Bread machines come with their own “built-in”, non-stick bread pans. The pan will have a paddle in the bottom, and be detachable from the machine. You don’t grease bread pans in bread machines; as the bread pans double as a “mixing bowl”, anything you coat them with will just get caught up in the mixing….
Bread pans are pans primarily used for baking bread in. They are typically in a rectangular shape. They can also be used for quick breads such as banana breads, or for meatloaf.
Brioche moulds are special moulds in which the breads named “brioche” are made. You can make brioche without these moulds, but you won’t get the classic “brioche à tête” form. They are round, with fluted, sloping edges, and wider at their top than at the bottom. Materials They are made of metal, glass, silicone or…
Cornbread pans are typically a cast iron tray with around seven moulds in it. These moulds are long, and shaped like an ear of corn with kernels indents in them.
A French bread pan is an American innovation to help home bakers make French-style baguettes. In France, there is no such thing actually called a “French bread pan.” French bread pans are two or three long half-tubes joined at the sides, used for making baguettes in. The assumption in the name is that the type…
Metal bread pans can be shiny or dark. Ones made of darker metal produce a darker crust; ones made of light metal, a lighter crust. The metal can be bare, or treated with a non-stick coating. Professional-grade metal bread pans are made of heavier metal, so that they can stand up to heavy use and…
Non-stick bread pans are standard loaf-shaped bread pans with a non-stick coating on them. The advantage to non-stick bread pans may seem compelling at first, but some people feel that they never seem to last as long as the regular “stick” ones. The non-stick often tends to flake off if the pan is put through…
Panettone moulds are baking moulds with very high sides in which the Italian Christmas bread called “panettone” is baked. They come in metal or paper.
Pullman loaf pans (aka Pullman bread pans) make a perfectly rectangular loaf of bread that is consistent in width and height for its entire length, so that when sliced it yields consistently-sized, perfectly square slices of bread for sandwiches. It does this thanks to a cover that slides onto the bread pan, helping to mould…
