Are silicone baking mats a good alternative to parchment paper?
I personally use silicone spatulas and baking mats and have experienced no ill effects. Nothing sticks to them and they are very easy to clean. My silicone baking mats (which can be reused more than 2000 times) have already saved yards and yards of parchment paper! Silicone is now being used to make a whole variety of useful non-stick cooking items. They are bright and colorful and easy to store. While there are no stovetop pots and pans, there are hundreds of useful kitchen items, including baking pans, baking sheets, spatulas, molds, ice cube trays in fun shapes (that also can double for baking little cakes), rolling pins, and more. • Silicone is a synthetic polymer made from silica and other ingredients. • Silica is common sand, made up of silicon, the second most abundant element in the earth’s crust (about 28%). • Silicon is not found in its elemental form but occurs mainly as oxides and silicates, like sand. • Silicones are made chemically by creating a “backbone” of silicon and
