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Jean Lavigne's avatar

Most parchment paper also has toxic chemicals, especially PFAS - there are a few brands (like If You Care) that don't. I bake my 100% rye sourdough bread at 450 degrees in a German made stainless steel loaf pan. I apply a thin layer of olive oil and then lightly coat with flour and I never have issues with sticking - and rye dough is much stickier than most breads.

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Tamar Adler's avatar

Oh no! I had no idea! Well, the more you know...Thank you for this!

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Marcy's avatar

I love your newsletters! Just a question on this one. You said "But I think, in the circumstances, it behooves you not to change your loaf pans instead of your baking. " Are you saying don't change your pans? (Even tho they are flaking)

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Tamar Adler's avatar

No! This was an inexcusable typo. I meant "But I think, in the circumstances, it behooves you to change your loaf pans instead of your baking." Mea culpa.

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Jen's avatar

I hope you get a little affiliate-link kickback from these, because I'm going to shop the hell out of webstaurantstore.com hahah! We just got an induction stove and had to donate our aluminum cookware (that also came from a restaurant supply store).

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Sarah Orman's avatar

Oh my gosh, that link to the parchment paper packs just changed my life. Thank you!

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