USA Pan - Muffin Tin

USA Pan - Muffin Tin

            Time to get a new pan!

I love a good muffin, but I have a couple of problems with making them.

Number 1:  

          I hate washing the muffin tins.  It takes forever and it's annoying.  

                   There are too many nooks and places that need serious scrubbing.  

Number 2:  

     I hate using cupcake liners.

     I resent the waste of money on paper throw-aways.

     I hate that half the muffin ends up stuck to the paper.  (Sigh!)

I did a search for "best muffin tin" and USA Pan was highly rated.  I found it on Amazon.  93% of the ratings were 5 Star.  It's kind of expensive - approaching $20, and I wanted two.   It was quite a debate, but since I had been really stalling on making muffins, we decided to splurge.

They arrived October 1, and in the 11 days since delivery, I have used it four times.  (This is a baking record for me!)

The first test was America's Test Kitchen sticky buns.

I may have taken it out of the pan too soon.

Then I made Raised Rich Rolls into cloverleaf and pull-apart rolls.

I have a lot to learn about consistency.  (That has nothing to do with the pan!!!)

The rolls were delicious!

During the summer I made two-cup freezer bags of red currants, so they are ready to go whenever I want them.  I made The Joy of Baking Buttermilk Berry muffins.  To this recipe I also added 1 cup grated Grimes Golden apple.

These were excellent!  

The addition of the apple made them moist and delicious!

Today's bake was Bon Appetit's Lemon Pound Cake.  I had made it before in my Nordic Ware mini bundt pan.  The bundt pan makes beautiful cakes, but it takes forever to get butter in every nook and cranny.  Then the wash-up takes forever as crumbs stick everywhere! 

Beautiful cakes, but enough extra work that it does not get made often!

So I tried the same recipe, cupcake style, in my new USA Muffin Tin.

We like small bites. The recipe could make 12 (not the 24 I made).

 Check out the pan - you see drips from the glaze, and a few crumbs.  Wash-up will be a breeze with a soapy sponge.  You must not use a dish-washer, which is good, since I don't have one!

I am just tickled with my new pans!