bakers - a muffin question

[CloudBee]

I bake bread quite often, but could use some of your tricks for muffins. Never fail, especially with mini muffins, I get batter all over the pan as I'm filling the cups. Is there a bowl, dispenser, or spatula that you can suggest to make filling the muffin tin easier? I use a bowl with a notch/spout, and a silicone spatula. Should I be spooning it in?

I do so much better with kneaded dough, than I do with sticky batter! I've been baking pumpkin and blueberry muffins for DS, recently, so I can add things like flax to add some hidden nutrients.

[circa1978]

I use a measuring cup.

[speckledfrog]

I also use a measuring cup.

[whitemerlot]

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[dojo]

Thick muffin batter - use a 1/4 cup ice cream scoop (Good Grips makes one that has a releasing mechanism) for normal muffin sizes, for mini muffins use the 1 inch scoop
Thin batter - use a measuring cup with a spout and wipe after each pour.

[indianchica]

Dec 21, 2014 9:08:11 GMT -5 dojo said:

Thick muffin batter - use a 1/4 cup ice cream scoop (Good Grips makes one that has a releasing mechanism) for normal muffin sizes, for mini muffins use the 1 inch scoop

This. 

[unclejesse]

Ice cream scoops (aka dishers) are what professional kitchens and bakeries use. They also work perfectly for scooping cookies.

[mala]

If it's thick batter you can soon it into a gallon Ziploc, cut a corner off, and use it like a pastry bag to fill the forms.

[isabel]

I use a disher (kind of like an ice cream scoop with a releasing mechanism, but smaller). I can't remember what size it is. I originally bought it for cookie dough, but have found that it comes in handy for this as well.

[flutermed]

I use my giant soup spoons or a scooper.

[CloudBee]

Ice cream scoop! Brilliant!

I do the Ziplock bag trick with some recipes, but the blueberry muffins I've been making lately have such a sticky batter.

[sjh722]

I use a large cookie dough scoop too.

[cleo29]

I use the cookie scoop for smaller muffins and the ice cream scoop for large muffins and cupcakes.

[hisno1girl]

Ice cream scoop for thick batters, turkey baster for thin batters.

[lilac05]

I use an ice cream scoop. (Also great for uniform sized pancakes!)