# Episode 5: What Makes the Best Muffins?

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Podcast: [In the Test Kitchen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-test-kitchen-7277837)
Published: 2026-04-23T07:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1834

## Resource

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

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