Wholewheat English Muffins

Wholewheat English Muffins – A Healthy Breakfast treat!

1 March 2011 57 Comments

‘I am a Muffin Man’..and here is what I baked, an English Muffin on a griddle! And my daughter never stopped humming the rhyme the whole day with these muffins in her hand 🙂 Ever since I made my healthy Palm sugar Mixed fruit preserve I was thinking of a great accompaniment to supplement it. And what better than a hot whole-wheat English Muffins right from the griddle.

Unlike the oven baked muffins with leavening agents, these English muffins baked with yeast are extremely light and soft in texture. These are actually quick-baking breads and make a good breakfast when smeared with butter, honey or fruit preserves. These are generally made in small portions and are generally not very sweet and are devoid of frosting. Made in flat circular shape these muffins are traditionally split open with a fork and served with hot butter with tea.

I made both the wholewheat and the refined flour muffins to compare the texture and taste. I even baked half of the batch in oven and got lovely puffed up muffins.

Wholewheat dough after first rise..

Ingredients;

(6 muffins)

1 1/2 cup Wholewheat flour
1 cup warm milk
1 tsp. active dry yeast
2 tsp. oil
1 tsp. honey/white sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
Coarse cornflour to dust the tray

Refined flour dough after first rise..

Method: Combine warm milk, honey and the yeast in a small bowl and keep it aside for 10 minutes. Yeast will become active and start forming bubbles on the top.

Take a broad vessels and pour the wholewheat flour in it. Make a small well in the center and pour the yeast mixture, salt and the oil in it. Mix the whole ingredients into a smooth dough. The dough will be very sticky to knead, oil your hand to make it easy.

Keep the dough in a greased bowl, cover and let it rise until it doubles. Mine took one hour to become double.

Cut into circles after first rise..

Sprinkle a working area with flour and punch down the dough, knead it for a few minutes. Flatten the dough using a rolling pin and cut into 6 roundels using a cookie cutter.

Sprinkle cornmeal flour on the baking tray and place these roundels onto it, leaving some gap between the muffins. Slightly flatten the rounds and sprinkle the cornmeal over them. Cover the tray and keep aside for 30 minutes for the second rise.

Second rise..

The roundels with refined flour are very well risen as against the wholewheat flour rounds.

English Muffins on Skillet..

Heat a griddle and brush off the extra cornmeal from the muffins. Dry roast the English muffins on the griddle till it turns golden brown in color on both the sides.

Baked English Muffins…

You can bake the toasted muffins again for a much crisp and firm edges. Cool the muffins before serving.

Soft from inside..

Use a fork to split open the English Muffins from the center. Serve them with butter, spread of any fresh fruit preserve.

A closure view!

The texture is same for both the muffins from inside. Though a little bit dense, the wholewheat muffin is filling and has nutty taste of grains in it.

English muffins baked and cooked on skillet..

The threesome awesome! My preference is still my wholewheat muffins over the refined flour version.

A creation from my daughter!

This one is a small Mixed fruit Jam filled muffin my daughter made. I could see the proud baker dancing all around with her possession, after it came out from the oven, crisp and beautiful 🙂

Notes;

The cornmeal dusting & griddle baking is very traditional to this English Muffins.
Increase the sweetness of these muffins by adding extra spoons of sugar or Honey while kneading the dough.
Try adding Palm sugar in the dough for a nutty and flavorful English Muffins.
Griddle baking give a very earthy and rustic feeling to these baked goodies.
Refined flour does make a fluffy and light muffin but I am satisfied with my wholewheat version.

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57 Comments »

Ekta said:

lovely !!
li’l one’s creation….bestest !!!

# 1 March 2011 at 6:18 pm

Deepa said:

Muffins look so delicious and healthy. Thanks for sharing step by step illustration.

# 1 March 2011 at 7:39 pm

Lubna Karim said:

Wow…they look perfect and yum….

# 1 March 2011 at 7:45 pm

Cool Lassie said:

These muffins look fabulous! Love the stepwise pictures!

# 1 March 2011 at 8:38 pm

prathibha said:

Looks awesome….just love it..:)

# 1 March 2011 at 9:03 pm

Krithi said:

This is absolutely gorgeous and healthy too..

http://krithiskitchen.blogspot.com

# 1 March 2011 at 9:28 pm

Samira said:

Yum… Yum… Yummy!!!!!

# 1 March 2011 at 9:39 pm

Nishi said:

This looks yummy Sanjeeta!!! This is another one of your recipes that I wanna try out ASAP 🙂

# 1 March 2011 at 10:07 pm

sanjeeta kk said:

@Nishi, thanks for liking it. I do remember you trying out the Ragi bake from Lite Bite, and your Ragi muffins did look very good. Hope you like this one too, I have become a fan of these wholewheat English Muffins.

# 1 March 2011 at 10:17 pm

Roxan said:

I’ve never made my own english muffins before but I can imagine how delicious they are. I love bread right out of the oven! I know I’m supposed to wait a little bit to let it cool but I’m never able to. These whole wheat muffins look great and I love the closeup shot you took where we can see the detail of the texture. Yummy.

# 1 March 2011 at 10:08 pm

Kairali sisters said:

wow these looks too good, Sanjeeta

# 1 March 2011 at 10:28 pm

Swathi said:

Looks delicious and healthy one.

# 2 March 2011 at 12:20 am

Raji said:

WOW sanjeeta another healthy treat coming out of your oven..loved it.

# 2 March 2011 at 12:21 am

Priya said:

Those muffins looks marvellous and wholesome…

# 2 March 2011 at 1:31 am

Kothiyavunu said:

Healthy Yummy and perfect english muffins!

# 2 March 2011 at 2:18 am

turmericnspice said:

the recipe is very tempting!! would love to try it out

# 2 March 2011 at 3:52 am

biny anoop said:

dats an amazing muffin recipe dear…it looks lovely

# 2 March 2011 at 4:07 am

Juliana said:

Homemade English muffins, they sure sound and look delicious. Love the creation that you made for your daughter 🙂

# 2 March 2011 at 4:08 am

Panchpakwan said:

Whole wheat english muffins looks really halthey and delicious..
Using griddle is really creative…

# 2 March 2011 at 4:57 am

Jayashree said:

Wow….they look so delicious and tempting.

# 2 March 2011 at 10:12 pm

Reshmi said:

Hi Sanjeeta, first time here and u’ve a wonderful collection of recipes.. love to follow u!!

# 3 March 2011 at 12:49 am

Angie's Recipes said:

Nicely done! They are not only delicious but also very healthy and nutritious!

# 3 March 2011 at 1:58 am

Maria @ Scandifoodie said:

This sounds really great! I’m not a huge fan of plain wheat so this is definitely tasty!

# 3 March 2011 at 2:02 am

Tanvi@Sinfully Spicy said:

These muffins look absolutely gorgeous..crisp on outside and soft on inside.

# 3 March 2011 at 2:52 am

Soma said:

This looks marvelous!! I have to make English Muffins and I adore your mixed fruit jam. how beautiful is the color.

# 3 March 2011 at 3:56 am

Namitha said:

Wonderful…the whole wheat ones look great,though they haven’t puffed up much, the texture looks perfect 🙂

# 3 March 2011 at 4:29 am

Nidhya said:

Lovely muffins. Perfectly baked and healthy.

# 3 March 2011 at 5:52 am

Cham said:

These muffins are fluffy and delicious with jam

# 3 March 2011 at 7:13 am

Suman Singh said:

Wow..Homemade English muffins and that too with wholewheat flour..nothing can beat that..looks perfect and delicious!

# 3 March 2011 at 8:51 am

Sadhana said:

Lovely looking muffins. Perfectly baked.

# 3 March 2011 at 10:04 am

Sadhana said:

Lovely looking muffins, perfectly baked.

# 3 March 2011 at 10:04 am

Malar Gandhi said:

English muffins luks superb, love to try this soon..

# 3 March 2011 at 7:41 pm

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said:

wow, they have come out so well, i love your step by step pics.

# 3 March 2011 at 10:17 pm

Sommer@ASpicyPerspective said:

YUM! they look fantastic!

# 4 March 2011 at 2:32 am

Biren @ Roti n Rice said:

Your homemade muffins look and sound delicious! They are lovely with jam.

# 4 March 2011 at 8:13 am

Magic of Spice said:

These look wonderful, I have never had them homemade before. Very nice 🙂

# 4 March 2011 at 12:08 pm

Heather @girlichef said:

Your english muffins look great! I’ve had a few recipes bookmarked for ages and definitely think I need to try making some very soon. You’ve started me craving them again 🙂

# 4 March 2011 at 5:59 pm

Heavenly Housewife said:

Ii tried making English muffins about a month ago, but they didn’t come out right. Maybe I should try your recipe, these look great.
*kisses* HH

# 4 March 2011 at 6:51 pm

Reshmi said:

Muffins are superb…First time here…glad to follow your space…

# 5 March 2011 at 2:43 am

rebecca said:

wow great job your such a great cook and baker, love it have a fun weekend Sanjeeta

Rebecca

# 5 March 2011 at 5:16 am

Neenu Praveen said:

Lukin g8..happy to follow u..

# 5 March 2011 at 5:37 am

Anna said:

WOW, these look wonderful, I’m a gonna try these little beauties tomorrow morning. Thinking Mr HG will dig them. 🙂

# 5 March 2011 at 10:22 am

pigpigscorner said:

Healthy and delicious! The inside actually looks really soft!

# 5 March 2011 at 3:31 pm

hima said:

delicious.. I am going to book mark this as this do not include the baking process..

# 5 March 2011 at 3:47 pm

Reshmi said:

This looks superb….great for a healthy breakfast….

FunWidFud

# 5 March 2011 at 7:17 pm

Dewi said:

Beautiful English muffins Sanjeeta!

# 6 March 2011 at 10:03 pm

El said:

There’s nothing like homemade English muffins. They look exceptional!

# 6 March 2011 at 11:18 pm

Dimah said:

looks wonderful and so irresistible!

# 6 March 2011 at 11:50 pm

aipi said:

This recipe is bookmarked. They look PICTURE- PERFECT!!

US Masala

# 8 March 2011 at 12:58 am

Joyti said:

Yum! I really like the idea of using whole wheat in baked goods – I’ve been using some in chocolate chip cookies. And your English muffins sound delightful.

# 8 March 2011 at 1:09 pm