How
to Make Muffin Tops
The
muffin tops are the best part of the muffin. No wonder everyone wants
to make the tops only. Here are some tips to help you along.
1. Start out
with a good muffin
top pan. It should heat evenly and release easily.
2. Since
muffin tops are a bit fragile—they are large and thin—they
must slip from the pan very easily. Grease the tin well—even if
your pan is nonstick. Be sure and grease around the edges to accommodate
any overflow.
3. Don’t
overfill your muffins.
4. Don’t
expect high domes. Without having a bulk of dough under the tops, there
is just not enough rise to create high domes.
5. Each muffin
top is about equal to a standard muffin, maybe a little larger. So if
your recipe or mix makes twelve muffins, expect about ten muffin tops.
(Our muffin mixes are designed for high domes and are larger than most
mixes or recipes. Expect to get 12 to 14 muffin tops.)
6. Consider
buying two pans
so that you can bake the whole batch at once.
How
to Convert a Muffin Recipe to a Muffin Tops Recipe
There are
a couple adjustments that you will need to make to your favorite muffin
recipe to make tops. Since they are thinner, they bake in less time.
Many muffin recipes call for high heat at the beginning of the baking
period to create the rise necessary for attractive domes. With muffin
tops, that’s not necessary. We baked our recipes at 375 degrees
and they were done in 15 to 16 minutes.
