Help me identify this pan
At a recent garage sale I found a square cast iron pan with a wooden handle, and it intrigued me, so of course I bought it, but I don't know what this thing is for. The pan has 4 cups, I guess you'd call them, like you'd find in a drop biscuit pan, but I don't think that's the purpose of this thing, since you'd only be able to cook 4 at a time, and you wouldn't want to put this in the oven since it has a wooden handle.
Also, 2 of the cups have designs on the bottom, which makes me think that whatever you'd cook in there would be turned upside-down for serving, so you'd see the design. The other 3 cups are plain.
The pan itself seems to be fully enamel coated, not raw cast that would have to be seasoned.
Anybody got any ideas?
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6 Comments:
db, sounds to me like a Danish aebleskiver pan, made to make round, filled doughnuts. Some of these pans are made to be just decorative. I bought one years ago, but it couldn't justify it's space in the kitchen so I had to let it go.
mucosal at 1:55AM on 06/10/08
Does it look like this? I bought an Aebelskiver pan from Amazon for about $9 and I've only used it once but it's too cute to give away.
Please take a picture of your pan and post it on photobucket or some other picture hosting site so we can see your pan!
chiff0nade at 7:32AM on 06/10/08
The aebelskiver's got round bottoms. This is more like the shape of an english muffin. And there are only 4 of the wells, so whatever it is, either they cook fast, or you don't make a whole bunch of 'em.
I'll get a photo of it somewhere as soon as I can...
Thanks for trying...
dbcurrie at 1:18PM on 06/10/08
Are the wells shallow? Could it be a shortbread pan?
Library Lady at 2:02PM on 06/10/08
maybe it's an english muffin pan ???
onepercent99 at 4:24PM on 06/10/08
It may not BE an English muffin pan, but I'm thinking that's what I might make in it. I usually make EngMuffs on a griddle, but with the wells, I could try a recipe with a slacker dough.
I have a feeling this might be the type of thing that was sold as a gimmicky device with a recipe for something the seller made up. It has a sort of 60s-70's vibe to the designs.
I just need to take a photo of it....
dbcurrie at 10:57PM on 06/10/08