Baking With PaperChef Culinary Parchment

As some of you know, I am a stay-at-home mom with only one kid (well, at least for now). The moment she learned to walk and play on her own, I had more time to do other stuff. So, a year ago, I was inspired by a friend to start baking. From then on, I have been baking at least one a month until it became once a week. 

I liked baking because I know exactly what I put into those pastries and goods. I always try to use the best ingredients, especially if it's for my family. But you know, I just realized home-made doesn't necessarily mean cheap, I actually find it more expensive than just getting them from the stores. So I tried to find a way to save. And that's by using more affordable but same quality goods cupcake cups, baking sheets, etc.

Just last weekend, I baked five (5) dozens of cupcakes. Yes, five! See, imagine me doing that every week, that entails additional costs pertaining to paper products. I used to buy another brand but then when I checked the grocery aisle last time I was there, I noticed this was cheaper by at least a dozen cups. This one is even a bit bigger but I ended up using it in the same muffin pans because I don't have any. There were some curls on the side but it worked just fine.

I also liked the natural color, it can go well with any event or holiday parties. 

 

It's a good thing I tried to put on the lotus cups first because I was only planning to bake a dozen cupcakes, I guess I'm going to double the recipe  If you'll notice the "petals" of this lotus cups, they are taking up some space so you can't really put them side by side. So to save space, I placed some baking cups in between. I am saving this lovely lotus cups for my aunt's birthday next week and I am thinking of trying a new recipe. I bet it will look really great! I'll update this post so you'll see.

Here are the prices I found at Target. The regular price of the large baking cups is $1.99 for 60 pcs. the other brand I saw was $2.69 for 36 pcs. What more if they offer coupons? :D

They also have a multi-purpose paper which are great baking cookies and breads.

Besides those three common items I use for baking, I never knew they have cooking bags. If you're wondering where to use it (because I too, do not know), here's what I found on their Youtube account. 

I think I going to try that French technique soon - en Papillote. I already feel like a chef! LOL! How easy it's going to be to have home-made frozen dinner you can bake in 10 minutes?! And just like Chef Chris Brown, I'll try it at 400F just to be safe. :)

If you are looking for more culinary parchment products and if you want to see some other techniques using parchment, you can check out their website, Facebook page or Twitter account.

How about you, where or when do you use parchment paper?

DISCLOSURE

I was not paid to do a review of the products mentioned above. I was provided samples to facilitate my review but everything was based on my honest opinion of the products.