All About Muffins
I really enjoy making muffins not only because they are so easy. The flavours are endless and can be both sweet and savoury. You can make so many different sizes as well. At my house, I have mini muffin trays, ¼ cup muffin trays and what is called Texas Muffin Trays, which are the really big ones that hold about ¾ cup of mixture.
Mini muffin trays are perfect for when you need just a little bite size snack, for example for younger children’s school lunch box or a dainty high tea.
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Mini Muffin Tray
The one I use most often is the ¼ cup muffin tray. I have metal ones and silicon ones. Whilst I am a big fan of silicon bakeware for many reasons one thing I do find is that my muffins in my metal tray brown better than the ones in the silicon tray.
Metal 1/4 cup Muffin Tray
Silicon 1/4 cup Muffin Tray
My favourite thing to do with my Texas Muffin Trays is to find a savoury recipe and make a batch of Texas Muffins that my kids will then enjoy for breakfast or take to school for lunch
Texas Muffin Tray
Be very careful with your cooking times if you are using a smaller tray than the one specified in my recipe as it won’t take much for your muffins to be overcooked and then they will be dry and yuk.
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If the recipe you are using doesn't specify the size of muffin tray they are using but they say 'Makes 6' and you end up getting 12 out of your batter then you know their muffin tin is a lot larger than yours and you need to reduce your cooking time.
With regards to lining your trays, my personal preference is to use cupcake wrappers then the muffins just fall out of the tray with no worries at all. The great thing about using paper cases is that there are so many different colours, patterns, designs, etc you can co-ordinate it to a theme for a party or any occasion and your muffins will look different every time. I also find that the paper case will stop the muffins from drying out around the sides so quickly.
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However you can grease your trays however you would normally grease a cake tin, with oil spray, butter, etc,
Another option is to use individual silicon cupcake cases – they do not need greasing and you are saving paper as they are endlessly reusable. I also find when I use these that once your muffin has cooled, you can generally just ease the case around the edge and then pop your muffin out quite easily.
