How to make muffins at home without oven

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Make your muffin batter according to the recipe and then all you do is plug in your sandwich maker to pre-heat after giving it a quick spritz of cooking spray (I then give the panels a quick blot with a paper towel). Mine is so basic it doesn't have an off/on switch. I just plug it in.

Once the maker is hot, and spoon in a few spoonfuls of the batter. Try to avoid over-filling or you'll make a bit of a mess. Then close the lid. The 2nd indicator light will go out when the muffins are done but you can also open the lid to check on them. There isn't really a set time but I would say each batch takes about 5 minutes.

Once the muffins are done, you should be able to pop them out easily. I use a butter knife but the edge of a spatula would work too. You may need to give the panels another spritz of cooking spray, just to make sure nothing sticks.

You get 4 triangular muffins each time. The process is a bit more manual than putting the whole batch in the oven at one time but at least my house isn't 20 degrees hotter! The muffins also come out with a baked "crust" (think the exterior of your traditional muffin base) but inside they are just as fluffy as regular muffins. I actually like muffins better this way!