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Silicone bakeware is touted as easy to clean, stain resistant, and so flexible that it folds for storage. And oh, yes, it promises picture-perfect baked goods that slide from the pan. It's sold everywhere from cooking catalogs to Target. We chose widely sold KitchenAid, Smartware, and Kmart products costing about $11 for one piece to $40 for a set of four. The goal: to see if silicone improves on conventional bakeware. News flash: It doesn't.
Baking. Most foods tasted fine, but many looked funny. If we used cooking spray, the pans released our cakes but could flex enough that cakes broke. Brownies came off very easily but varied in thickness because pans sagged even when supported with the included ...