I baked these chocolate chip courgette muffins in the air fryer for the first time yesterday because my brand new oven is faulty and I'm waiting on a replacement.
They were definitely not over filled, there was lots of room in the cases, they just peaked and some of them exploded at the tops.
I did them in silicone cases at 160°C for 15 minutes.
Can anyone tell me what went wrong? Everywhere said to bake them at 160 but I'm thinking maybe that was too hot?
They tasted fine at least 😋
by har6inger
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At first I thought they were something… else lmao this was the first thing I see when opening the reddit app
Air fryers are much smaller than an oven, so they heat up and cook faster. Next time I would lower the temp by 25F (about 10-12C) if you wanna bake in the air fryer again.
Maybe a little too much baking soda/baking powder? Did you follow a recipe?
Also, I think you should lean into it. 🤣 make them look like elephant seals
As I have experienced high temperatures in microwave caused this, but I’m not sure about airfryer.
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Why do y’all have to bake things in an air fryer?!? What are you really expecting????
Too hot, the temperature was too high . Also you have to have them go into the temp that is required, not pot them in and let the temp come up. The air fryer is a different kettle of fish to an oven. smaller area and faster air flow.
Cut the lumps off, make an icing (butter is easiest, butter and icing sugar+ vanilla or Coco). Pipe some on or spatula it on or dunk it in sprinkles .
They kinda look like peeps 🐥
What? No manatees??
Embrace the elephant seal!
Were the ones in the front the second batch? The ones in back look much better. If they are the second batch, then part of the problem may be that the batter got over mixed and developed too much gluten from all the agitation.
The airfryer is a smaller, more intense heat than the normal oven.
What happened to your muffins is that the surface dried out too early because of the intense airflow, and your remaining batter had nowhere to go under the lid.
Cakes always turn out the best when the fan is turned off as the airflow dries it out.
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Oven too hot.
Talking dirty to me
Others have said it, but additional explanation: baking muffins at a high heat causes a sudden rise, which is what produced the uh, growths you see here. High heat causes the leavening agents to react more quickly.
I actually recommend baking muffins at high heat (425F/220C) for the first 5 minutes before reducing to 375/190 to get a great initial rise in ovens only, but air fryers are a bit different. For air fryers, keep the temp consistent the whole time, about 10C lower than what you tried here.
They look delicious, but, they also look like they belong on poopfromabutt.
Ooo I bet they’re delicious!!
On a funnier note, this reminded me of the post I saw yesterday of the ‘erotica terracotta’. Anyone else saw it too? 😅
This made me lol