Muffins are usually served directly from a muffin tin, or in a paper baking pan. They can be served cold or warm and often come with butter, Cheshire crème or jam. Muffins are soft, originated in France and derived from the French word moufflet which is soft bread. Let’s read more about how to toast english muffin in air fryer.

English muffins, which are flat yeast doughs that have been raised slightly and include many nooks & crannies, can be made as muffins. English muffins have a dryer texture and are baked on a hot griddle rather than being baked in the oven. English muffins can trace their roots back to the 10thcentury, when hoop-shaped muffin rings placed on the bottom of a pan or directly on the fire and were filled with dough. The muffin rings cooked the dough and let it cool before cutting.

American style muffins are not like English ones in that they contain a batter, but a mixture of dough and batter. American style muffins are not made with yeast as a riser. American style muffins were originally leftned using potash up until 1857, when baking powder became available. Baking powder was much cheaper and more accessible than potash.

The mid-18th century was when the first muffin recipe appeared in print. Muffins were quickly popularized and could be purchased from mobile muffin men, who would walk the streets of England selling fresh muffins.

United States muffins are so beloved that three states have created an official muffin. Blueberry muffins, the official state muffin of Minnesota, are blueberry muffins. The corn muffin was adopted as the state muffin of Massachusetts in 1986. New York adopted in 1987 the apple muffin to be its official muffin.