Things you learn...

[Tesha]

People always told me to use an ice cream scoop - the kind with the little wiper arm - to fill muffin cups....

why oh why did it take me so long to try it?:shrug:


What else should I know?

[NMDemDist2]

1. see? now I never thought that was a good trick

it seemed messier than just pouring out the batter with a good rubber spatula IMHE

:shrug:

[Tesha]

2. Maybe it was the new scoop?

It was 1-2-3 easy, clean, and no drips.
AND I didn't get cramps in the hand holding the bowl up in the air.


Smooooth....

[hippywife]

3. I use my large cookie scoop.

Not as big as an ice cream scoop. I love it! Like you said, very easy and less messy.

:hi:

[Lucinda]

4. I've never tried it and I make muffins quite often

I'm not sure I even have a scoop. Gotta look!

Hmmm...what else...I have recently found that a good size vegetable scrubbing brush is amazing for washing dishes with stuck on bits. Especially big pots and skillets. Much less scrubbinng, it rinses clean and no more weird scrubby sponges around.

[fadedrose]

5. They're also called dishers or portioners

I have every size. I use the very large for scooping potatoes in a crowd, the next size for quarter-pounder hamberger patties that I freeze. Just put waxed paper on top and bottom of the the scoop, smash with a plate, and store in a square plastic container in the freezer.

I use the teeny one for thumbprints, the next from the smaller for chocolate chip, another size for small beef portions for the dog to mix in with her dog food. Wrap the little balls in plastic and store in plastic bag. It's better than canned dog food and cheaper.

Also use them for ice cream cones. Use a tiny one for mixing flavors in a cone - choc, vanilla, butter almond, etc. - and the small disher barely uses a teaspoon. Really good.

[Tesha]

6. What great ideas!

Cookies have always been the 2 spoon method, and its fast
- but gosh the scooper would cut the time to less than half and leave on hand free to hold the bowl!

thanks!

[Phentex]

7. yes, I started using them to get equal portions...

I am a terrible judge on filling muffin cups or dropping cookies. I get a better turnout this way.

[Tesha]

9. and my cookies would have fewer

fewer funny shapes!:rofl:

[Phentex]

8. If you have kids, you should know...

to hide your good scoops from the kids or they will wreck them!

Wash your scoop right away and try not to get water on the springy parts and it will last longer. Don't let the kids use the plastic cookie scoop for ice cream because it's too hard and they'll wreck it.

Basically keep anything you care about out of your kids hands! :)

[Warpy]

10. Get a smaller one for drop cookies

You'll whip through 4 dozen of them and wonder what the fuss used to be about.

[lizziegrace]

11. I use a small one all the time for cookies

put them on parchment and on a cookie sheet (very close together) and freeze them. I pull out as many as I need and bake a few minutes longer than fresh.

:)