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Muffins and Crumpets

Muffins and crumpets are toasted muffins with butter on the outside and inside, served warm.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Muffins and Crumpets

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Clip the edges of the muffins so they pull apart easily.

  2. Heat the muffins in an oven or on a hob before toasting.

Toast and butter

  1. Toast the muffins until very crisp.

  2. Rub a small amount of butter on the outside of the toasted muffins.

  3. Pull the muffins open and add a generous amount of butter inside while hot.

Serve

  1. Serve immediately and keep warm over a basin of boiling water.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Muffins
Form the base that toasts crisp on the outside while staying soft and open inside.
Butter
Adds richness and moisture, melting into the hot crumb for flavour.

The step that matters

Toast the muffins until very crisp. Toasting dries and browns the surface, which creates the crisp texture and toasted flavour; under-toasted muffins stay soft and chewy and soak up butter unevenly.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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