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A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses

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Have you ever thought about different ways to use a muffin pan/cupcake tin?

Muffin Pan Uses

Well, we all know to use a muffin tin for fabulous muffins and cupcakes…

Marshmallow CupcakesMarshmallow flower cupcakes

Raspberry Frosted and Filled CupcakesRaspberry Filled and Frosted Cupcakes

Egg in a BiscuitBiscuit and Egg Puffs Easy Mini Apple PiesEasy Mini Apple Pies

However,  there are practically limitless ways to use these exceptional pans!

uses for a muffin pan

I love this idea for freezing leftover soup in muffin pans.
Since we home school, we are most often at home for lunch, and soup works great for lunches.

frozen chili from a muffin pan

Just pop them out when they are frozen and put in a freezer bag,
then microwave for a quick meal.

Muffin and cupcake pans are awesome for organization as well.

supplies in muffin pan

Keeping a junk or desk drawer tidy

hair accessories in muffin pan

Keeping little girls’ hair accessories separated

jewelry in a muffin pan
 Keeping jewelry organized

Doing a search on Pinterest gave some more fantastic ideas for using all the muffin pans you could come up with:Mini quiches

I’m sure there are tons more ideas out there, but hopefully this will give you some new ideas. I know it did me!

Muffin Pan Uses

I started using silicone muffin pans because my old metal pans were hard to clean and I wouldn’t get them dry enough, and they would rust. Now I’ve learned to put my pans back in the still warm oven after I wash them, so they get nice and dry and don’t rust.  The silicone bakeware requires special care with handling because it’s floppy and can get punctured, so here is a link for some information that is helpful in taking care of it.

Comments

  1. So many great ideas! I love the silicone pans too, they are a breeze to clean! I never thought of using it to freeze soup in portions. Fabulous!

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  2. I looove this! Never thought of this before! 😀
    Stopping by from Thirty Handmade Days! 🙂

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    Katrine
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  4. Who would have thought to use muffin tins for organizing jewelry and office supplies? Brilliant! And your recipes look amazing! I found you through Nifty Thrifty Things. Thank you for sharing! 🙂

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  6. Great ideas, I love the idea of freezing soup. You could do this with other leftovers for individual lunch servings. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  7. I love the organising ideas! This is a great post-thanks for your tips and ideas.

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    Best wishes,
    Natasha.

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  8. Love the idea of soup in muffin pans!! I always have leftover soup..and the containers take up too much room in the freezer..this would help! thanks! I am your newest follower..pls follow back if you can!

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  10. So true! I just found one when I was cleaning up my sewing room this weekend that was full of beads. I have used them as crayon molds and soap molds in the past, too.

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  12. My little ones would love those marshmallow cupcakes! How cute. Very good organizational ideas, too. :o) Thanks!

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  16. I just put together an article highlighting ideas for organizing girls hair accessories – I’ll be adding your idea to the mix as well!

    Cheers!
    ~H

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  17. Hi Margo,
    This is a great post with great tips for the Muffin Tin. Hope you are having a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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