How to Cut Cupcake Liners
- 1). Cover your work surface with newspaper or brown paper bags to prevent damage. Unroll the parchment paper and lay it flat over the newspaper. Weigh the edges down with a few items to prevent them from curling.
- 2). Lay the yardstick across the top of the parchment paper. Make a small mark with a pencil every 5 inches. For mini cupcake liners, make a mark every 2 1/2 inches.
- 3). Turn the yardstick and line it up with your first pencil mark, so that it serves as a straight edge for cutting. Hold the yardstick firmly in place and then cut into 5-inch strips using a freshly sharpened kitchen knife or box cutter.
- 4). Mark one strip of paper every 5 inches (or 2 1/2 inches for mini cupcakes) using the yardstick. Stack the strips of paper with the pencil-marked strip on top. Once again, use the yardstick as a straight edge and cut at each pencil-marked increment. Cut directly through each strip of paper to create uniform cupcake liners quickly.
- 5). Coat the muffin tin with cooking spray before inserting the liners to help the parchment paper stick in place. To make the liners stay flat in the tin, place a snugly fitting glass into the muffin tin and give it a twist.
