2006-12-11 02:38:05 · 4 answers · asked by noone 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
My sister made the mistake once of thinking that very same thing.
Nope, not the same, not even close. Parchment paper sometimes has a silione (food grade) coating on it to help with it's non-stick properties - where as wax paper uses exactly that...wax to coat the paper. Wax in oven on baking sheets...NOT fun to clean up.
Parchment paper is a cookie bakers dream.
2006-12-11 02:49:03 · answer #1 · answered by colourshift 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Parchment paper does not have a wax coating.
Parchment paper can be used in replacement of oil or cooking spray for baking. It doesn't burn in high heat(the oven).
Wax paper is best used as for laying out cookies or fudge, candy etc. The wax keeps the food from sticking after cooking or baking.
If you were to use wax paper in the oven it would melt. If you were to use parchment paper for cooling, it would get wet and the food would stick to it.
2006-12-11 02:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by Steph 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
no, it's different.
Cooking with Parchment Paper
by David DiResta
Widely used by professional bakers and chefs, parchment paper is fast becoming a basic item in home kitchens. Cooking With Parchment Paper offers more than 130 delicious recipes for foods cooked in and on this versatile cooking accessory, and presents many ideas for using parchment paper, from rolling out dough and lining cake pans to cooking pizza on a stone and creating table decorations. Detailed directions are given for making paper packets: rectangles; half-circles; hearts; poaching packets and bags; and appetizer packets.
i also found this website
http://www.kitchengifts.com/parchmentpaper.html
2006-12-11 02:40:11 · answer #3 · answered by bobbie v 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. Wax paper is, as the name suggests, waxed. If you use it in the oven it will smoke. Parchment paper is an unwaxed paper. You can use it to line baking sheets and it won't burn.
2006-12-11 02:46:55 · answer #4 · answered by Scyrius 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Can you use aluminum foil in place of parchment paper
2016-12-22 08:24:51 · answer #5 · answered by charles collis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are very similar and both have the same uses, at least I cannot think of any occasion when you cannot use one instead of the other right now , because I don't use them very often, but they have undergone a different treatment to become waterproof.
Parchment paper is a waterproof and grease-resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid.
Waxed paper is a whitish, translucent wrapping paper made moistureproof by a paraffin coating.
2006-12-11 02:53:48 · answer #6 · answered by Allabor 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋
no, parchment paper has NO wax on it.
2006-12-11 06:52:09 · answer #7 · answered by gypsy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One time my mother in law tried to tell me they weren't the same thing. She was wrong.
2015-05-25 08:57:28 · answer #8 · answered by anonymous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋