What to buy during Le Creuset's Stoneware Savings event happening now
Heritage 3-Piece Rectangular Baking Dish Set
This acclaimed set includes 1.1-, 2.5- and 4-quart rectangular baking dishes, all available in the brand's 10+ signature colors. The dishes all have a nonporous and scratch-resistant glaze, making them ideal for cooking all types of baked goods: casseroles, cakes, brownies, side dishes and more. They're oven safe up to 500 degrees and dishwasher safe according to the brand.
If you're a banana bread fan or any sweet or savory quick bread, you'll need a loaf pan that can handle a lot, like Le Creuset's fluted option. Available in eight shades, the pan's out edge makes it both decorative and functional, since the fluted shape makes it easy to maneuver to and from the oven. While it's dishwasher and oven safe up to 500 degrees like many of Le Creuset's pieces, it's also freezer safe, too, according to the brand.
Heritage Fluted Pie Dish
If you consider yourself a pie person, a fluted stoneware pie dish like this is a good way to get excited about all the lemon meringue, blueberry and cherry pies you can make this summer. Aside from having an elevated look, the dish comes in more than 10 shades, including the popular Flame, and it's dishwasher and freezer safe. What's also great about a fluted pie dish is that it makes it easier to give your pie crust a more unique look.
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