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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.

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