Find out how pan color can affect the texture and browning of your baked goods and learn when to use light or dark pans.

and potentially throwing off baking times. Thin, flimsy metal pans or pans with a dark-colored nonstick coating (pan coatings come in many shades of gray; “dark” means anything closer to black ...

you may have noticed a chart with separate temperature and time ranges for baking in a dark metal pan versus other types.

“My favorite baking and cookie sheets are plain aluminum. They look very unappealing, but work the best,” said Juliana Hale. ...