The actual base of the cupcake and muffin liners you buy from the store is quite small usually between 3 4 and 1 3 4 wide so you will need a round mold this size to get proper cupcakes.
Make your own cupcake liners with parchment paper.
Object that fits inside each muffin cup i e.
A few years ago i ran out of paper liners as i was making pumpkin muffins and i decided to try a trick i saw a while back.
Rip off a 7 piece of parchment paper.
With fall s baking season rapidly approaching you ll want to save this tip for the next time you are making muffins.
There have been many times that i have wanted to purchase parchment paper muffin liners only to find out they are out of stock.
Make sure it s centered then firmly press the parchment down around the sides of the mold with your hand creasing the paper.
Make sure the dull side ends up on the inside of your diy cupcake liners.
Materials you need to make your own muffin liners.
How to make baking liners.
Did you know you can make your own muffin and cupcake liners.
I looked at the store for light brown parchment paper but could not find any so i stuck with the white.
Making your own parchment paper muffin liners is very easy.
These liners can also be used as cupcake liners.
With your ruler placed vertically measure.
Measuring tape or ruler.
Then center the piece of paper evenly over one of the holes in the pan.
We already had some parchment paper at home so i started playing around with it to make my own.
Although cupcakes and muffins can look quite big this is because of the baking soda in their batter which rises and expands during baking.
Not only that i have learned that cupcake cases vary in size and rarely fit my tins.
Place the roll horizontally before you on a counter top.
If you want to make perfectly symmetrical pleats pinch the paper against the mold between the four corners with one hand then fold and press each corner.
Take your glass and push down the parchment paper.
You will need parchment paper regular and fancy scissors a glass and your cupcake pans.
Cut your parchment paper into 5 inch squares.
Wanna make your own liners.
Otherwise it will slip right off.
Thankfully if you have some parchment paper we have an easy solution to this problem because you can quickly and easily diy your own muffin liners.
If you buy your baking parchment paper in a roll it makes life super easy.
Precision is totally not important here so it s ok if they re not perfectly square or exactly the same size.
To make homemade baking liners simply.
I had the idea to tie a piece of twine around each cupcake as the finishing touch but the parchment paper was too slippery.
Make sure the paper is even on all.
The twine would not.
Cut it in half.
When you lift the parchment away you ll have formed a cup.