<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Dear listmates, This summary is L-O-N-G overdue! I received MANY replies to this inquiry. So, to sum it up... 4 people felt that the muffin top pans were too thin, and felt that english muffin rings or tuna fish cans worked better. One suggested cutting the tuna can in half. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Others suggested these methods: I have never used a muffin top pan, but I have seen a suggestion to bake in Texas size muffin pans using them about 1/2 full for hamburger buns. **************** ...what I do is use aluminum foil...fold it a few times and then form into a circle...viola..a hamburger mold...it works fine too ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One is still experiementing with different recipes and solutions... I hope she posts her successful ones! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And several people liked them for these reasons: I have the muffin to pans w/ non stick coating & really like them. I use mine mostly for quickbreads--they are slightly larger than cupcakes tins & are also easier to pack in lunches & don't break as easily. Celiac friends also have them & use them for rolls. You have to be carefully that you don't fill them too full, because you will have too much bread in your rolls. I had seen some at an upscale department store which were about $12 / pan, but I got a different brand at K-Mart for less & they cost less & work well. ***************** I use the muffin topper pans for hamburger buns using Bette Hagmans Rapid Rise French Bread recipe from her second book. I had tried using the muffin rings I bought in a specialty shops and found these very hard to use. ***************** I have them and I love them. I use them (surprise) for muffins--they wind up with a wonderful crust. Julia Child used another method (depending on your batter). I don't know which recipe you're using, but if it is a fairly stiff batter, you can use English Muffin rings. You cut the top and bottoms off either tuna fish cans or cat food cats, wash well, and grease well. If the batter is "loose", and it must be contained, then the muffin top pans will work well. You can make muffins and use them for "sandwiches". ***************** I got one of the muffin pans and they work like a charm. I kept waiting for them to go on sale but finally splurged and am quite satisfied. ***************** they work great for all gf baking. i bought mine at a tjmaxx store at a discounted price and it was worth the price. muffins and all bread recipes turn out great in a perfect size for all purposes. Best of all they get done on the inside. ***************** I have been using these pans for hamburger buns for over a year and find that they work very well. One recipe of bread dough (either Our Favorite or Farmhouse Buttermilk from the Red Star yeast gluten free recipes for bread machines) makes 11 buns of a reasonable thickness. After they rise to about double I bake them about 25 minutes at 375 degrees. To bake both pans at the same time, I put one pan on the middle rack and one on the next rack level down, bake 15 minutes, and then reverse the pans for the last 10 minutes. Sure hope this helps. And I do agree about the price being excessive. **************** ...we use a muffin top baking pan to make hamburger buns. We just use our favorite bread recipe and keep an eye on them in the oven. It works great. **************** We used the muffin-top pans to bake sandwich buns, and we call them hockey puck bread. WE used a tapioca, white rice flour bread recipe to make the sandwich/hamburger buns. They taste really good. The texture is quite different from that of regular bread, but I would have to say that the taste of the hockey puck bread is better than that of regular bread. they keep well in the freezer also. *(and yes, I have requested the recipe for Hocky Puck Bread... ;) **************** Again thanks to all of you for kind replies and help, Lynda Swink \*/ Mailto:[log in to unmask] \*/ Southern California \*/\*/ _@v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~