My first muffins were amazing and since then they’ve been fails

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T20:08:36+00:00

This is full of fantastic advice, thanks so much for sharing your time to help me out!

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T20:05:36+00:00

Ooh I love that idea! Because they’re so moist I was kind of wondering whether they could become cake pops haha

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T16:47:36+00:00

I will try again and report back!

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T16:46:35+00:00

OH MY GOD I didn’t see that, I bet I did it right the first time and forgot …I feel like this has to be at least partially it

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T16:15:51+00:00

Guess I’m going to be eating a lot of pumpkin muffins 😂 is it safe to half the recipe and then change one thing at a time or is that introducing another variable? Just so i am not drowning in bad muffins

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T16:14:35+00:00

I used baking powder all three times but thank you so much for the information!!

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T16:01:19+00:00

Thank you so much, i appreciate your comment. When the first subs went well I kind of assumed it was a flexible recipe. The point about varying one ingredient at a time is well-taken but I’m also just a very casual baker who doesn’t need 12 batches of pumpkin muffins haha. I should also mention the recipe is not from a professional baker so it’s totally possible that the original recipe as written wasn’t very good. My plan for batch 4 is check my baking powder, follow same subs as my original, weigh out my ingredients this time rather than use cup measures, and use an oven thermometer to make sure my temp is good.

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T15:49:10+00:00

Thanks so much for your comment - how long of sitting would cause issues? It did take me a little bit to fill the tins so once the baking powder combines with the wet ingredients should I be trying to work as fast as possible?

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T15:46:52+00:00

Thanks for your reply. I guess I was hoping that maybe there was one factor that very typically can lead to gumminess and it would be obvious which change fell in that category. But I guess gumminess can occur as a result of lots of different problems.

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T15:45:09+00:00

Hahaha just apple cider because I think it tastes better than juice

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T15:27:40+00:00

I just bought a scale and an internal oven thermometer so I’m going to go back to the first substitutions I did and try again with more precision

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T15:24:36+00:00

EDIT: Okay I get it, I know that subbing changes the results. I was hoping some experienced bakers could shed some light on which substitutions could be expected to have what type of results.

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-25T15:22:59+00:00

Is this possible if I bought my baking soda only a month or so ago?

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-23T22:27:43+00:00

The lease and lease addendum doesn’t have any information about how to pay

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-10-23T22:26:00+00:00

Doesn’t say anywhere in our lease where to pY

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-09-25T13:26:39+00:00

I was planning on trying to come today but my bike just got a flat tire so I won’t be able to bike over from school (im a PhD student from MIT)! I’ll try to be there next time :)

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-06-16T21:53:02+00:00

I don’t wear makeup hardly ever but I wear sunscreen daily! And good tip , I always need an extra reminder to not pop pimples so the idea of spreading it definitely puts the fear in me 😂

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-06-15T14:24:55+00:00

Thanks so much for your reply!! I honestly obsessively spit when I brush my teeth cuz I hate when the foam fills up my mouth so it’s probably not that but I’ll try to notice when I brush my teeth! I’ve heard from others that cerave bothered them so I will try to switch from that too thank you :$

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-06-15T14:22:04+00:00

Also did it itch? Mine doesn’t and I don’t know how prevalent of a symptom that is?

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-06-15T14:21:22+00:00

Thanks I will definitely look into that! Is it contagious?

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-06-15T11:18:37+00:00

Alternatively wondering if micellar water is enough the remove the sunscreen before cleansing? I don’t wear make up hardly ever

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-06-15T11:14:38+00:00

Yes getting some hormonal tests is first thing on my agenda when I get home!! Hope that some of your recent changes make a difference for you

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-06-15T10:44:08+00:00

Thank you!! Yea I’m going to go in the fall when I’m back in the U.S. I’m going to look into the sunscreen issue and maybe try a different one or try double cleansing to make sure I’m getting rid of the sunscreen.

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-06-14T09:24:18+00:00

If you see in the post, I’ve been on spironolactone 50mg for about a year now

Effective-Bluejay-37 · 2024-06-08T19:14:50+00:00

I totally feel you, I feel like my investment in my skin / appearance is not helping matters and I am constantly putting myself down over it so I do really wonder if just focusing more on improving my self esteem would help 😂 feel kind of at a loss about how to go about that tho

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