Baking..using a silicon sheet vs parchment?
 

I bought a silicon baking sheet and I am going to try it on my cookies todays. Anyone have experience using the silicon baking sheets?

Sandy

yup work like parchment only you have to clean them lol. I like parchment paper for everything I bake.

DD bought me silicone liners and i do like them. But I prefer parchment, it is much more versatile in my opinion.

Best thing since sliced bread!

I love parchment. Simply because there's nothing to clean up. More time for sewing :)

I am with you Misty's Mom and bakermom. I love parchment paper! If it's not dirty I reuse it for baking.

I prefer parchment paper - burned myself on the silicone sheet pretty badly. I buy the cheaper parchment from Dollar Tree - 2 boxes at a time - and cut out as many pieces as I can from 1 box to fit all my pans - round, square, cookie sheets, 9 x 13, ......

I also like the parchment, use and throw away for what little bit of baking I do anymore. LOL

I have tried out my silicone sheet. It seems like it takes a little longer for the cookies to bake but they slid right off of the sheet. It stays "clean" looking too. I never use parchment because I never think to buy any. So far, I am ok with the silicone sheet but the old fashioned way of using a greased cookie sheet works fine too. I will play with this to see where I end up. You all have pretty much voted "parchment". Thanks for any continued input.
sandy

I have used the silicone liners for years. I have 4 of them with 5 baking sheets. ( I make many dozens of cookies each Christmas). I love them. I may wipe them down every few batches but basically don't clean them until I am done with the entire baking spree. Then I use a soapy rag with the liner on the pan and they clean up nicely and I store with paper towels between the liners on one of the sheets. My baking pans look like new and I have been using these since 2000 or before.

I've never used parchment paper, mainly because I forget to buy it! I'm going to get some for sure now. I don't have silicon baking sheets, so don't know about them. But I love the idea of easy cleanup!

I haven't used any silicone baking products. I DO have and love my
silicone utensils (spatulas, spoons etc.).

For ALL baking I use parchment paper I even put it under baking dishes
that I put on cookie sheets to help with clean up.

I use just as much if not more parchment paper in my sewing room
as I do in the kitchen.

I bought 2 earlier this year and used them for the first time baking
the Christmas cookies. I absolutely love them! No burning and so easy to get off the pan. Can't wait to try them for Pumpkin Rolls. They give me fits when I take the wax paper off. Hopefully they will peal right off.

I like parchment paper I think we used too much plastic in our cooking now!

I like parchment paper I think we used too much plastic in our cooking now!

I only discovered parchment this year..Boy I am slow...I love it..

I got some of the silicone sheets made by Chef's Planet. They were great for cookies this year. They are very thin, and black, and cookies brown nicely on them. Easy to use, wipe and put away. http://chefsplanet.com/products/view/17 Found them at a kitchen shop. I even used it to make bark and it worked perfectly. No sticking.

I love my silicone sheets. I bought them at Costco Business, great price for 2. I'm too cheap to buy parchment and throw it away, I'm the odd ball, I guess. I like the silicone for making candy and for things that you don't want to stick. I make choc covered pretzels, perfect to let harden, they come right off beautifully. I highly recommend!

I bought a silicon baking sheet to use like a Supreme Slider on my sewing machine. It works great for that! :)

I have and use both, but I do wonder about the long term effect of using silicone at 350+. Just a worrier, I guess.

As for the dangers of silicone, has it occurred to anyone that parchment is not just paper? It has been either treated or coated. Info from Wikipedia:

Parchment paper
Modern parchment paper is made by running sheets of paper pulp through a bath of sulfuric acid (a method similar to how tracing paper is made) or sometimes zinc chloride. This process partially dissolves or gelatinizes the paper. This treatment forms a sulfurized cross-linked material with high density, stability, and heat resistance, and low surface energy – thereby imparting good non-stick or release properties. The treated paper has an appearance similar to that of traditional parchment.

Bakery release paper
The stickless properties can be also achieved by employing a coated paper, for which a suitable release agent — a coating with a low surface energy and capability to withstand the temperatures involved in the baking or roasting process — is deposited onto the paper's surface; silicone (cured with a suitable catalyst) is frequently used.

I love parchment paper....

What do you use parchment paper for in sewing (besides pattern pieces)?

Ever wonder about "that new car smell" we all love? Just sayin! Tho I understand the concerns.

I love my new silicon baking sheets after using them during the holidays. Not sure I am going to use the silicon pans, etc.


Sandy

I am not crazy about anything that has plastic to it. I personally use the parchment paper. I have read so many things about cancer with plastic.

I prefer parchment paper because I can use it in any shape pan. I also use it as a pressing sheet in my sewing room.

Silicone baking sheets are not plastic. They are made with glass and food grade silicone and are reported to be non-toxic and inert. I love mine. It's great for making Lace Cookies which are so easy to crumble and so hard to remove from a cookie sheet.
Not affiliated with any company or product just like my baking silicone sheet.