Warm your muffins
@GardenGerty (157553)
United States
February 7, 2018 7:07am CST
I make big batches of muffins, but they always taste best when they are hot.
We wanted warm muffins this morning and I decided to try a new way of warming them. Bread, when just put in the microwave, often comes out chewy and tough for me. I took muffins for hubby and I and put them in a small brown paper bag. I folded the top over them and warmed them for just thirty seconds.
They were perfect. I will do this again. I will also make some more muffins.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Feb 18
A little butter and microwaved. That is the best.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
7 Feb 18
Warm muffins.I would have liked that.I wish I was good at baking.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
7 Feb 18
You become good by practicing. I am sure there are things you make well.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
12 Feb 18
@GardenGerty Yes,of course.Though not a lot of them.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
13 Feb 18
@silvermist This is an easy muffin recipe.
This recipe can be your starting point for a wide array of sweet and savory muffins, depending on what you decide to add. You can choose blueberries or Cheddar, for instance. It's up to you.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
7 Feb 18
They are very good, and not too sweet.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
13 Feb 18
@shshiju For me, cupcakes are too sweet.
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@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
8 Feb 18
@GardenGerty Here we have cup lakes available in bakery.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
8 Feb 18
That is what I have done in the past, but I find I liked this better.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
12 Feb 18
@JudyEv The air in the bag heats up and I think it warms them all the way around. I do need to add that it was four small muffins for thirty seconds. One would be about ten seconds.
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@JudyEv (325815)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Feb 18
@GardenGerty I wonder what the difference is between heating something in a paper towel and in a brown paper bag?
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Feb 18
Back in the day my brother taught me to warm bread in the oven with a damp paper towel over the top of the bread, I forgot how long to leave it but I bet this would be okay for the microwave too.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
7 Feb 18
I was told to put it in a dry towel or on a napkin or paper plate in the microwave. I thought I would try the brown bag because I had some, and I can use this one multiple times.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 Feb 18
@Daelii My brother was a chef and that was how we did it.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
7 Feb 18
Make them sound so very good and very yummy.
I don´t get any muffins around here and I would have to travel out quite far to get them.
Enjoy them and have a great evening.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
13 Feb 18
What kinds of breads do you get?
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
13 Feb 18
@GardenGerty
At the moment the muffins they make here have way too much not good fats in them so I stay away from those.
I meant the good well made ones which there are but I live far out at the moment so too far to go and get any.
Eat bread with a variety of cereals in but I am cutting the bread down bit by bit.
@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
7 Feb 18
I hope it is not so good that it makes you break your Whole 30 plan.
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@just4him (306352)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Feb 18
@GardenGerty No, I'm not going to break my Whole30 plan. But I can put it on the back burner for when I've met my goal.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
12 Feb 18
I should have said that thirty seconds was good for four mini muffins. Tonight I warmed whole grain hot dog buns the same way.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
13 Feb 18
Oh ok, I have put a slightly wet papertowel over buns a few times to keep moisture in them so they don't dry out.
@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
7 Feb 18
I probably read that somewhere and it was in the back of my mind.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Feb 18
Many items can be "revived" with a microwave zap.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
7 Feb 18
Yes, they can. I think the bag or other paper covering helps it warm more evenly.
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
9 Feb 18
It seemed to heat them more evenly.
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@Hannihar (129481)
• Israel
9 Feb 18
@GardenGerty
Sounds like Heather you found a good way to heat them.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
7 Feb 18
I agree that microwaving them makes them tougher. I'll have to try out that brown paper bag in the oven trick!
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
13 Feb 18
The bag kept them from getting tough in the microwave.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
13 Feb 18
@GardenGerty Oh, I missed that you did them in the microwave... I thought you put the paper bag in the oven! 
I remember when I was a young bride, someone gave me a cookbook that had a recipe for chicken roasted in a brown paper bag in the oven. Have you ever done this?
I remember when I was a young bride, someone gave me a cookbook that had a recipe for chicken roasted in a brown paper bag in the oven. Have you ever done this?
@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
13 Feb 18
Thanks. It will probably work with other breads as well.
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@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Feb 18
I just nuke mine for 11 secs. (easier to punch 1 twice than 1 and 0 for 10).
@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
7 Feb 18
The eleven seconds makes sense. In the past I have wrapped mine in a paper towel.
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@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Feb 18
@paigea Great minds think alike?
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
7 Feb 18
that's a great idea and thanks for sharing. I never know how to warm up muffins
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@GardenGerty (157553)
• United States
7 Feb 18
Right, they do not lend themselves to being popped into the toaster.
