Freezing and Defrosting Muffins: You Should Pay Attention to This

If you have a lot of muffins at home, you can easily freeze them. This extends the shelf life of the delicious pastry by a few months.

Freeze muffins: this is how it works

If you have baked too many muffins or received them as gifts, you can freeze the pastries. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Before you freeze the muffins, you should let them cool completely.
2. If you baked your muffins in paper cases, you should remove them before freezing, otherwise, the cases will stick to the pastry.
3. Now you need a container that is suitable for the freezer compartment. Here, for example, cans made of stainless steel or plastic come into question.
4. Place your muffins in the container. Make sure the pastries are not touching or the muffins will stick together.
5. Then close the jar tightly. In order not to forget when the pastry was frozen, you can write the date on the tin.
6. The muffins will keep in the freezer for at least three months.

How to defrost muffins

If you are going to eat the muffins, here are a few things to keep in mind when defrosting:

• To prevent the muffins from drying out, you should let them thaw slowly. Avoid defrosting in the microwave.
• Instead, place the tin containing the pastry in the refrigerator. Let the muffins thaw slowly there for a few hours.
• After the muffin has defrosted, you can microwave it for half a minute. So it tastes like freshly baked.
• You can also put the muffin in the oven at 100 °C for about 5 minutes after defrosting in the fridge to warm it up.