I received a Kitchen-Aid silicone muffin tin for Christmas. The directions say it is only non-stick if you spray it first with non-stick spray. Call me confused, but I was under the impression that all bakeware was non-stick if you spray it first. Needless to say, I am back to my old faithful aluminum pans that my grandmother bought 35 years ago and using the muffin liners.

Liners cost 53 cents per 100 at my market. I stocked up with 25 cents off coupons that were doubled... total cost: 3 cents per hundred. Sometimes the old way is the cheapest.

PAM

They spray you on these fabulous muffin tins, then, do they?

Oh, no - that's just the stuff in the can - not those who walk around.

ole joyful

PAM

Things cook fine in them, but I don't see an advantage to using them. You need to put the cake pans on a cookie sheet, or it wobbles too much. The muffin tin came with a wire rack to hold the thing with.

I find them hard to clean because they are so wiggly - you have to support it from the back with one hand and scrub with the other hand... that might not sound annoying, but it is when you have to do that to every single muffin cup where if it was metal you could just set it in the sink and scrub each hole or just hold it in one position and scrub all the holes.

Anyway, I wouldn' buy more and I wouldn't give them as gifts.

regards,
maryanne

Other uses:

I use a Silpat exclusively for forming loaves/rolls of yeast breads on. No more bench flour and the dough doesn't stick. Just remember to oil/grease/butter your hands before handling the dough.

I also pour out my peanut brittle on a Silpat. After it cools, it peels right off and clean up is just a matter of washing the Silpat off.

As for the silicone bakeware, I didn't get good results using the bundt pan. I was sorry they didn't work better because, like many others, I'd received some as gifts.

-Grainlady

I can't remember what brand I have for the pans - I bought it a specialty kitchen store. The cookie liner is a Kitchenaid brand.

Silpat sheets are quite good though for some uses.

Liz

My cheapie set of sil. bakeware from BB&B brand is fantastic. Going back for the square pan. Storage and clean up alone make them fantastic. The only metal bakeware I keep now is a tart pan, spring form, and a large sheet. Fantastic!

I'm curious to try a cake mix in them.

What brand did you get? I've heard that you need to spray/oil/seal the silicone baking unit the first time you use it, but I thought there was no need to do that after the FIRST time you use it? *goes off to do more research*

According to the directions you should NEVER spray them with cooking spray. And you should NEVER put them on a cookie sheet.

Tried the pan once. They're difficult to pick up and transport to the oven because they're flimsy. You don't get a crust on the outside of your muffins. I've never had muffins stick so badly--EVER--and you aren't supposed to use anything sharp (knife) in the pans, so there's no way to remove stuck muffins. Biggest waste of $$$ I've ever seen.

Although, I did come up with one use for the pans. I line them with paper muffin cup liners, and use them to microwave individual cheesecakes (4-5 minutes to cook a cheesecake at high power does it). Pretty expensive microwave cookware, though, isn't it?

My recommendation for anyone who thinks they want some of that stuff is to find someone who already has it, and borrow it to try before you actually put out money for it.

I also have a Kitchen Aid silicone version of the "slip mat" and it works great with my fat free molassas cookies taht even stick to parchment paper.

Any ideas how to contact iVillage and ask them nicely to remove the carpy spam messages that flood us? I think it looks poorly and confuses new users, and certainly doesn't do any favors to iVillage, allowing free probably virus-laden links on all the forums, I think it only drives away the sincere user.

Any ideas how to contact iVillage and ask them nicely to remove the carpy spam messages that flood us?
Just the Contact Us link found at the bottom of any page here, and like I suggested...include the URL and the member name to make it easier for them as opposed to just asking that they remove all the spam messages.

I think it looks poorly and confuses new users, and certainly doesn't do any favors to iVillage, allowing free probably virus-laden links on all the forums, I think it only drives away the sincere user.
I agree. GW is the best free site I have found, and it bothers me to see spam, or rudeness or other abuse (like at the exchanges) on the forums. Maybe they need some more 'powers that be'...think?

Carry on..........'OUT' the spammers and report and hope for the best.

Sue

Doesn't work, usually.

Did you think that May103's post of 8/30 on shoes was an honest link? Well, the others that we call out are no more honest, either.

Welcome to Garden Web. I see you just joined yesterday.

Posting useful links actually helps us new forum users.
Oh, I agree.

The forums is more unappealing to new people when we read a stack of complaints.
Sorry you see it that way. As sushi said above, " To me, spam advertising ruins honest discourse for everyone. Honest links are welcome. " This site is free for us because it is supported by paying advertisers. Spammers just clutter up the boards and often even 4 year old threads like this.

Sue

Staying on topic...Silicone bakeware and reviews at Epinions

4) Her's was the 1st post in 3 years to this forum, common sense can tell us, a business of that size would not have any interest in this forum, thus it was most likely done in good faith.
A business of what size?

5) due the the large amount of spammers on the net these days, people have a phobia and jump too quickly to pass judgement without looking beyond their own noses.
I agree that occasionally an innocent poster is accused of spamming, but for the most part, those of us who are 'regulars' can spot them a mile away.

In looking at the link HERE does it not look to you like Nicole Madison (maybe aka madisonnicole71, huh?) is looking for Wholesale Distributors?

Her link above takes you to Bakewaresbest's Blog

If you will read her blog, you will see that it says, "L.R.Caldwell International Inc www.lrcaldwellint.com uses only 100% Food Grade Silicone. All Silicone products are FDA approved."

What am I missing?

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