Muffins muffins muffins

kmeast

About 20 mins at 200 degrees (fan oven)

littleredhen

i usually do them for about 15 mins but that's my personal choice - i find they stay more moist that way - i also usually add flour to the wet ingredients as then i stop it getting too dry - the only other thing is perhaps you over mixed - sorry can't think of anything else

funkymonkey849

Is it a new recipe or a tried and trusted?

Sometimes recipes just don't work with your particular ingredients/oven/just don't work full stop

I'd say about half the recipes I try the first time don't come out exactly how I'd like/expect, ranging from the slightly sunken to the completly inedible. This may be down to my cooking abilities though - what I lack in skill I make up for in enthusiasm OH is human waste disposal so all is well

kmeast

Thanks for the replies - it was a new recipe, so might just have to try a different one next time. Didn't know that overmixing could affect it - I did have a very enthusiastic 3 year old helper!!

wssla00

I would cover them with cream cheese icing and noone will know the difference

kmeast

The texture is weird - the inside is light & fluffy, but the outside is so rubbery you could use them as tennis balls!!

littleredhen

kmeast wrote: »

The texture is weird - the inside is light & fluffy, but the outside is so rubbery you could use them as tennis balls!!

:rotfl::rotfl:

iamana1ias

kmeast wrote: »

Thanks for the replies - it was a new recipe, so might just have to try a different one next time. Didn't know that overmixing could affect it - I did have a very enthusiastic 3 year old helper!!

Overmixing will affect any sort of cake - you work the gluten out of the flour (good for bread, bad for cake). Muffin mixture should barely be mixed at all - you want it very lumpy.

grunnie

Next time add the flour and just gently fold it in with a metal spoon . Then add 1 spoonful of warm water to loosen the mxture and that should solve the problem

angeltreats

Can you post the recipe so we can have a look?

Overmixing is indeed muffin murder. You need to only mix till the flour is only just mixed in - the batter should still look lumpy and horrible!