Cooking - Chocolate Chip Muffins

ScarySquirrel

ScarySquirrel

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I decided to bake some muffins the other day, and they turned out pretty well.

I filled each muffin case to just over half way, and they rose nicely. But as you can see from the picture, they turned out a bit flat.

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I really wanted to get a big ol' muffin top, so I baked some more a few days later, and I filled each case up to just under the brim, and this happened:

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So, does anyone know how to get a decent muffin top when baking muffins without it turning into a load of retarded muffins?

I used baking poweder as a rising agent. Would something else be better? I think it might also be because the muffin cases were quite thing and maybe went a bit floppy from all the mixture I put in them the second time around.

They taste bloody nice, despite the look of them.
 
I frequently make muffins, and here's the best tip to making them. The best thing to do is to get all the ingredients measured out first and then mix them together. The secret to muffin making is to only fold the ingredients a couple of times which leaves a gloopy mess which doesn't look very well mixed. Then put the mixture immediately into the cases.

These are best placed in a muffin tray which is deeper than your tray and therefore holds the cases in place. I'm guessing from the photos that you mixed the ingredients together too much and that the tray is too shallow.
 
yermum said:
I frequently make muffins, and here's the best tip to making them. The best thing to do is to get all the ingredients measured out first and then mix them together. The secret to muffin making is to only fold the ingredients a couple of times which leaves a gloopy mess which doesn't look very well mixed. Then put the mixture immediately into the cases.

These are best placed in a muffin tray which is deeper than your tray and therefore holds the cases in place. I'm guessing from the photos that you mixed the ingredients together too much and that the tray is too shallow.
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Ok cool. I spoke to my mum and she said I should use a deeper muffin tray and not use the cases. So I think you're onto a winner here :)

kai said:
the cook hob could do with a quick clean :o
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Indeed, it does. :)
 
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