Homemade English Muffins

Whole Wheat English Muffins | Chez Cayenne.

Happy Labor Day to those in the States! Check out last year’s Labor Day recipes post if you’re one of those last-minute-menu types.

I’ve been thinking about making English Muffins for a few weeks. I kept putting it off because my recipe just kind of missed the mark for me (like my previous donut & bagel recipes). So, I thought it was finally time to find a new recipe. I made honey-whole wheat muffins based on the blog post above and was quite pleased with the results. Now, let me tell you, one of the reasons I was attracted to this post was that it’s a stove top recipe using canning jar lids to replace traditional muffin rings. I always find it amusing to use odd household items in creative ways. I’m sure by some of my past blog posts you’ve figured that out about me 😉 . The recipe as written is vegan. I made minor substitutions with dairy milk powder for soy, homemade Greek-style non-fat yogurt for shortening (or butter), honey for sugar. Don’t just think English muffins for breakfast! One of the restaurants here in Tucson always uses them for their burgers. So far, I’ve used the muffins for curried fish cakes w/ arugula & homemade tartar and berry jam.

I used the food processor method posted here, but I made sure to add the hot water to the flour, etc. before adding the warm yeast water mixture (as indicated in the recipe). As this is a very sticky dough/batter, I might consider using a high-powered blender. I’ll let you know how it turns out if I try it. This a terrifically quick recipe. It takes only 10 minutes once mixed (5 minutes each side). A great go-to last-minute bread recipe, and you can jazz them up with any flavors you like.

Here’s another roll-out-your-dough & oven (Edit: oops! This is a stove top recipe, too. Another recipe I looked at was baked in the oven) recipe I found. I wanted to share it because I love the heart shapes:
Whole Wheat English Muffins | This Chic Cooks.

If you have metal heart cutters, you can always use them for the stove top method, too.

I’m so appreciative of people with food blogs & video channels!!! Gone are the days when you had to (not want to, mind you) spend $40 or $50 on a comprehensive cookbook or watch endless hours of television cooking shows for a few ideas. Canning jar lids for English muffins? I’m there. I’ve worked with some great culinary talents, but everyday folk across the globe come up with some fab eats and treats. Some simple, some fancy, and some in between. And, they are willing to share their trade secrets on their food blogs. Amazing.

If you’re a bread lover as I am, I hope you check out these recipes. If you don’t do bread/carbs/wheat, know that I’ll be back with some other recipes another day.

Have a great holiday!