What to use as a substitute for a cookie sheet?

[oli]

I am in a rental house and a TJ's item calls for baking on a cookie sheet. There is no alumin. sheet here and I don't want to buy one as I have many already back home.

 

[judy-mass]

I don't know how much surface area you need

but would it be feasible to use an overturned skillet or just fold a couple of layers of heavy duty foil and place them on the oven rack?

 

[wigs]

Would stacking 3 or 4 sheets of aluminum foil do the trick?

 

[michael-in-phoenix]

Not sure if you have access, but most supermarkets sell aluminum pans. I sometimes...

...use their low-sided 15 x 10" pans as cookie sheets. I've done tons of cinnamon almonds in those pans.

Michael

 

[michael-in-phoenix]

Sorry, should have been under Oli's post.

 

[charley]

Bottom of a roastingpan? How big is it--what is it?

Put foil on the oven rack.

 

[marilynfl]

I agree with foil. If it's a liquid spill-over issue, that should work fine. If it needs

Something heavier, just fold over the foil to get a density.

Or look around the kitchen and see what is heat-proof and flat. Go with that.

 

[charley]

Or if there is a dollar store, they have cheap aluminum pans.

 

[oli]

Thanks for the help. What I discovered about Alum. before posting the question was.....

"Don't use it under baked goods - you'll have to watch your cookies much closer to prevent the bottoms burning and you may still have a raw to under done cookie."
The baked product from TJs is Chocolat En Croute.

 

[charley]

I don't think I understand this since all my baking sheets all my life have been aluminum.

I think you could bake your pastries on the bottom of a roasting pan (aluminum or not) or on some foil.

I think the article you read must be mistaken. This is quoted several places. ;o)

Aluminum
Aluminum cookie sheets come in different styles such as rolled edges, edgeless and very high sides. Aluminum cookie sheets bake cookies uniformly since the aluminum metal properties conduct heat well. Highly acidic cookie doughs can have a negative reaction and produce a metallic flavor once the cookies are baked, so a silicone baking sheet is recommended as a barrier during baking.

 

[oli]

The alum. that is talked about is foil, I should have been more detailed.

 

[charley]

Aah. But I do think you can turn a roasting pan over for baking those. And I also

think if you DO watch them you could use foil.
Use a baking dish.