Episode 5: Muffins

Episode 5: Muffins

From In the Test Kitchen by America's Test Kitchen

April 23, 2026 · 31 min

About this episode

The episode explores the definition of muffins and what makes them exceptional, featuring various recipes.

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

Topics covered

  • muffins
  • baking
  • cooking techniques

Keywords

  • blueberry muffins
  • chocolate chunk muffins
  • stuffing muffins
  • bakery-style muffins

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Best Blueberry Muffins, Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Muffins, Sausage-Herb Stuffing Muffin

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