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Why do I need over ripe bananas for banana muffins?
Okay, I won't use prefer to use raw bananas for sure.
But, I wish to understand why are over ripe bananas required for the muffins. Why won't ripe (yellow) bananas do?
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How to Convert Blueberry Muffin Recipe to Vanilla Muffin Recipe
I tried this recipe with good results.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/blueberry-coffee-cake-muffins-recipe/index.html
So I decided to make plain vanilla muffins using the same recipe ...
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How can I make Pacman muffins?
I'm a huge Pacman fan and therefore I would like to create some Pacman muffins next week. I was searching for a receipt in the Internet, but couldn't really found one. I could find quite a few ...
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How do I substitute skim milk for dry milk in a muffin recipe?
My muffin recipe calls for 1 1/3 cups of nonfat dry milk. Other than the 4 eggs, there is no other liquid. How much skim milk would I substitute for the dry milk?
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What's the best material for a durable muffin pan
I make two or three dozen muffins a day for various customers. I don't like to use disposable cups, so I grease the pan each time. No matter what I do, after a certain time, my muffin pans end up ...
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Mixing liquid ingredients to “just combine” to dry ingredients for muffins
When baking muffins and adding the liquid ingredients to the "well" in the dry ingredients, the recipe says "to just combine". Does this mean not to add the whole liquid mixture, only enough to wet ...
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My banana Muffins won't rise like I want - Why?
So I just tried this recipe for banana muffins. They taste great (even directly after baking) and the texture is really nice and soft - like a muffin is supposed to be.
The problem: They don't rise ...
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Mashing bananas for Muffins: By hand or with blender?
I am planning to bake some Banana Muffins. The recipe calls for mashed bananas. From my experience I know this can be tricky, because when mashing them by hand, of course they aren't as finely mashed ...
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Why would using oil make muffins less sweet?
I've been wondering, what makes muffins less sweet when using oil? (instead of butter?)
In this case, a muffin mix tells me to use butter. The alternative (to make "american style" muffins) is to use ...
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Do flax seeds lose any of their nutritional benefits if cooked?
I found a recipe on the internet in which half a cup of ground flax seeds are added to the mixture to make muffins.
Since there is flour and sugar in it I was wondering if that defeats the purpose of ...
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Is it okay to use a microwave in convection mode without the turntable?
I just bought a muffin tin which is too large and certainly won't rotate on the turntable. My microwave doesn't have a "stop turntable" button. So is it okay if I remove it altogether and use just an ...
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How to convert a muffin/cupcake recipe to a large muffin recipe
I'm looking at the side of my "breakfast - O - meal" box at a recipe for 12 muffins. The kind you would use with a standard muffin tin. What kind of variation should can I use to make the recipe work ...
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Is it a myth or a fact that mixing cake/muffin batter too finely can lead to a hard finally baked cake/muffin? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Over-stirring muffin mixtures
From here: http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/bakingdesserts/r/plainmuffins.htm
The key to making great muffins is not overmixing the ...
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What to do with crumbled muffins?
I made some muffins that apparently didn't have enough liquid to stick together (perhaps substituting Greek yogurt for sour cream was not such a good idea, as that, butter, and an egg contributed the ...
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For a baking beginner, what cake icing you recommend?
I am a beginner in cooking/baking.
I have tried a couple of cake and muffin recipes, the simple ones turn into a hard crust after a while.
There are good ones that need temperature measurements and ...
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What caused my blueberry muffins to come out flat?
I made blueberry muffins two times.
The first time I used unbleached flour. I don't remember if I used salted or unsalted butter then. They came out looking like from a bakery.
The second time, I ...
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Why don't my muffins rise and develop tops properly?
I would like to make muffins that have that "spilled over" look that shop bought muffins have, but no matter what I do, the ones I make always look flat or only just reach the top of the paper cases.
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Muffin sticks to paper cases
Today I tried to cook my favourite Raspberry and White Chocolate muffins using a recipe I found on BBC Good Food.
However after cooking them for the set amount of time and removing them from the ...
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How can I avoid windswept muffins in a convection oven?
I have a very small multi-function oven (about the size of a microwave) and for baking, the recommended setting is the "convection" one. Things bake fine in terms of taste, but muffins and cupcakes ...
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Can I freeze muffin mixture?
I am making these muffins but would like to freeze half the mixture - will this be ok or will it affect how they cook/rise/taste when I cook my second batch (from the frozen mixture)?
(Recipe ...
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Why do my muffin tops lean?
I'm getting close to (my idea of) muffin heaven with this recipe which after trying a few others I've found to work consistently and well.
One small thing I don't understand is why my muffin tops, ...
