Tuesday's Tips & Tricks: Measuring Batter

I have been on a baking binge lately.  Muffins and cupcakes are my binge of choice right now.  To achieve a uniform look, I measure the batter into each cup.  I usually use an ice cream scoop to do this, but occasionally I use a 1/4 measuring cup.  It is the perfect size to fill my muffin cups to 3/4 full.

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Tuesday's Tips & Tricks: Muffin Trick

 Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins & Strawberry Butter

I occasionally get distracted when I cook and bake.  According to my husband, Stan, I always get distracted when I cook or bake.  What can I say, between the phone, email, blogs, my husband, and our dog Buddy, there are lots of things to catch my attention.

Our Dog Buddy

We enjoy having muffins for breakfast at our house.  But, one thing I hate about muffins is how quickly the bottoms of them can burn.

My phone rang one day just as I was making a batch of muffins.  I chatted and laughed with my sister as I filled the muffin pan with batter and popped it in the oven.  Too many minutes later, I remembered I had muffins in the oven.

In a panic I pulled them out; just knowing the bottoms would be very brown.  To my surprise, they were perfect.

As I cleaned up the muffin pan, I found the reason why they didn't over bake on the bottom.  I had two muffin pans stacked together making a do-it-yourself air bake muffin pan.  By stacking the pans, I had created a pocket of air that protected the bottom of the muffins.

Now when I bake muffins, I make sure to stack the muffin pans together, so I can talk all I want and not ruin breakfast.   I also use this trick when I bake cupcakes.

See Stan, sometimes good things happen when I am distracted!

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Visit my friends blogs!

You will love Bo and his blog,  Bo's Bowl.  Not only does he host great giveaways,  his recipes are incredible!  One visit to his blog and you will see why I faithfully follow it.

Also visit my friend Pam's blog, Pam's Midwest Kitchen Korner,  for more great recipes!  Once you read her blog, she will be your friend too!