How can I make my muffin tops hard and crusty like the bakery?!

Question:

How can I make my muffin tops hard and crusty like the bakery?

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Brush the tops with a mixture of heavy cream and sugar.

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ask the people who work @ the bakery

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try sprinkling raw sugar on the top.....
or make a oatmeal, flour, butter kinda' strudel and top them about five minutes before you are to take them out of the oven!

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I always had a gas stove. Now that I have an electric, baked goods turn out much better. Most restaurants use convection ovens for baking.

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You can get a pan that just makes the tops - they usually come out crustier than regular muffins:

http://www.epinions.com/hmgd-cooking-bak...

http://www.nextag.com/muffin-top-pan/sea...

http://www.amazon.com/chicago-metallic-g...

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after baking broil top and botton aprox 5 minutes.

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