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By Nelle Hoxie


Use a silicone baking mat and turn any cookie sheet or counter top into a nonstick surface. While it's great for baking cookies, you can use it do a lot more. Stick a silicone baking mat in a  roasting pan to make clean up a snap. When you make peanut brittle you won't have to use butter and foil to keep it from sticking.

Put a baking mat in your toaster oven, when you're making a toasted cheese sandwich. Yes you can use a silicone baking mat in your toaster oven and microwave, as well as a conventional oven.

A silicone baking mat can also be used as a dough mat. It will make kneading bread dough so much easier. You won't have to keep flouring your surface. The same thing goes for making candy and kneading it.

Silicone baking mats differ on the maximum temperature that they can tolerate. Most can reach 450 degrees without a problem, but it's best to check the individual baking mat specifications before you buy.

If you use and store it properly, most silicone baking mats will last between 2,000 and 3,000 usages. To clean a baking mat all you have to do is wipe it down with hot soapy water, rinse, and let it dry.

To store a baking mat you can either lay it flat or roll it up.


Silpat Baking Mat - 11-5/8-by-16-1/2-Inch Nonstick Silicone Baking Mat

This Silpat baking mat can handle heat to 428 degrees. It will last through as many as 3,000 uses depending on how you use it and care for it.

Turn any cookie sheet into a non-stick surface with no messy greasing. Clean-up is easy, just wipe down with hot water and dish soap. Store flat or rolled up.

French made with fiberglass and silicone. FDA, NSF, and Kosher certified.


Matfer Exopat 11-5/8-by-16-3/8-Inch Nonstick Baking Mat

You won't need to keep buying parchment paper, if you invest in nonstick silicone baking mats. Your cookies won't stick and you can even use Matfer Exopat nonstick baking mats in roasters.

It is temperature safe up to 580 degrees and will last up to 3,000 uses depending on usages and care. Wipes clean with a sponge and soap and water. Measures 16-1/2 inches by 11-/58 inches. You can lie it flat to store or just roll it up.


Demarle Silpat Nonstick Silicone Baking Mat Demarle Silpat 11-3/4-by-8-1/4-Inch Nonstick Silicone Baking Mat

At 8.25 inches  x 11.75 inches this is one of the smaller silicone baking mats. It is the perfect size for use in a toaster oven as well as a conventional oven or microwave. It's made of FDA approved silcone and is also Kosher approved.

If you love to make candy, but tire of the mess it makes sticking to everything that isn't heavily greased, then all you have to do is use a silicone baking mat.


Wilton Easy Flex Silicone Baking Mat - 10-Inch by 15-Inch

The Wilton Silicone Baking Mat turns any 10 x 15 cookie pan into a nonstick pan. Wilton has formulated it's silicone baking mat to tolerate heat up to 500 degrees. When you make peanut brittle candy, you no longer have to use all that butter or foil to grease and line the cookie sheet. Don't forget to use it as a dough mat to knead bread.

It is safe for use the freezer, refrigerator, and microwave, as well as conventional ovens. It is stain and odor resistant.

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