How
to Remove Your Muffins from the Tins
You
may have a struggle trying to get your muffins from the tins without
tearing them apart. Here’s help:
1. Use a
good quality tin, preferably one with a nonstick finish. Old,
worn, tins don’t release as easily. Check
out our non-stick muffin tin.
2. Grease
the surfaces well, especially in the corners. Be sure to grease
the flat surfaces around the edges where the muffin cap may cling.
3. Let
the muffins cool in the tins for four to eight minutes before
removing them. We usually set the timer for five minutes so we remove
them when we should. If you let them sit too long, they will sweat and
become soggy.
4. Spread
a towel over the muffins and pan to gently catch your muffins
then, while holding the edges of the towel and the muffin pan, turn
muffin tin upside down and gently joggle it up and down. The muffins
should fall out. If they don’t, run a flexible metal spatula around
the edge to loosen them. (This does not work well for muffins that are
topped with streusel as it shakes some of the streusel loose.)
What works better,
vegetable oil or shortening for greasing the tins? We’ve tried
both and both work well. With a spray canister, it’s easier to
get the vegetable oil into the corners but shortening seems to work
just as well as long as we generously grease the corners.
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