My silpat mat is a bit bigger than my pan, so it forms sides and covers the bottom. Clean up is a breeze with soap and water. (See my recipe for asparagus wrapped in bacon. It’s delicious and cooks really well on a baking mat!) Making Decorative Chocolate drizzles. Making individual pizzas on a silicone baking mat is a breeze. They end up with a perfect crust, there is no pizza pan to wash and clean up is simple and easy. Fat free oven potatoes:

Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat and then either cut the fruit up into chunks or leave it whole (if smallpieces) and place the whole baking sheet in the freezer for a couple of hours. This means that your favorite oven baked goods cook evenly all the way through too. Reusable baking mats help our environment by allowing us to waste less too since they can be reused over and over. Quality of design and features: we looked for sturdy silicone baking mats with nifty features like cut edges, to make the mat easy to remove from the pan, plus weights and measurements printed onto the sheet. Oven Safe Temperature: 480 degrees | Sizes Available: 1.5 x 9 inches (Sil-band), 10.9 x 7.9 inches (toaster oven), 11.75 x 8.25 inches (quarter sheet), 13.5 x 8.5 inches (jelly roll), 16.5 x 11.5 inches, (half sheet), 17 x 12.25 (cookie sheet), 19.5 x 13.5 (three-quarter sheet)

These super flexible baking mats are thin, stretchy, and made from pharmaceutical-grade silicone. They come in a bunch of fun colors and can be rolled up for compact kitchen drawer storage. Unlike other options in this list, these mats are not reinforced with fiberglass or woven, making their heat distribution just slightly uneven. Silicone mats not only like the heat, they are also great for temps as low as -40 º, you will have a great batch of frozen fruit to use in smoothies or fruit popsicles later. Just the mat is all you need for perfect frozen fruit. Also, the browned part stays on the potato instead of ripping off onto foil (been there, done that!). They are low calorie, delicious and so easy to do. The oven mats will take heat up to 450 º F, which makes them perfect for stuffed baked potatoes. Not all baking mats are the same. Some have no markings at all, and some are imprinted with markings that make cooking making a breeze.

Let if form a cup shape and harden. Add your fillings. The Parmesan cups are super crispy. Try doing that on a piece of aluminum foil in the oven. It’s not going come off if you do! Making Fudge: Deep frying in oil adds a ton of extra calories to potatoes, but oven fries are a cinch to make on the silicone mats. They crisp up well. You don’t need to add extra oil (or calories) and can use whatever type of seasoning you like. This idea can be used to make candy bowls and other crafts, too by using normal bowls to drape the melted peppermint or candy cane over to form the shape. Bake Polymer Clay Once your fruit mixture has cooled, you can cut a piece of wax paper or parchment paper to place the mixture on so that you can then cut it into rolls. For a tasty strawberry fruit roll up recipe, try this one from Life Currents.. Get Crafty!

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Whether you're crafting a box of luxury chocolates or want to impress at your next bake sale with rows of identical cakes, silicone baking trays are ideal for ease, precision and detail. The types, shapes and moulds of our silicone bakeware mean you can create tarts, baguettes, Madeleines… and the list goes on! See what’s instore (and online) by browsing our silicone cookware collection. Bite-sized bakes