Karen Wheless wrote:

> Maybe this is a silly question, but is there a good way to get parchment
> paper (off a roll) to lie flat? I have to bake a lot of cookies, and I
> like to line my pans with parchment paper. But the parchment paper
> continually rolls up at the edges, and means I have to push down the
> paper constantly when I'm trying to drop my cookies. It's minor, but
> it's annoying.

We place ours concave side down, and put a tiny dab of solid
shortening at the center, between the paper and the pan.
Works like a charm...

-- Larry