Baker's Secret Basics Nonstick 12-Cup Muffin Pan

 (23 customer reviews)

They RUST like a son of a gun! If you have the misfortune to purchase this pan you will need to hand wash and dry it to slow down the rust process. Mine began to show rust after the very first use. After 3 uses it had rust in several of the cups and was too nasty to use. I'm back on amazon to buy some decent Chicago Metallic pans. I'm done buying these disposable cheapies.

The first one sent to me arrived rusted and corroding around the cups. The replacement arrived considerably better but, still with signs of rust around the rings. At $4, you certainly get what you pay for... Second one is going back for a refund this time.

I tried my hand at berry muffins the other day. My main error was that I used paper muffin cups. The muffins tore when trying to remove the paper cups. The pan cleaned up with no scrubbing despite the appearance of having burned on berries/juice. Needless -to-say, I will not be using the paper cups again. They are totally unnecessary.

12/4 Update: fixed up some strawberry muffins and put batter (that contained coursely chopped, fresh frozen strawberries) in the muffin cups. The cups needed no sprays or other preparation. I popped the pan into the oven and voila! Wonderful warm muffins that popped right out of the cups. Burned on berry residue? Not a problem.

'Hint': You may want to cut a little baking time off and turn the oven down a few degrees from what the recipe says. The darker finish (typical of the non-stick pans) causes the pan to absorb more heat than the non-nonstick variety.

(Sighs)...when will recipes specific to the darker...Read more