Dear Bakers

[lagilman]

EtA: thanks, everyone. I used the 8x8 for a portion of the batter and poured the rest into cupcakes. The results were... extremely tasty, and really ugly. So I'll try again when I have the right pan size...


My 9x13 pan is...let's just call it "ruined" and speak no more of it.

The recipe I have calls for a 9x13 pan.

It is miserably icy-rain outside, and the thought of hauling out to the store just to buy a new pan horrifies me.

Is there a way to adapt a recipe to a smaller pan? (I'm assuming bake longer at a lower temperature, but is there a trick I'm missing that would make this more likely to succeed?)

Comments

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

Do you have any other pans with approximately the same area? Does it have to rectangular?

[lagilman]

Nope. The only larger pans I have are much deeper (not really baking pans, more casseroles) and the baking pans I do have are closer to 8x8.

I really don't have much call to bake large things, as a rule.

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

In that case, if it were me, I'd reduce the quantities by 1/3 if I wanted a deep whatever it was, or by 1/2 because that's closer in terms of area, and use the 8x8.

What are you making?

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Seconded. Halve it. Or use two 8x8's if you want the whole recipe.

[pds-lit.livejournal.com]

You could just line the old ruined pan with foil and use it. Of course, this all depends upon what ruined it in the first place. If you put cat litter in it, ah um, pitch it.

[lagilman]

There's a hole in it.

don't ask.

[madrobins]

Wow. **awed respect**

[madrobins]

Do you mean smaller in volume, or deeper and smaller?

I find this to be really helpful if I'm switching sizes.

As for baking: cook at the usual heat for as long as you usually do, test for doneness, and keep checking every 10 minutes or so, until you get the results you want.

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's handy! Thanks!

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

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[icedrake.livejournal.com]

There's an excess slash at the end of the URL. Remove that and it will work.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Well, I know that if you're going from an 8" pie pan to a 9" pie pan, you double the filling recipe. Similarly if you're making a 9x13" sheet of brownies instead of an 8x8. So I'm guessing you can cut the recipe in half to fit the smaller pan.

Depending on what it is, baking longer at lower temperature will also work. Sometimes it has to be muuuuch longer, but one finds that out by testing it if it's the sort of thing one can test. :)