Metal Muffin Pan Cooks Too Dark!

[scottcooks]

My bride is an awesome bread baker. She was reserve grand champ with 4H in high school. She likes our PC metal muffin pans, but EVERYTHING she makes in them is too dark. (She insists she does turn down the heat)

Blueberry muffins in wrappers? perfect on top, dark dark brown on the bottom and 1/2 inch up the side.

Dinner rolls? Made great dough in the bread machine, right color on top, TOO dark on the bottom.

Our oven does run hot - but what else can we do? Bag it and use the stoneware Muffin Pan?

I pitched the NordicWare ones we used to have - maybe I'm going to the cooking store

 

[Sheila]

When I evacuated Japan & moved to TX, I didn't have a stove. My in-laws came up with a donated one and I think the thermostat is broken in it. Everything tries to burn, including things I put on the stones. My advice, get a stove that works right!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

When I evacuated Japan & moved to TX, I didn't have a stove. My in-laws came up with a donated one and I think the thermostat is broken in it. Everything tries to burn, including things I put on the stones. My advice, get a stove that works right!

Agree with this. When I got my new stove, I was AMAZED at how much better everything baked, and without having to worry about the temp, ever.

I told my husband that I was a better cook than he even realized because I'd been able to create meals and baked goods in that oven for so long!

 

[raebates]

Until you can get a new stove, try an oven thermometer. Shiny metal bakes darker than other pans.

 

[Becca_in_MD]

An oven thermometer should be in the middle of the oven, not near the sides.

Is the heat source in the oven at the bottom because it sounds like the rack your wife is using is too close to the bottom if that's where the heat source is. Maybe move the rack up?

My old oven was horrible. I realized I had to let it preheat at least 20 minutes. It would get up to temp then go way over and come back down. If I put things in too early, they would then get the high heat as it continued to overheat before cooling down. It was a joy to get a new oven that took less than 5 minutes to preheat.

 

[babywings76]

Our oven was new when we built this house and is pretty accurate with it's temps. and I also notice what Scott is talking about. I love the MMP, but when making bread/muffin types of things they are always dark where they were in contact w/ the pan. I adjust the temp. as recommended and shorten the cooking time, but this is still an issue with me. I really love the stoneware and sometimes wish we had a mini muffin stone.