Baker's Secret's Secret

[Jemima]

They lie. These muffins pans aren't non-stick anything of the kind and they don't wash up well in the dishwasher. Dang, am I annoyed. >:(

[Fawn]

Well....there is always the Paleo diet.

[lhamo]

I try not to buy anything with teflon or similar coatings anymore. Scary stuff, and I also find it isn't nearly as non-stick as it is supposed to be.

I made a cake for my DD's birthday yesterday, and got stupendous results with a glass baking dish from Ikea, greased well with coconut oil. Smelled yummy, too.

Well-seasoned cast iron is another good choice. I need to reseason my cast iron pan, as it has a few small sections that have issues. But the parts that are properly seasoned are amazing -- truly non-stick.

lhamo

[razz]

Paderno has a new system of ceramic coatings that are non-stick. I bought the frying pan on sale and it is lovely for frying, stiry fry etc. as the cooking temp is much lower. In fact, they warn you not to use high heat or to preheat.
Our energy costs on time-of-use meter are my target for cost-saving efforts so anyhting that does the job and uses less energy and non-stick is great. I also bought a long bread loaf ceramic-coated pan and it worked well.

[Rosemary]

I have avoided teflon for years as well, but I generally find that nonstick is not necessary. I use stainless cookware, and it is no problem to clean with proper cooking technique - and I rarely use oil. I use stainless bread pans, aluminum cookie sheets, glass or glass-ceramic bakeware. The only pan I have that is really a cleaning problem is my 100-year old aluminum muffin tin. Even when I oil the sides and soak the pan after cleaning, it takes some attention to get it clean. So I rarely make muffins, but that's really not a problem for me.

[mara61]

I'm not sure those pans are meant for the dishwasher. I believe if they are not, that will mess with the non stick coating.

Depending on what I am making, I like to use glass muffin pans.

[Blackdog Lin]

Every January somewhere in Wal-Mart I find their "holiday themed" cupcake/muffin baking cups marked down to from $.05 to $.20 a pack. So I buy however many packs I need to have 100 or so of 'em for the year. And then I never need to worry about cleaning my 30-year old ugly stained but servicable muffin tins.

I'm both thrifty AND lazy.

[CathyA]

I was going to suggest muffin papers too.