Did you know you can make your own muffin and cupcake liners.
Make your own cupcake liners with parchment paper.
Measuring tape or ruler.
To make homemade baking liners simply.
If you buy your baking parchment paper in a roll it makes life super easy.
These rolls are generally about 45 cm in width.
How to make baking liners.
Make sure it s centered then firmly press the parchment down around the sides of the mold with your hand creasing the paper.
Cut it in half.
Object that fits inside each muffin cup i e.
Precision is totally not important here so it s ok if they re not perfectly square or exactly the same size.
The twine would not.
When you lift the parchment away you ll have formed a cup.
Although cupcakes and muffins can look quite big this is because of the baking soda in their batter which rises and expands during baking.
There have been many times that i have wanted to purchase parchment paper muffin liners only to find out they are out of stock.
A glass or can.
You will need parchment paper regular and fancy scissors a glass and your cupcake pans.
Make sure the paper is even on all.
Place the roll horizontally before you on a counter top.
With your ruler placed vertically measure.
Not only that i have learned that cupcake cases vary in size and rarely fit my tins.
Materials you need to make your own muffin liners.
I had the idea to tie a piece of twine around each cupcake as the finishing touch but the parchment paper was too slippery.
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.
With fall s baking season rapidly approaching you ll want to save this tip for the next time you are making muffins.
I looked at the store for light brown parchment paper but could not find any so i stuck with the white.
Make sure the dull side ends up on the inside of your diy cupcake liners.
Making your own parchment paper muffin liners is very easy.
Cut your parchment paper into 5 inch squares.
These liners can also be used as cupcake liners.
Take your glass and push down the parchment paper.
In general though i ve found that a 5ish inch square works for a standard size cupcake pan.
We already had some parchment paper at home so i started playing around with it to make my own.
Rip off a 7 piece of parchment paper.
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.
Wanna make your own liners.
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.