"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 20:41:14 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
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>>>On 2/2/2018 6:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> And yes, I can hear the snide comments rearing their ugly heads now.
>>>> Anyhoo...
>>>>
>>>> Some years back I made crustless quiches for people on the South Beach
>>>> diet. I got the recipe from their book. It said to line the muffin tins
>>>> with muffin tin papers. I did that but much of the quiche stuck to the
>>>> paper like glue. If the person tried to eat it all, they got paper in
>>>> their mouth so they could only eat the center of it.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday, I made this recipe which I think is the same as what I made
>>>> before.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.momables.com/crustless-br...uiche-muffins/
>>>>
>>>> I don't have the silicone inserts and am unlikely to buy them. Instead,
>>>> I greased the tins with olive oil. The first batch stuck very badly. I
>>>> thought maybe I needed more oil. Subsequent batches mostly still stuck.
>>>> Once in a while I would get a few that either didn't stick or stuck
>>>> very
>>>> little but most were like they were welded to the pan. And I played
>>>> hell
>>>> trying to get them out of the tins.
>>>>
>>>> What did I do wrong?
>>>
>>>The mistake was trying to modify the recipe. I read the recipe. Olive
>>>oil for quiche, crustless or not, is a mistake. It did not specify
>>>olive oil to grease unlined muffin tin cups.
>>>
>>>It sounds like you used paper liners like you remembered from whenever.
>>>The cheap paper liners you can buy for kids cupcakes? Not suitable for
>>>this recipe.
>>>
>>>Jill
>>
>> Agreed... I bake muffins often but never use those paper liners, in
>> fact I won't buy muffins in those liners, they are not crusty. I have
>> jumbo non-stick muffin tins but I still grease them with Crisco...
>> Crisco makes a lovely crust... and you don't need to use much, a light
>> coating with my finger works well.
>
> Crusty muffins? I don't think they're supposed to be crusty.

I wouldn't care for crusty muffins.

Cheri