do you need to use a muffin tin? will they spread w/o muffin tin when batter expands? THX
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THANKS. two other customers replied. "i think" "i guess maybe" ..... I appreciate you relaying your personal experience. may I ask your thoughts or experience w/ dense batter like eggs for breakfast muffins or banana nut bread? THX again
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I honestly don't know the answer as I have used a tin with them. I do know that I think they are great and ask myself 'why didn't I get these sooner'. Easy cleanup!!
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A muffin tin is not needed with these cups. They are thick and sturdy. They hold their own against thick batters, eggs, quiches, etc., without the use of a tin.
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You do not. I have used them both ways. I just lined the cookie sheet with aluminum foil in the event it spills over. The muffins popped out really easy and held their form very well. Clean up was a breeze! I love these muffin cups!!
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No, I guess you don't. I think they'd stand alone on a cookie sheet just fine.
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They are just bare tin so you need to be sure to not soak them in water for any length of time and dry immediately since they will rust around the edge. Cake does get stuck under the sweeper so it takes a little effort to get them clean. I don't care........I would rather do all this than swear and fight with getting my cake out of the pan. I had these years ago and I loved the ease of use. Hope this helps.
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Hi, Book Lover # 52. I made the doughnuts and they came out rounded. I think it's the baking powder or whatever rising ingredients are in your recipe. You don't need a second pan - just fill like a muffin pan. My recipe called for me to fill the holes 2/3 full. They came out really nice.
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I think I may have retuned them as they were not the right size for the tarts I wanted to do. Question for you - do you prick the tart dough with a fork before baking? That will keep the bubble out. The other thing to do is blind bake them which would probably be a pain with the small size - either crumple up foil to put in the middle of each one or line with a bit of foil and use rice or dried beans to weigh down. The tart dough is only partially baked and then filled and finished. Hope this helps. Ann
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I put my batter in right away. Is cake batter that much thicker than cupcake? I didn't know there was that much difference....maybe I'm not enough of a cook to ask :)
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I wouldn't think they would rise successfully. Best thing to do is fill just one and see how it turns out. This is an awesome pan and I use it frequently. BEAUTIFUL muffins!
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Mine have baked pretty evenly, but I make sure the batter is smooth and as level as possible before baking so I'm not sure what would happen if I didn't do that.
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Donuts don't stick to the pan like muffins or cupcakes would. Make sure you're using a good recipe and some butter or cooking spray, and you should be fine.
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Did you try greasing the pan? I brushed a little oil into each cup before adding the batter and they came out perfect. I wonder if the stoneware needs to be seasoned... Kind of like cast iron?
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they do not fasten to the pan. for that reason you need to place the baking pans on a cookie sheet before you fill them. it is almost impossible to move a filled pan without the bake strip falling off.
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Yes. We use them at preschool for scooping muffin batter and they are perfect. I'm not sure which size corresponds to which size muffin tin.
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You just squeeze until you get the amount of batter that you need. It's very manageable, however. The hole at the bottom of the dispenser is about dime size so you're not going to get a vast amount of cake batter flowing uncontrolably. You'll have total control over the amount coming out. I especially love that feature in getting the cake batter into the cupcake muffin papers. No mess or fuss. Hope this helps.
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I've found that if you wait until the cakes are about lukewarm to the touch, they come out without issue. I generally have rather moist recipes though, so it could be related to your recipe as well. I also buttered the silicone quickly before I put the batter in, to make extra sure I wouldn't have to deal with crumbly cakes.
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No, it's only large enough for one muffin, or child size baking tins. I use Anchor Hocking glass oval pans with success,
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Would you be baking them in a water bath? I think you would want to wrap the pan in foil if you are going to bake in a water bath. I used with a very liquidy cake batter and didn't have any problems with leaking. If you are doing creme brulee, you would obviously want to be careful if you are using a torch to make a sugar crust!
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I've found that it works great for mixing cake batters, though I have not tried it with thicker consistencies like brownies. I suspect the whisk tines may be too small for heavier things like cookie & bread dough. Cakes are great!
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The other three answers, I sorry but, they are wrong. There is a lot of difference in USE. The pancake batter one is for thinner batters. If you use the cupcake one with a thin batter, you don't have the amount of control as it leaks out very quickly. Those batters need the thinner hole. The cupcake tip is larger and if you tried to put the thicker batters through the thin hole you have pressure issues. The brown pen has a larger hole as it's tip to allow the thicker batter of muffins and cupcakes. Anything with chocolate chips, or carrot cake, for example, with the pieces of carrot are easy to clog. HOWEVER I LOVE these pens, both types. I have a commercial bakery and have always hated how messy it is to make cupcakes. These eliminate the mess. You DO need a long thin spatula when at the end unless you don't mind waste since batter will stick to the sides. If you purchase these, be careful to retain the silicon rings, or gaskets on the base and the tip when cleaning. I lost 2 of them down the drain when "help" washed them and didn't notice. Enjoy, they're great. The manufacturer is also VERY nice. When I wrote them because of losing the silicon rings, they sent me a bunch of them free. I offered to pay and they declined.