As with most things in life, there is a hard way and an easy way to learn new things when cooking. Tonight, I learned the hard way that parchment paper and waxed paper are not the same thing.
But wait, you say, they look the same.
Wrong!
Wax paper is covered in…wax! Which when you put it in the oven…melts! All over the Martha Stewart brownies you spent an hour slaving over a double boiler for!
I attempted a rescue by scooping out the batter from the insides of the pan and transferring to an 8×8 dish. We’ll see how this turns out.
UPDATE: The brownies burned a little on the bottom, but based on initial tests, appear not to taste like crayons. I’m counting it as a victory.
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Like the new look of the blog. Check with Lita about the wax paper. I seem to recall that was what she always used on her Joy of Cooking yum yum brownies.