patty pan
/ˈpætiˌpæn/
noun
- A small, round, shallow pan used for baking individual pies, tarts, or pastries.
- The recipe says to bake the tarts in a patty-pan for even cooking.
- She greased the patty-pan before pressing the dough into it.
- For the party, I used a patty-pan to make mini apple pies.
- A small, round, scalloped or fluted mold used for shaping or baking individual portions of food, such as cakes or gelatin desserts.
- The children decorated the cupcakes baked in a patty-pan.
- A patty-pan gives the little cakes a pretty, ruffled edge.
- He poured the lemon gelatin into a patty-pan to set.
- A type of small, flat, round summer squash with scalloped edges, also called pattypan squash.
- I sliced the patty-pan and sautéed it with garlic.
- Patty-pan squash is delicious when grilled with olive oil.
- The farmer's market had fresh patty-pan squash in yellow and green.
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