E and B learned this lesson the hard way when making Barefoot Contessa's Tri-Berry Muffins one night. You can find the recipe here.
The recipe clearly indicated lining the trays before spooning in the batter, but since we didn't have any paper liners and it was late at night, we figured there couldn't be much harm in just spraying the pans with canola spray instead.
Turns out we were wrong. Very, very wrong.
Here's what the batter looked like before spooning it into the pans. Nothing weird going on here, right?
We were pretty excited to enjoy the final product, as I (E) am a carbaholic and love freshly baked muffins. However, this is what ended up coming out of the oven...it wasn't so much a "muffin" as it was a "random crumbly mess".
However, crisis averted: we ended up just scooping the "muffins" out of the tray and ate them out of a bowl, which turned this semi-disaster into something rather pleasant!
However, when it was time for round two, we just decided not to line or spray the pans whatsoever...considering whatever the result was, it couldn't be worse than what previously happened.
Nice surprise, hey? We just had to pry the muffins out a little by running a knife around the edges first, but other than that, no biggie.
They ended up being pretty fantastic muffins. Just remember to line the tray first.
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