Muffins One of the best ways to get a crunchy outside muffins is to use a cat iron pan. The pan must be seasoned which means baking with grease only after a thorough cleaning. A well seasoned pan requires little washing as long as you take some care in its use. The second trick to crunchy muffins is to start out with a hot pan.
Various pans have different capacities.
This recipe needs a four cup capacity pan which can be determined with a measuring cup and some water. Don't worry if you have a higher capacity pan, just don't use some of the pockets. If frozen, keep them frozen until use rather than thawing ahead. 2 tsp sugar with cinnamon or nutmeg mixed in Grease your pans very thoroughly and set into oven while it heats up to 375 degrees. Melt the butter.