Anonymous
Post 01/07/2023 18:47     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Also size of eggs.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2023 12:54     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ripeness of the bananas


Another vote for the ripeness of the bananas.


+1 Over ripe bananas have more moisture that green bananas.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2023 12:52     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Humidity. I use twice the amount of liquid in my pastry in the winter as in the summer.


Interesting! I never would have thought of that. Would you suggest just increasing the milk and vegetable oil? I'm assuming the number of eggs, for example, should remain the same?


Humidity poster here. Yes, I would add a little more milk and/or a little less flour (and/or riper bananas). The key for me with bread and pastry (which I make year round and don’t really measure for) is knowing what the right texture of the dough feels like and tweaking the ingredients according to that.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2023 11:56     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Weigh your peeled bananas. The moisture content varies widely. There is a #grams bananas at which your recipe is perfect. If its not specified in the recipe you may need trial and error to figure it out
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2023 09:58     Subject: Re:What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
weigh your dry ingredients (vs measure by cup) actual amount changes based on how much they have settled.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2023 09:56     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
In addition to ripeness of the bananas and temperature/humidity, I’ll throw in size of the eggs (my large eggs from the same farm aren’t always the same size) and potential need for recalibrating oven temperature. Oven seems least likely given that you can see a difference in the dough, but could be part of the equation.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2023 19:22     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Could be bananas, but my first guess was humidity as well. True for any kind of bread (I bake challah for Friday nights year round and always use less flour in winter)
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2023 17:10     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ripeness of the bananas


Another vote for the ripeness of the bananas.


I'm assuming less ripe = more dry?
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2023 15:17     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Anonymous wrote:Ripeness of the bananas


Another vote for the ripeness of the bananas.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2023 15:15     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Anonymous wrote:Humidity. I use twice the amount of liquid in my pastry in the winter as in the summer.


Interesting! I never would have thought of that. Would you suggest just increasing the milk and vegetable oil? I'm assuming the number of eggs, for example, should remain the same?
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2023 14:26     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Ripeness of the bananas
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2023 14:25     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Temperature (of air and ingredients) and relative humidity.

https://www.jacksonandsons.com/how-your-baked-goods-are-affected-by-indoor-climate/
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2023 14:24     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
Humidity. I use twice the amount of liquid in my pastry in the winter as in the summer.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2023 14:23     Subject: What could cause the same muffin recipe to come out dry sometimes and moist others?
I have a recipe for banana oat bran muffins (gluten/dairy free) that I've been making regularly for the past 6 months but lately it's been coming out much drier than before. The ingredients haven't changed, same oven, same baking temperature and time. I can actually tell a difference in the dough before I bake them. Sometimes it's more liquid-y and others the consistency is thick and almost pasty. This last time I added some extra almond milk at the end to help thin it out, but they're still a little dry. What the heck am I doing wrong??