Baking Parchment Paper

Parchment paper is a kind of paper that has many applications when it comes to baking. It is also often used as an alternative for other baking materials. For example, it can be used when baking cookies, cakes, or other pastries and provide you with a non-stick surface. This is very useful since it can be placed on the baking pan before placing the cookies instead of using oil or butter on it providing for a healthier recipe. It can also be used as a substitute for aluminum foil or brown paper when wrapping or covering food. These are just some of the many uses of baking parchment paper.

Parchment paper can be bought from your local bakery supplies store or online. It should not be mistaken for wax paper since those baking materials have almost the same uses and might be placed in the same aisle or cabinet with parchment paper, but parchment paper will provide you with additional benefits and uses over wax paper.

Parchment paper is extremely useful for baking because of its composition. In the middle ages, parchment was actually a piece of paper that came from animal skin. The animal skin is cleaned from hair, dried, and stretched. Today, parchment paper is made from paper pulp and goes through a few processes like pressing, sheeting, converted and more in order to get it to it’s non-stick, reusable qualities! Now, companies like The Smart Baker provide a variety of Pre-Cut Parchment paper sheets, rounds and square in order to make you baking life that much easier!