Muffins al la Clelland, and the Mega-Muffin Threashhold. Need suggestions/help
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I kind of think the Jetboil Sol cup is too small in diameter to do a proper Mega- Muffin. I think that Bob has it right–use a larger pot. Here's my full setup, for when I want to eat really well, which of course would include a muffin or two. Upper left is a 450 cc single wall cup/4Dog lid. This is for simmering a soup mix, or maybe doing mac/cheese. To the right of that is a Titan Kettle for boiling water, or maybe simmering a double batch of whatever I brought. There's a SP bowl with handles/4Dog lid, which is the primary pot for my usual simmer meals. To the right of that is a Vargo Sierra cup with ti foil lid. This is great for doing sauces or rehydrating veggies. This is what I use for my mega muffins. Front left is the pan/lid for a SP 1400 pot. Without a non-stick surface, it isn't great for scrambled Ova Easy, but it'll do bacon fine. It's the lid I use for the muffins, as it sits higher on the pot to give the muffin room to rise. In the front-middle is one of those pot supports I make, but this one is ~1/2" tall, just high enough to keep the muffin above the water. To the right of that is a trimmed down Backpacker's Pantry heat disperser. It's sized to exactly match up with the bottom of the SP bowl–it minimizes scorching when I need to do a 10 minute low simmer of my favorite Indian concoction, or my beef stroganoff or chicken alfredo.
I like to do two different muffins–a sweet one with fruit, usually blueberries, using Krusteaz mix, and then an Ova Easy muffin with FD cheese and sausage crumbles. I pre-package these about this time of the year, and stockpile a summer's worth. Also note the ZipLoc with the squares of parchment paper. This will line the Sierra cup to keep it clean.
So here's the setup. The little pot support is placed in the pot, the water added, and then the Sierra cup/parchment paper/muffin mix is set on the support. You'll see that the lid will allow the muffin to rise as it wants to.
Here we have the lid in place, and things are ready to place on the canister stove (at a minimal simmer setting) for 10-15 minutes.
I also have an idea as to how you might be able to do a big muffin in your Sol. But now it's time to pop a beer and watch the Bowl game. I'll get to that tomorrow.
Disclaimer: No muffin mixes were harmed during this lengthy post…
Mark, here's that idea I alluded to last night. I'm pretty sure that it will work with your JB Sol, provided that you can turn the flame way down (which the new regulated burners allow us to do, pretty much). The silicone egg poacher cups come 2 to a pack, and I've seen them in a lot of kitchen type stores.
I used short titanium scrap rod pieces to make the suspension hooks (you could use a paper clip, unfolded and cut to length, then rebent), and I crimped the ends to the muffin cup to prevent them from escaping. The other end rests on the rim of the JB Sol cup. I can secure the stock JB lid over the titanium hooks, as the lid is pretty rubbery. You can adjust the space between the triangular muffin cup and the JB pot by moving the support hooks slightly. This will allow lots of steam to go through and cook your goodies. The sil cup is pretty big, just right for a manly Mega Muffin. It's a rather snug fit inside the Sol pot, and the silicone touches the Sol pot in a few places. Hopefully, the silicone won't get too hot and melt. I'm thinking that it won't.
The weight of the silicone cup and support hooks is .65 oz., not too bad. I might give this a try myself. Being silicone, we might be able to forgo the parchment paper.
Here is an idea I have use and it works well with minimum weight an material volume.
Silicone Non-Stick Reusable Baking Cups
http://tinyurl.com/ntxh3cw
• Silicone resists stains and odors and is heat resistant up to 450*F
• For easy storage, bakeware can be folded.
• You can use three of these in a 1.3 pot.As for a light packable STAGE for the baking cups:
1. Purchase a disposable aluminum cookie tray. Then, using a ruler, I traced a grid of 1/2" squares on it. I used a tiny phillips head screwdriver to do this. All I had to do was gently drag the screwdriver on the metal to leave a light line. You want one that is small, such as for jewelry work. A small punch would work as well.2. Gather a scrap piece of wood. I set my circle on top of the wood. Using the screwdriver I punched a hole carefully at the corner of each square on the grid I had traced. I then went and punched a hole in the center of each grid.
3. Cut another piece of the aluminum tray 14" long and 1" wide. It can be as long as you wish. This is what sits at the bottom of the pan, and is spiraled, to hold the circle up.
4. When ready to get baking, put the spiral in the pan followed by the circular piece with all the holes.
5. Now place the muffin cups with mix resting on the stage.
6. Topped off with your pot cover.
Addendum: This wet baking idea that I saved years back as an idea that had merit without an author or source on my documentation AND that I had tried and found worked well. Sorry Sarah Kirkconnell if it came from you, as if I knew it was your works it would have been documented as such!
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