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To Toast Muffins

A method of warming muffins over a fire and buttering them.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Toast

  1. Open the sides of the muffins half an inch deep in the center with a knife.

  2. Insert a toasting fork in the middle of the bottom.

  3. Hold the fork a little distance from the fire until the muffins are partly warmed through.

  4. Turn the muffins and toast them until they are golden brown.

Serve

  1. Spread soft butter over the toasted muffins and serve immediately.

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
Provide the base that toasts to a crisp, golden exterior while the inside warms.
Soft butter
Adds fat and richness, melting into the warm, toasted surface.

The step that matters

Holding the muffins at a distance from the fire. Holding the muffins a little away from the fire lets heat warm them through before the outside burns. Close heat browns the surface too fast and leaves the centre cold.

“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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