Help - Cleaning saucepan

greenpixey

I just made our first ever gingerbread house with the boys. The recipe said to melt sugar to use as glue to put the pieces together... very messy and not too pretty

I pored all the left over sugar on a baking paper Problem I got now is it doesnt tell me how to clean the saucepan after. Ive tried really hot water but it wont budge. The wooden spoon I used to stir with as is covered as well.. What do I do

thriftlady_2

Pour a bit of water in the pan and put it back on the heat until all the sugar has melted. Pour it all away and wash it up quickly.

greenpixey

thriftlady wrote: »

Pour a bit of water in the pan and put it back on the heat until all the sugar has melted. Pour it all away and wash it up quickly.

It worked a treat, thank you soooo much :xmassmile

zara*elise

You can also use coke in the same way, pour in enough coke to cover the stain/rust/burned area, boil for about 5 mins then wipe away!

Auntie-Dolly

...and next year use beaten egg white & icing sugar!

zippychick

think one of the girls was allergic to egg white? (or maybe wrong poster?)

Little_Vics

for ref, salt works well too - just boil some slowly in water and it will gently rub the stains off.

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

Will the same tips work on burnt-on oil at the bottom of a saucepan? The dw has had no effect nor has scrubbing.

msb5262

Do you mean burnt oil on outside or inside of the saucepan?

zara*elise

Yep, the coke will!

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

msb5262 wrote: »

Do you mean burnt oil on outside or inside of the saucepan?

It's the inside. The oil got to smoking temp! Am left with a lovely black/brown stain inside my lovely saucepan.