Muffins without a muffin pan?

[Lorelei]

Hi all!
I have a muffin mix and no pan...Do any of you master chefs out there have suggestions for how I could bake them anyway?

I do have a brownie pan and a cookie sheet.

Thanks!

 

[Andy M.]

Do you have ovenproof coffee or tea cups (not mugs)? How about ramekins?

You could make the mix and bake it in the brownie pan.

 

[Lynan]

What about using pattycake/cupcake paper cases. Assuming you have them in your cupboard of course!

 

[Andy M.]

Do the paper one hold their shape with no pan to hold them up? I thought you needed the foil reinforced ones to bake cupcakes without a pan.

 

[Bridgett]

Just use 2 paper cases - one inside the other. The thickness keeps them the right shape, and you can just slip off and dispose of the outside case when they are cooked.

 

[Lynan]

Or have them close together in a baking tin. Sorry, did not explain that.

 

[Lorelei]

Thank you! I will try the paper cases

 

[Piccolina]

I've seen recipes in UK cookbooks and cooking mags that simply used two muffin wrapper cups. Though I've not tried this "free-style" (aka, not in a tin) method myself. Good luck with whatever you do try (One thought, if you have a loaf tin, you could probably make a loaf cake with your muffin batter...I know that I can do this with some of my muffin recipes like bluberry and banana.)

 

[mish]

I've never tried it but, soup cans might work. I recall reading a depression-era recipe for a brown bread baked in a coffee can. I'm guessing, before the muffin tin was invented, people baked in several types of tin containers. If you're feeling creative, maybe add some tuna tins and build a sandcastle with different shapes. Just some tins for thought

 

[Piccolina]

I've never tried it but, soup cans might work. I recall reading a depression-era recipe for a brown bread baked in a coffee can. I'm guessing, before the muffin tin was invented, people baked in several types of tin containers. If you're feeling creative, maybe add some tuna tins and build a sandcastle with different shapes. Just some tins for thought

That's a great idea mish! Though it's not a cooked dessert, I've made (British) summer pudding in a large soup can, and it works wonderfully

 

[mish]

That's a great idea mish! Though it's not a cooked dessert, I've made (British) summer pudding in a large soup can, and it works wonderfully

Thanks, Piccolina. This might be a fun idea for kids too. Hmm, wonder if Goodweed is still giving cooking classes.

 

[goboenomo]

I have to wonder how someone can not have a muffin pan