Wilton Excelle Elite Non-Stick Mini Muffin Pan, 12-Inch Size, White

I use this size pan a lot and these replace my old rusty ones. Easy to clean.

I own two of these pans, and the first thing I will say about them is that the quality of these pans is indisputable. They are lightweight but still bake my muffins or mini cupcakes evenly, and the items I bake release from the pan easily (even without liners or baking spray). The handles are a nice touch and make removing the pan from the oven much easier and more convenient. I'm definitely impressed by the quality of most Wilton bakeware, and these pans are no exception to that rule.However, I have a double wall oven and found these pans a bit frustrating, since they're very small... but not quite small enough to fit into my oven side by side. I ended up buying the Wilton Bake It Better 24-Cavity Mini Muffin Pan at another store for the same price as the Excelle Elite pans are here, and I use them more frequently since I can only get one pan per shelf (and the other pan doubles my productivity). These are by no means bad pans though, and if I had a different oven I'm sure they'd get more use.

First of all, let me say that I am not a baker. Oh, I've made the requisite packaged cakes and brownies, but I really don't like to bake or eat baked goods, except, with the exception of, maybe, bread. And bread is too much work when you can buy so many WONDERFUL breads in so many places for a fair price. I'm a salt girl. Chips, fries, cheese, salted nuts and I'm in heaven. Sweets don't tempt me.So I was watching Rachel Ray one day and I saw her "helpers" showing how to make mini-wonton cups. Wow! I thought. I don't want to make mini-muffins - too much work - but these could be fun. So I bought two mini-muffin tins. Wilton Excelle Elite 12-Cup Mini Muffin Pan. These sre very nice because they have handles on the ends and you won't burn yourself or smash your muffins with pot-holders.I bought the wonton skins in my local grocery store and followed the directions. Basically, spray your muffin tin lightly with Pam, smash each wonton skin into a cup so it forms a cup, and spray lightly again. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-20 minutes or so until brown. (Watch carefully so they don't burn.) You get these cute little shells that you can fill with anything. I filled mine with chicken salad (I love the Whole Foods Sonoma Chicken Salad for which the recipe is available on their website), shrimp salad, guacamole, etc. Whatever you like. Perfect party or pot-luck small bites. And so easy.If you're a baker, I'd say go for the mini muffin tin. It's good quality, and I'm sure your muffins will be wonderful. This is just a great pan.

Don't make the same mistake I made and order this when you meant to order a regular muffin pan. This is a mini pan and it does a great job at making MINI muffins.One box of muffin mix will make about 24 of these little guys so if you plan on baking then you might be better off buying 2 pans so you can bake them all at once. Then nonstick coating works well and the the built in handles make it easy to get these little guys in and out of the oven.I have not used them enough to give them 5 stars but I will revisit the review to see if the pans and the nonstick coating hold up an warrant a change to a 5 star rating.UPDATE: I have changed my review to 5 stars. After using this pan on numerous occasions recently it has produced excellent mini muffins. I have thought about buying another pan to speed up the baking process. Excellent product and the non-stick coating appears to last.

I purchased two of these pans to use in my countertop convection oven when I make oatmeal fruit mini muffins. I don't know if it's necessary, but I spray the pan with a canola oil spray, and then put the batter in. The muffins turn out great , nicely browned on top and bottom, and after cooling a bit, fall right out of the pan. Clean up is a breeze. Since I don't have a large oven I was so happy to find these pans that fit in one of the countertop ovens I have. (They're too long for the other one.) These pans are highly recommended.