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Default Where did I go wrong?

On 2/4/2018 11:21 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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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.

>
> I did not use paper liners this time. I greased the pans. Recipe did not
> say what to use to grease them with.


Yes it did. "Butter or oil for muffin pan". NOT olive oil. At any
rate, I'd have used butter, not oil. Or a good non-stick muffin pan
that doesn't require greasing.

Jill