Anyone have any ideas? I bought this at a secondhand store. Havent scrubbed it clean yet- but I've been asking around, and searching online through supply store websites. Not sure what this would be used for. it's like a muffin tin, only it has 9 cavities. They're totally round but not a complete half sphere (ie if you put 2 of them together they wont make a compltely round ball). They're about 1 inch deep. And the brand is Ovenex..England. The yahoo search I did hasnt produced anything.
Thanks fellow sleuths!

It could be a type of tart pan, maybe?

ok my skepticism about this being any kind of tart pan was that the shape is totally round, and whatever tart or pastry type dough was baked in there, woudlnt sit up straight, And I cant picture anything baked in there and then turned upside down

http://www.aebleskiver.net/ this is my closest so far- but the only problem is that those pans are designed for stovetop- maybe it's possible to make them in the oven as well. But I am familiar with aebleskiver from my time spent in Denmark- maybe someone here knows something I dont, that they can be made in the oven? Or some kind of meat pasty thing, or like a perogy- I dont know. I'm going to keep looking, cause this will bug me now if i dont find out lol

You say it's from England - could it be for Yorkshire pudding? Or, maybe for baked eggs?

It kinda reminds me of some muffin top pans I have.

I was going to suggest the same thing about it being a muffin top pan!

or doughnuts

Looks kind of like crumpets.... just a thought..

Muffin tops or scones?

maybe madelains???

It's a "patty pan" - used to be used for the English version of cupcakes. I use mine as a flower former when I dry petals for gumpaste flowers. It's perfect for orchids!

I am from England originally and it is a tart pan, my mum has one just like it. Traditional mince pies are very shallow, and jam tarts are too.
You use a round biscuit type cutter for both the top and bottom, the same size and put a small amount of sweet mincemeat in between.
There days we are more used to deep filled pies, but it would make a good muffin top pan instead!
Diane

I bought mine brand new and was labeled as Oz said, a patty pan. I use it for little patty cakes (sort of like a little cup cake) and I also use it for cooking the crust of puff pastry for little lemon meringues or caramal tarts.

My mother had a pan like that and she used it for scones. Whether that was the right use, I don't know but as kids we loved the funny round shape at the bottom.

I'm glad I came across this thread because my grandma recently gave me a pan like this but I wasn't sure what it was for either!!

I went to the link about aebleskiver and it sounds really fun....think I am going to have to get a pan. They had a section there telling other uses for the pan. They mentioned making little cakes which you would turn over, cornbread and dropping them in chili, muffins and brownies.
I would think the pan you have could be used that way.

I'm not sure what kind of pan it is, but you could probably make some pretty nifty M&M cakes out of them.

how about baked pancakes?