Abstract: A bread baking pan and complementary protective carrier. The pan has edge flanges that enter complementary recesses at the edges of the carrier, and which serve to protect the user from injury by the edges of the pans. The carrier eliminates any air zones defined between the base of the pan and a corresponding face of the carrier, one embodiment of the carrier being fabricated from wire, and another embodiment providing face to face contact between the base of the carrier and the pan.