All my life, cupcake/muffin pans have had 12 indentations.
All my life, cupcake/muffin pans have had 12 indentations. Why, oh, why, then, have there forever been recipes for 8, or 9, or 16, or anything other than 12 cupcakes or muffins in a recipe?
Inspired by a different thread - Farfelkugel, the multilayered horse name joke in "Robin Hood, Men in Tights".
Inspired by a different thread - Farfelkugel, the multilayered horse name joke in "Robin Hood, Men in Tights". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLtk_VfbKzU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLtk_VfbKzU
Specific example of why this is irritating: recipe for 16 muffins needs 2 eggs. If you want to make 12 muffins, you need 1 1/2 eggs. Precisely divide the yolk and the white of one egg - go!
ReplyDeleteEggs are not actually that precise a measure, given how much they vary in size. Just use two, and your muffins will be a bit poofier but still work fine.
ReplyDeleteYeah, just use two small ones.
ReplyDeleteA canonical egg is 50 grams. They vary in practice from anywhere around 40 to 60, or even a bit beyond that. Any recipe where it needs to be precise would be specifying precise number of grams, not just n eggs.
Actually, the general imprecision of most recipes is what makes this even more annoying. I would rather have it by weight and volume, although I wonder if they separate out volume of whites and volume of yolks? Sadly, while I do not like hockey puck muffins, I do not like super poofy ones, either. I'm fussy.
ReplyDelete...then make eight, instead of 12 , so as to come out egg-even.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm just going to weld a bigger muffin tin. Fire fixes everything.
ReplyDeleteFor the same reason you buy hotdogs in packs of 12, but the buns are sold in packs of 8?
ReplyDeleteMichael Steeves Yes! You have it! I feel better now.
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