Finishing Muffins Tips on Muffins Problems with Muffins Ingredients for Muffins Making muffins from scratch is easy can be customized to suit any taste. Muffin premixes are good, but most are rather bland in flavor.
Premixes take almost as much time to prepare as from scratch and never seem to taste as good.
Any mixer will mix muffin batter, just be careful that the batter is not over-mixed. Regular cupcake pans with or without paper will do for baking muffins, however, you may want to buy large pans that are made especially for muffins. Many bakers make muffins from premixed ingredients which will produce excellent muffins. When using a batter made from a premix or frozen you will find my methods of preparation, baking tips, finishing tips, and muffin handling tips to be of value. Using premixed ingredients saves a little time and reduces the needed skill level as far as scaling and mixing goes.