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Have you ever felt like things seem to happen exactly when you need them to? It happens to me all the time! For instance, I found this pin on Pinterest just the other day.
Clean Baked on Gunk with Dryer Sheet
From Apartment Therapy
Crazy thing about it, is that I happened to find it two days after I attempted to bake egg soufflés in our cupcake pans. While the soufflés were good, and easy to package up and freeze for easy morning breakfasts, the mess they left in the cupcake pan proved to be almost impossible to remove. I used a ton of butter to grease them, so I don’t know why they stuck so much! Next time, I’m going to use cupcake liners – sorry, I digress…
Well, anyway, I washed the pans by hand first, but the baked-on eggs weren’t budging. Then, I soaked them over night in hot water and vinegar, with a little Dawn dish detergent. In the morning, they were still in pretty bad shape, so I ran them through the dishwasher. That didn’t work either. If anything, it seemed even more baked in.
Cupcake Pan this morning – uhm… GROSS!!
I told my daughter we would probably have to throw them out. She was not happy, as she needed them to make brownies that day. Brownies are so much easier to share at the office if they are already individually wrapped. Again, I’m getting off topic… The point was that I couldn’t get the eggs off of the pan, and we couldn’t use them in that condition. They sat on dish drainer for a few days because I couldnt bring myself to just throw them away. I was sure I’d find a way to get them clean…
Then I saw that pin. Crazy how things just happen to show up in my Pinterest feed, right when I need them, huh? It said that you could get the dried-on, stubborn food off of bake ware by putting a dryer sheet in hot water and soaking it overnight. Well, what do you know?! I’ve got a dirty piece of bakeware – two actually – and I’ve got dryer sheets! At this point, I would have tried anything, as they would be headed for the trash (or to the shed to be used next year to start seeds in) if I couldn’t get the baked egg off of them.
So, this morning, I filled up the kitchen sink with hot water, threw in the pans and a dryer sheet and let it soak all day.
cupcake pan + water + dryer sheet
An additional bonus to this process is that my kitchen smelled lovely all day – like fresh laundry, one of my favorite scents!
When I went back this afternoon, I’ll be darned if all the crusty grossness was soft and readily wiped right off! Only a few spots were still stuck on, but with a little elbow grease, it came off too.
Yay! Pinterest Success!!
Before and After
I love it when I find something simple to fix a tough job!
Have you tried any new ways to tackle a tough job?
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Eliesa, I just posted your button on my blog. Take care.
Kim
Hmmm….you think the liquid fabric softener would work too? That is pretty neat.
I bought myself a pan with non-stick squares from QVC and it pretty much comes clean after meatloaf and brownies. : )
I don’t know, but I can’t see why not. If I try it, I’ll let you know! One of the pans I cleaned today was supposed to be non-stick too, but it stuck like the dickens! I don’t usually use the cupcake pans without liners, and I never will again! What a pain in the tush to clean those little suckers out!
Thank you! I use my muffin pans all the time and they are such a hassle to clean, but with this little trick, it will be a breeze, so Thank You, thank you again!
You are welcome very much
I had a friend borrow my mini muffin pan and she scrubbed it for days but it wouldn’t come very clean. She felt so bad and wanted me to buy a new one. Now I know the trick! I’ve also wet the dryer sheets and used them to scrub our glass shower door!
It was like magic! Those little compartments are not easy to clean either! Do the dryer sheets get the soap scum off??
What a great idea! I I hadn’t seen that pin….but I really have dirty pans….so this is perfect for me
It was WONDERFUL meeting you at Haven. You have such a smile that makes the world want to smile along!
blessings,
karianne
Aww…thanks! That made my day
it wa great to meet you too. Haven was such a great experience, especially meeting other bloggers. Can’t wait for next year!
Great idea! I would have never thought of doing that! I hear that dryer sheets DO get soap scum off of shower doors!
Great idea! I just stumbled onto your blog ~ can’t wait to explore more of it.
I am sooo trying this one. Have you tried the one with tin foil that supposedly makes pans look new again? I want to but alas, I have been too busy sitting on my butt reading blogs and pinning. lol
Oxy Clean works great! I sprinkle a little bit in the offending pan, add water and by morning it’s clean.
I will try that next time, I have some Oxy Clean on hand. Every time I try to make those eggs, I get left with a mess, so i’m sure I’ll be trying it soon.
Thats really impressive. Thanks for sharing.