I had some Aluminum (Nordic Ware) loaf and mini-loaf pans that were useless at browning, zero browning no matter what I did, even if you overcooked the top, the sides and bottom wouldn’t brown.
Recently switched over to Steel loaf and mini-loaf pans after reading some reviews (Chicago Metallic) and they’ve been great.
Nordic Ware makes a Carbon Steel loaf pan, so I might try that next and see how it compares “Nordic Ware Treat Carbon Steel Loaf Pan” though I’ll probably mess up the non-stick coating since I like using my pan grippers instead of oven mitts.
I can’t find any others that make an uncoated carbon steel loaf pan like these (not a pullman style dedicated to bread)
I only have one of those golden ones, a non stick crisper tray.
Otherwise the ones I threw out were uncoated aluminum