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One Muffin Recipe, Three Different Pans

ere is how you can begin with one • For standard muffins/cupcakes.
H muffin recipe—the Chocolate These measure from 2 ⁄2 inches to 3
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Peanut Butter Muffins, for example—and inches across. You can make 24 to 28 of
bake them in three different size pans: these muffins, and they take from 22 to
25 minutes at 350°F.
• For little Bundt muffins/cupcakes.
About ⁄2 cup of batter goes into each of • Miniature muffins/cupcakes. These
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these little Bundt pans, which measure are 2 inches or less in diameter. A
about 2 inches across. You can make muffin recipe will yield from 4 to 5
about 36 of these little fluted cupcakes, dozen of these tiny muffins. They need
and they take from 18 to 20 minutes just 12 to 15 minutes at 350°F.
at 350°F.

1. Place a rack in the center of the oven the batter. Spoon the batter into the lined
and preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 28 muffin cups, filling each liner three quar-
muffin cups with paper liners. Set the ters of the way full (you will get between
pans aside. 24 and 28 muffins; remove the empty lin-
ers, if any). Place the pans in the oven.
2. Place the cake mix, pudding mix, but-
termilk, peanut butter, oil, and eggs in a 3. Bake the muffins until they spring
large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric back when lightly pressed with your fin-
mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the ger and a toothpick inserted in the center
machine and scrape down the sides of comes out clean, 22 to 25 minutes. Remove
the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the the pans from the oven and place them on
mixer speed to medium and beat 2 min- wire racks to cool for 5 minutes. Run a
utes more, scraping the sides down again dinner knife around the edges of the muf-
if needed. The batter should look thick fin liners, lift the muffins up from the bot-
and well combined. Fold in the peanut tom of the pan using the end of the knife,
butter chips and chocolate chips, making and pick them out of the cups carefully
sure they are well distributed throughout with your fingertips. Place them on a wire