Baking
How to grease and flour a baking pan
Coat a pan with fat (and sometimes flour) so baked goods release cleanly.
Step by step
- Rub a thin layer of soft butter or shortening into every corner with a paper towel, or use baking spray.
- For cakes, add a spoonful of flour, tilt and tap the pan until it is coated.
- Turn the pan over and tap out the extra flour.
- For chocolate cakes, use cocoa instead of flour so there is no white film.
How you know it's done
Every surface, corners included, is lightly coated with no bare spots or thick clumps.
Common mistakes
- Missing the corners and edges of a fluted pan.
- Greasing a pan the recipe says to leave bare (some sponge cakes need to cling).
Simmerbee recipes that use it (23)
- Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal
- Baked Mac and Cheese with Crispy Topping
- Baked Muffuletta-Style Party Sliders
- Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
- Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
- Chocolate Chip Walnut Banana Bread
- Classic Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Classic Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
- Classic Herb Bread Stuffing
- Classic One-Bowl Banana Bread
- Classic Vanilla Butter Pound Cake
- From-Scratch Green Bean Casserole
- Googly-Eyed Monster Crispy Rice Treats
- Honey Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
- Moist Cinnamon Walnut Zucchini Bread
- One-Bowl Chocolate Sheet Cake with Fudgy Frosting
- Overnight Veggie Breakfast Casserole
- Soft Buttery Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls
- Soft Classic White Sandwich Bread
- Spiced Pumpkin Bread
- Sweet Honey Cornbread with Honey Butter
- Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Streusel
- Yellow Birthday Layer Cake with Chocolate Frosting
In those recipes the word is underlined in the steps; tap it for the short version. In hands-free cook mode, ask “How do I grease?”
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