I recently acquired some mini-muffin pans on sale. With my current set
this means I have 4 pans with 12 "holes" each.
I mostly have the pans around for making my mom's Peanut Butter Cup
Cookies:
http://loveandcooking.blogspot.com/2004/11/peanut-butter-cup-cookies.html
but am aware, in the dim recesses of my mind, that these are indeed
useable for bite sized muffins and cupcakes. As I have recently joined a
church where my culinary talents are appreciated (and almost immediately
been recruited for coffee hour help ;-), I am now very interested in
getting good use out of my pans in the task of Feeding the Multitudes.
An attempt to research the subject on Google indicates that I can pretty
much use any old recipe I feel like for muffins or cupcakes, and just bake
them for a slightly shorter time. What was unclear to me is what the
general proportions would look like: e.g. if the recipe makes 12 standard
sized muffins or cupcakes, how many minis would it likely make?
I'm also thinking that some savories would be nice (we like to mix this
sort of stuff up, actually - regular coffee hour has cookies, breakfast
breads, cheese-and-crackers, and fruit). Cornbread is an obvious one, but
other savories such as mini-quiches (with or without a crust of some kind)
would be grand.
Besides my somewhat general question of Mini-Muffin vs. Regular yield for
the same recipe, I'm very, very interested in ANY very favorite recipes
you use that would be entirely suited for mini-muffin pan use, whether it
be muffins themselves (I have some I like, but I'm always interested in
more), cupcakes, cornbread, and savories.
I will say that my parameters run in the general direction of "reasonable
cost" and very much in the direction of "relatively non-fussy to put
together", "tasty at room temp, more or less" and "doesn't need
last-minute prep" (although reheating before serving is do-able under
most circumstances, and refrigerating before serving is no problem).
If you have something fancier that you REALLY love, let me know, and I can
try it at home when I have people over ;-).
Thanks!
Charlotte
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