I followed the recipe to the letter! But when i turned it out, half of it stuck to the bottom! what did i do wrong? i used 9 x5 pan and greased with vegetable shortening. :( Sorry to hear of the difficulty. When a loaf "sticks", it could be for a couple of reasons. The more common reason is that the loaf was too warm to unmold. I prefer to always cool the loaf in the pan on a cooling rack for 10-15 minutes before attempting to unmold. Another cause can be how the pan has been previously used. If your pan does double duty for meat loaf (the meat proteins change the way the pan will release baked goods), you can expect baked goods to stick a little more than usual. You might try lining the length of the pan with a strip of parchment paper next time. Frank @ KAF.

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