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Several days in a row I made over roasted broccoli and brussels sprouts. I think I'm having enough for now, too oily. Was great in the beginning
I used a large enamel tray for the roasting. It is getting very oily and after several scrubbing with cleaning liquid it's still very oily. How do you folks clean your oily baking tray if you don't use disposable one-time foil or paper?
(p.s. are those parchment paper very safe? don't risk causing fire? lol)
I guess my next question is, what's the most economic and convenient way to roast foods in the oven, as far as baking tray/sheet is concerned?
Last edited by snowmountains; 01-17-2016 at 10:05 PM..
Pour dish detergent onto the pan and scrub it with a sponge that's almost dry. Rinse with hot water, and repeat if necessary, but that will probably get the grease off the first time.
I line my baking sheets with foil. Parchment is safe and I use it for cookies, but it doesn't stop the grease from traveling like foil does. I can usually pull the foil off the baking sheet and not have to wash the sheet, just throw the foil away.
I think the max temp for parchment is 400 F. It probably says on the box. I bake sugar cookies on it at 400 and the paper turns slightly brown but it doesn't catch fire. Waxed paper will catch fire in the oven...my sister has done that before
Baking soda is great for getting baked on gunk off of pans or pots. I am not sure if it's safe for enamel so you might want to check first. Liberally sprinkle the pan with baking soda. Add a little water so it becomes paste like (about the consistency of hummus) . Let it sit overnight. Should slide right off, or you may still need to scrub a bit but it will be clean
Be careful not to put wax paper in the oven, wax paper will burn, parchment won't until a certain temperature like someone else mentioned. You can use wax paper for baking but it has to be to line a cake pan and has to be covered with batter in order not to burn.
I don't understand why it's so oily. Do you add oil? I would use cooking spray instead.
Use heavy duty reynolds aluminum foil and you can usually get several uses out of it depending obviously how bad you muck it up.
Also Dawn dish soap only in my house. They use it to clean oil sludge off of birds affected by oil spills. Don't think you pans can get dirtier than that.
Can your baking sheets fit in the dishwasher? I put my pans in there if the start to get baked in grease on the underside, and it comes off pretty well.
for the ones that are too large, I use an aluminum scrubber with hot water and Dawn.
I'm another one who uses aluminum foil and/or parchment paper (often in combination) for almost everything I cook in the oven. Often, I can just roll up the paper and foil and toss it without the need to clean the sheet at all, but sometimes, the grease still travels and spreads on the paper, as Hedgehog mentioned.
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Was great in the beginning 
