by Texas Homesteader ~

I was baking homemade blueberry muffins for a Sibling Vacation recently. I typically make jumbo-sized muffins for RancherMan. But this time I used my smaller muffin-sized tin because there would be several of us in attendance. It’s easier to eat two small muffins than to waste part of a larger one, ya know?

So I whipped up my Blueberry Muffin batter, placed my silicone muffin pan on a cookie sheet & filled the muffin cups. But there was still about 4 muffins worth of batter remaining.

Do I overfill the muffin cups? Do I bake this dozen and then refill 4 of the muffin cups and bake them separately? What a waste! Ugh, what’s a girl to do?

Canning Jar Rings to The Rescue!

I’d read this before but this is the first time I’d actually attempted it. I pulled out 4 wide-mouth canning jar rings and placed them along the edge of my baking sheet next to my muffin pan. Then I slid a paper muffin liner into each one and added my batter.

Those extra muffins baked up right alongside the others – no extra kitchen time needed for the leftover batter!

Regular or Wide Mouth Canning Ring?

I experimented with the regular mouth vs the wide mouth sized rings. The regular mouth size squeezed the muffin papers a little too much so I didn’t use that size, but I suppose you could if that’s what you had. The wide mouth rings seemed to be about right for me.

Keep in mind that unlike a muffin tin, using these rings means the top of the muffin papers are not supported. So these 4 muffins did spread a little more than the muffins baked in the muffin tin. But the difference was negligible. And I left a small space between the muffins so they didn’t bake into each other. For me, it worked perfectly.

And I’d think if you didn’t have a muffin pan at all, you could substitute with just using the canning rings instead.

#UseWhatchaGot!

~TxH~

Links In This Post

• Sibling Vacation In Broken Bow, OK
• Blueberry Muffin Recipe

Other Kitchen Homestead Hacks

• Paper Napkins In A Paperless Kitchen
• Easy Reminder For Kitchen Stove
• Make Your Slow Cooker More Efficient
• No Cooking Fat Down The Drain
• Labeling A Glass Jar
• Cleaning A Narrow-Neck Jar
• Keep That Broccoli Fresh
• Sneaking Healthy Vegetables Into Their Diet
• Don’t Waste Onion Trimmings
• Heat-Free Way to Peel Tomatoes
• Cleaner Vegetable Chopping
• Quick Baking Measurement Reminder System
• Easily Separating Cream From Milk
• Using Frozen Water Bottles In The Kitchen
• Don’t Waste It – Free Vegetable Broth
• Easier Deviled Eggs – No Mess!
• MYO Crispy Taco Shells CHEAP
• Tame Kitchen Appliance Cords
• Save Your Fingernails When Cleaning
• Expand Your Muffin Tin Capacity With Canning-Jar Rings
• Use ALL Of Your Spray Cleaner
• Quick Coffee Stain Cleaning
• Repurposing Mesh Bags For Scrubbers
• Cute Windowsill Container For Herb Cuttings
• Less Mess When Measuring Honey
• How To Tell If Your Baking Powder Is Still Good
• Easily Opening Those Stubborn Jars
• …and many MORE!

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Snacks We Love

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• Cantaloupe Bread w/Pecan Praline Glaze
• Fresh Pear Cake
• Rice Krispie Treats With A Chocolate Twist
• Healthier ‘Ice Cream’ Using Bananas & Fruit
• Easy Cookies-n-Cream Ice Cream Cake
• Homemade Honey Graham Crackers
• Cake-Mix Cookies – Only 3 Ingredients!
• Double Chocolate Banana Chunk Cookies
• Sugar-Free Chocolate No-Bake Cookies
• Triple Chocolate Truffles
• Watermelon Smoothie (or Daiquiri)
• Rich & Creamy Hot Cocoa
• …And MANY MORE!

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