding Cookies and Lazy Cake Cookies. While they both taste good, the texture & taste doesn't seem as good as stuff I make from scratch. And using cake mix isn't that much easier than using flour, sugar, etc.