"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
> > jmk jmk446NOT
> >
> >I was wondering what, if any, alterations would need to be made to cut a
> >muffin recipe in half (besides cutting all the ingredients in half!).
>
> None.
>
> >There are just two of us and I'd rather not freeze half the muffins.
>
> How many muffins is your recipe and what size? Typical muffin recipes
produce
> 12 regular size muffins or 6 jumbos... not very many... muffins require a
> fairly hot oven (400F) but only 15-20 minutes baking time so it's kind of
silly
> to crank up an oven for half a muffin recipe... like baking six cookies.
> Muffins freeze well, and you still have to clean the mixing bowl and
muffin
> tins anyway, so go for it... you can even add fruit/nuts to half the
muffins
> for variety. I like to add raisins and sunflower seeds to bran muffins, I
also
> prefer using honey for part of the sugar. Whatever you do don't use those
> stupid paper cupcake liners, they ruin a good muffin.
>
>
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> ````````````
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>

Okay, now I'm curious, what do the cupcake liners do to a muffin?
kilikini

> "kilikini" writes:
>
>"PENMART01" wrote:
>> > jmk jmk446NOT
>> >
>> >I was wondering what, if any, alterations would need to be made to cut a
>> >muffin recipe in half (besides cutting all the ingredients in half!).
>>
>> None.
>>
>> >There are just two of us and I'd rather not freeze half the muffins.
>>
>> How many muffins is your recipe and what size? Typical muffin recipes
>produce
>> 12 regular size muffins or 6 jumbos... not very many... muffins require a
>> fairly hot oven (400F) but only 15-20 minutes baking time so it's kind of
>silly
>> to crank up an oven for half a muffin recipe... like baking six cookies.
>> Muffins freeze well, and you still have to clean the mixing bowl and
>muffin
>> tins anyway, so go for it... you can even add fruit/nuts to half the
>muffins
>> for variety. I like to add raisins and sunflower seeds to bran muffins, I
>also
>> prefer using honey for part of the sugar. Whatever you do don't use those
>> stupid paper cupcake liners, they ruin a good muffin.
>
>Okay, now I'm curious, what do the cupcake liners do to a muffin?

Eliminates the crust, and without a nice high brown crust a muffin sucks... not
to mention how that paper imparts a chemical taste.



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