Parchment Paper

When baking cakes, I prefer parchment paper to buttering and flouring the pans. Flour leaves a residue on the cake after it is baked. Parchment paper is also easier when baking cookies, as you do not have to keep buttering the baking sheets for each batch you bake. It is available in most grocery stores and cookware shops. When using parchment paper on baking sheets in a convection oven be sure to weight down the ends of the paper.