Saw these silicone muffin cups, and it brings up a recent debate here. We’ve always used paper muffin cups, but were debating whether it would be better to spray oil in a standard muffin tin. We hadn’t decided, but now there is this third option. So here’s the question: should we minimize silicone, paper or oil? I’m thinking we’ll still go with paper, but other opinions are welcome.
Via Treehugger.
Not too many muffins – I’m on a long-running tapioca pudding kick right now. I figure that perhaps the spray oil uses steel and plastic, and probably isn’t recyclable since it has so many parts, so environmentally, the silicone might make sense. But now we’re looking at refillable oil misters since we use spray oil many times each week, so I think we’ll end up using that. Then we have less baking stuff to store.
Use a pastry brush and pour a few drops in the bottom of the first cup, and then swish it brush around in all the cups. The result is a very light coat of oil that is less even than the spray. I use olive oil.
YMMV
Something to say?
Just how many muffins a month do you bake? I would go with paper for cleanliness. If you bake more than one batch a week, then I would go with the oil. If the expense of the oil outweighs the new, reusable muffin thingy, then go with them.
My 2¢
Left by ~Dawn on July 12th, 2005