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Muffins muffins muffins
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About 20 mins at 200 degrees (fan oven)0
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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 elseThe mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.:o
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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
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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!!0
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I would cover them with cream cheese icing and noone will know the difference
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The texture is weird - the inside is light & fluffy, but the outside is so rubbery you could use them as tennis balls!!0
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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.I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
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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 problem0
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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!0
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