On 2/3/2018 9:33 AM, wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 22:05:39 -0700, CaÃ*da de la casa >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/2/2018 8:47 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 15:36:24 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> And yes, I can hear the snide comments rearing their ugly heads now.
>>>> Anyhoo...
>>>>
>>>> Some years back I made crustless quiches for people on the South Beach diet.
>>>> I got the recipe from their book. It said to line the muffin tins with
>>>> muffin tin papers. I did that but much of the quiche stuck to the paper like
>>>> glue. If the person tried to eat it all, they got paper in their mouth so
>>>> they could only eat the center of it.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday, I made this recipe which I think is the same as what I made
>>>> before.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.momables.com/crustless-br...uiche-muffins/
>>>>
>>>> I don't have the silicone inserts and am unlikely to buy them. Instead, I
>>>> greased the tins with olive oil. The first batch stuck very badly. I thought
>>>> maybe I needed more oil. Subsequent batches mostly still stuck. Once in a
>>>> while I would get a few that either didn't stick or stuck very little but
>>>> most were like they were welded to the pan. And I played hell trying to get
>>>> them out of the tins.
>>>>
>>>> What did I do wrong?
>>>
>>> Use good non-stick muffin tins. Wilton tins are good. Otherwise, just
>>> use decent Baker's Secret tins. And use BUTTER, not olive oil. After
>>> buttering the tins, dust them lightly with flour, the same as you
>>> would do if you were baking a cake or muffins.
>>>
>>> Doris
>>
>> +1 on the Wiltons.
>>
>> Their tins are the best non-stick around, imo.
>
> Nordicware makes better non-stick muffin pans:
> https://www.nordicware.com/catalog/p...n/category/41/
> Nordicware makes all sorts of non-stick miniature cake pans

I like the lighter coloration - no chance of burning there.

>
> Chicago Metallic makes even better non-stick muffin pans:
> http://www.chicagometallicbakeware.c...cake-pans.html
> I use their giant muffin pans, excellent:
> http://www.chicagometallicbakeware.c...uffin-pan.html
>

No quibbles there either - well made stuff.

> However ordinary muffin pans can be made non-stick by lightly coating
> with Crisco and then lining with wax paper... wax paper will peel
> right off... it's how I do my pineapple upsidedown cake.

A good tip, IF you have "ordinary" old pans...

> For quiche brush with butter and line with a lettuce leaf, and it
> becomes an edible no carb crust.

Now THAT is unique!

But regardless there's no call to rag on Wilton:

http://www.wilton.com/shop-bakeware/

http://www.wilton.com/mega-mini-flut....html#start=27

Look, there are enough depressions there to handle the whole fleet!