🔥 Baking Steel Spotlight: Matt Morizio
This week’s spotlight isn’t a pizza, it’s a ritual. One that starts with dough, ends on a Baking Steel, and has bonded a whole family.
In Matt Morizio’s house, Sunday isn’t Sunday without English muffins.
And when I say ‘family tradition,’ I mean a full-on breakfast production line. Matt and his wife Addie have seven kids, Olive, Ruby, Nora, August, Joseph, Angelo, and Phillip, plus River the dog keeping watch for crumbs. The smell of fresh muffins, the chatter, the chaos… that’s what Sunday’s all about.
When he’s not flipping muffins, Matt’s helping purpose driven families build wealth through his business, Reconstructing Wealth. But come Sunday? It’s all about the steel.
“They've literally become a tradition in our family, quite literally the Steel has bonded our family.”
His tool of choice? The Baking Steel Original, right on the stovetop.
No oven. No broiler. Just direct heat and a slab of steel because sometimes the best cooking is the simplest. Matt places his Original directly on his stove top to create his Legendary English Muffins...
Matt uses the exact English muffin recipe from Baking Steel, but what makes his version next level is the ingredient lineup:
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Central Milling’s 100% organic Type 80 wheat flour
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Redmond’s Real Salt
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Grass-fed butter
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Pastured bacon and eggs
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Grass-fed cheddar
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A dusting of organic semolina (“the ball bearings!”)
Matt's son Joesph mastering the english muffin dough or pizza dough, we'll have to ask.
The result: crisp, golden bottoms. A tender, rich crumb. And a breakfast sandwich so good it might just become your next weekend tradition.
“Legacy is not what you leave for people. It’s what you leave in them.”
— Craig Groeschel
Our version of Quick Fire Questions...
💭 If You hit the lottery tomorrow? He’d buy 100+ acres of pastured farmland and a big old farmhouse.
🛒 Favorite grocery store? Whole Foods.
🍕 Dream pizza shop name? Either The Seventh Slice (a nod to his 7 kids), Catcher’s Crust (for his baseball roots), or Pizza Portfolio (because why limit yourself?).
💧 Daily habit that makes life better? Drinking a gallon of water a day.
📚 Favorite books?
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Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller
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Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
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Dancing with the Analysts — the book that inspired him to become a financial advisor.
A note from Andris, founder of Baking Steel
Matt’s story means a lot to me not just because of the food, but because of the man behind it. He’s a friend, a father to seven amazing kids, and part of a family that lives with intention. They homeschool. They cook together. They inspire everyone around them. Honestly, I’m honored the Baking Steel plays even a small role in their world. This is what it’s all about family, tradition, and creating something that lasts.
Have a story to share?
The Steel Spotlight is all about celebrating our community of pizza makers, bread bakers, and breakfast legends. If you’ve got a Baking Steel tradition, recipe, or family moment worth sharing, send me a message, andris@bakingsteel.com we’d love to feature you next.
The Morizio Family
