3. To toast Muffins

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (2)
Instructions (9)
  1. Open the sides of the muffins, half an inch deep, exactly in the centre, with a knife.
  2. Put your toasting-fork in the middle of the bottom.
  3. Hold it a little distance from the fire, until partly warmed through.
  4. Turn it and put it again to the fire until it becomes lightly toasted.
  5. Again turn it to toast the other side.
  6. When done, pull it open, spread a thin layer of butter on each side, and close them together.
  7. Lay them upon a plate.
  8. With a sharp knife divide them across the middle, and serve very hot.
  9. If more than one muffin is required, cut them all separately, and pile them lightly one upon another, on the plate.
Original Text
3. To toast Muffins (for Receipt, see No. 6.)—Just open, half an inch deep, the sides of the muffins, exactly in the centre, with a knife, then put your toasting-fork in the middle of the bottom, hold it a little distance from the fire, until partly warmed through, when turn it and put it again to the fire until it becomes lightly toasted, when again turn it to toast the other side; when done, pull it open, spread a thin layer of butter on each side, close them together; lay them upon a plate, then with a sharp knife divide them across the middle, and serve very hot. If more than one muffin is required, cut them all separately, and pile them lightly one upon another, on the plate; when well prepared, they are, in my opinion, a very great luxury, obtainable at a trifling expense.
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