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Gluten-Free English Muffins Recipe

September 14, 2015 By Elise 36 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

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Don’t you just love english muffins? My mom use to make them with wheat when I lived at home, but for years, no matter how much she gushed about the deliciousness of homemade “egg McMuffins” I wouldn’t try them. 

     Related: Check out our Gluten-Free Recipes index!

She was right though! And now that we’re a gluten-free family, I crave them all the time. Oh the irony, right? 

Buuuut, it’s amazing how easily gluten-free grains can mimic wheat when they’re mixed together with just the right ingredients. 

This gluten-free english muffins recipe is amazing! I have missed english muffins so much - it's so good to have them back again!

The big thing, when it comes to making gluten-free bread (and that includes these english muffins), is that the consistency of your dough is so much different. 

You can’t handle the dough like you can wheat dough, and so you can’t shape it into cute little english muffin shapes, before letting it rise. 

Nope. Instead, you’ve got to pour your dough into greased(!) molds, and let it rise inside. Otherwise, you just end up with a pancake. 😛 

That actually makes it easy though! I don’t know about you, but I’m not all that great at making nicely shapes dough, whether it’s dinner rolls, bread loaves, or english muffins. Pretty is just not my thing I guess. 

Of course the catch is – there’s always a catch, isn’t there? – that you need molds a.k.a rings. I cut the bottoms out of tuna cans, but that was a royal pain, so I don’t really recommend it. You can buy real, bonafide english muffin rings here on amazon though. 

Then, after you’re done cooking the actual muffin part of the meal, you can crack an egg into your muffin ring, and have the perfect sized egg for your homemade egg ‘McMuffin’. 

gluten-free homemade egg mcmuffin

Or you can add your scrambled eggs and spinach if you’re into making messes like me…

homemade gluten-free english muffins

Gluten-Free English Muffins Recipe

 

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Gluten-Free English Muffins Recipe

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Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon instant yeast
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups warm milk (about 105°F)
  • 2 1/2 cups gluten-free flour mix
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons xanthan or guar gum
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm milk.
  2. Set aside and allow to proof for 15 minutes.
  3. meanwhile, combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl.
  4. Pour yeast mixture over dry ingredients, and mix thoroughly. Batter should be thicker than pancake batter, but not thick enough to hold its shape.
  5. Heat an oiled skillet over medium-low heat.
  6. Grease muffin rings and place on skillet.
  7. *Optional step* sprinkle inside of muffin rings with cornmeal.
  8. Spoon muffin batter into rings to fill about 2/3 of the way from the top.
  9. Allow to brown for about five minutes.
  10. Flip, using a thin spatula (sometimes a fork will work better if you have difficulty getting your spatula under the ring).
  11. Cook for another five minutes or so until muffin is well browned.
  12. Use a butter knife to loosen the the muffin from the ring.
  13. Don’t be afraid to keep cooking them after the ring has been removed, and/or flip them a few more times if you’re not sure they’re done. Alternatively, you can also finish baking them in a 350º oven.
  14. Cool on a wire rack.
  15. Split with a fork.
  16. Enjoy!

 

 

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  1. Louise says

    August 29, 2020 at 12:03 pm

    Ok girlfriend you REALLY hit this one RIGHT. I had to check a couple of other places to get an approximate time to leave them in the oven at 350°… And I think 10 minutes does it. They may have been fine without having to do that, but I wasn’t sure what they were supposed to “feel“ like. I made these for the first time for church last weekend… There are three of us that are gluten-free. Nothing but rave reviews. My search for a great GF muffin has stopped right here. Nothing but compliments and raves. And it’s so simple. I’m going to make a double batch today. Bravo!

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  2. Roslyn says

    October 18, 2020 at 3:55 pm

    Could the sugar be substituted for something more healthy like coconut sugar or maple syrup?

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  3. Lisa says

    December 15, 2020 at 8:39 pm

    My GF flour has xanthan gum in it (store bought). Do I still need to add more Xanthan Gum?

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    • Elise says

      December 20, 2020 at 8:31 pm

      No.

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  4. Brian says

    January 8, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    Tried these today and I found that the dough was way to thick. I probably ended up using double the milk to get it a reasonable consistency. I used 2% milk and I don’t remember the brand of GF flour but might be Walmart. I gave them 5 minutes a side on a 300 degree grill and then 15 minutes in the oven but they were still doughy inside. However they were delicious when toasted. Do you have any thoughts.

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  5. BrianM says

    January 8, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    Tried these today and I found that the dough was way to thick. I probably ended up using double the milk to get it a reasonable consistency. I used 2% milk and I don’t remember the brand of GF flour but might be Walmart. I gave them 5 minutes a side on a 300 degree grill and then 15 minutes in the oven but they were still doughy inside. However they were delicious when toasted. Do you have any thoughts.

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