Episode 5: What Makes the Best Muffins?

In the Test Kitchen

Making muffins used to be a rite of passage for test cooks and applicants who applied to work at America’s Test Kitchen. So we’ve eaten a lot of them; sweet, savory, and everything in between. In this episode, Lan, Bryan, Nik, and Lidey take on the debate: What is a muffin, and what makes it great? 

Recipes and reviews mentioned:

Best Blueberry Muffins

Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Sausage-Herb Stuffing Muffin

Achieving generously sized bakery-style muffins

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Making muffins used to be a rite of passage for test cooks and applicants who applied to work at America’s Test Kitchen. So we’ve eaten a lot of them; sweet, savory, and everything in between. In this episode, Lan, Bryan, Nik, and Lidey take on the debate: What is a muffin, and what makes it great? 

Recipes and reviews mentioned:

Best Blueberry Muffins

Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Sausage-Herb Stuffing Muffin

Achieving generously sized bakery-style muffins

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2026-04-23 30 min
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