I love putting sugar on tops of cookies, or brown sugar
on top of muffins before baking.
Spoon into muffin cups or tin and bake at 400 °F for 17 - 20 minutes, or
until tops of muffins brown slightly.
Feel free to add a few more chocolate chips throughout or on
top of the muffins for a touch of added chocolate flavor.
Sprinkle the almond crumble on
top of the muffin batter (you should be able to evenly distribute all of the crumble among the 9 muffins).
When muffins are finished baking and have cooled for about 5 minutes,
dip tops of muffins in the melted coconut oil (or butter), and then in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
To assemble: Using a small metal spatula or knife,
frost tops of muffins and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
They may look ready to eat as soon as they come out of the oven, but don't forget the sprinkle of parmesan on
top of the muffins after they are done baking.
Bake for 10 - 15 minutes
until tops of muffins are golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs.
For more almond flavor and to look pretty, you could place sliced, toasted almonds
on top of the muffins before baking.
Place each puff pastry square into the cups of a non-stick muffin tin (the muffin tin does not need to be greased — the puff pastry has enough butter in it), pressing the dough into the bottom of the muffin cups and up the sides, letting the four corners rest on
top of the muffin tin (see picture above for more detail).
The pumpkin seeds that are sprinkled on
top of each muffin get candied in a large skillet with brown sugar and cinnamon.
Once the muffins are cool, spoon the glaze over the muffins, covering the
entire top of the muffin and drizzling a little of it down the sides (this will help to cover up any broken muffins edges that might have stuck to the muffin tin).
When I puncture the egg yolk with a wooden skewer there was a yellow crust from the egg (as shown in the picture) on
top of the muffin unlike when I did it with the cookie cutter.
Frost tops of muffins and sprinkle with additional chopped pecans and lightly dust with pumpkin pie spice.
Transfer the muffin tin to to oven and bake for approximately 22 - 25 minutes, or
until tops of the muffins are slightly golden and toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Then place a carmelized candy lemon slice on
top of the muffin in the glaze, «gluing» it to the muffin.
Slice the last apple thinly, brush the slices with oil and place one or a few slices on
top of each muffin, pressing them down slightly.
I was having trouble with
the top of the muffins burning while the insides remained uncooked.
It's much easier to work into
the top of the muffins when it's cold.
Dunk
the top of each muffin into the glaze, then sprinkle with toasted coconut.
If using chocolate, sprinkle the chocolate on
top of each muffin.
Bake in the preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until
the top of the muffin is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the middle one comes out clean.
Sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of the streusel on
top of each muffin.
Also I love
the tops of those muffins... they look like biscuits!!
The streusel is sprinkled over
the top of the muffins before they are placed in the oven.
Don't worry if
the top of the muffins are a bit crisp from the white flour.