Monday, August 15, 2011

Two Firsts

1) I decided to bake carrot muffins in the silicone mini muffin cups I've had for years. It's the first time I've used them for their actual purpose! I thought they might bake faster than regular muffins but they took the same amount of time. And oops, I forgot to spray the cups with cooking spray! Luckily the muffins popped right out nonetheless, and the cups washed up easily as well - which was a relief, as some of the reviews I've read about them have said just the opposite, and I was a bit apprehensive. I cut the muffin batter recipe in half which still made enough to fill the cups nearly to the rim - so I did, hoping they wouldn't overflow... and they didn't :) They are so little and cute!

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2) My mom gave me these ice trays from IKEA. They are some kind of synthetic rubber, not silicone, and I don't think they are oven-safe, they are even labelled FOR WATER ONLY - but I think they'd be handy for lots of things other than ice :) If anyone else has these, or similar ice trays, I'd love to know if you've used them for anything other than freezing water! Anyways, Sprout likes rice, so I thought I'd see if they worked as rice molds... I only had some leftover brown rice with veggies in it, not white as I've seen used in all the real rice molds, but they came out just fine, the shaped rice popped out easily and held it's shape. So here is my first rice shape ♥

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6 comments:

  1. I'm one of those who had the opposite experience with silicone muffin tins. Glad yours came out well!

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  2. Brittanie, what kind did you use and what happened, did they stick or not wash easily? I want to know what to avoid :)

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  3. I use those ice trays to make crayons... but once you do that, they're only good for making more crayons :)

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    1. Thanks for the tip! Ludicrous Mama of Biting the Hand That Feeds You is going to share her fruit snack recipe soon, I think they'll be great for that!

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  4. Anonymous4/08/2012

    I once tried to use a silicone ice tray to bake some brownie mix - I was baking them for work anyway so I spooned some into two of the holes to see how it'd work. Disaster! It melted almost instantly, smelled horrible (and was probably quite toxic) and there are still traces of it in my oven!

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    1. Eek - sorry to hear that - but good to know for me, thanks for sharing!

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