2 Ingredient English Muffins
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2 ingredient English muffins are wheat-free, gluten-free, and grain-free with no yeast or rising time required. They are made entirely from low-carb, low-oxalate, animal-based ingredients with no fiber – great for keto and carnivore diets!
Inspired by 2 Ingredient Chaffle (Carnivore Waffles) and carnivore burgers, I took another batch of chaffle bread dough and baked it in a muffin pan. These “English muffins” are fun to add to weekly meal prep with many ways to enjoy them.
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Low-Fiber English Muffins with Animal-Based Ingredients
Animal-based, low oxalate, and low-fiber baking is a challenge, so when something works, we celebrate as much as we can. I think this is a functional replacement for an English muffin because you can toast, broil, and bake them any way you like. Anyone on specific autoimmune protocols and elimination diets will appreciate this recipe!
This is a great freezer-friendly, kid-friendly, meal prep recipe for many diets:
- Gluten-free
- Grain-free
- Wheat-free
- Low-carb
- Keto
- Low oxalate
- Animal-based
- Keto carnivore
Gather 2 ingredients, plus butter for greasing the pan, and you can make a carnivore English muffin recipe!
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Ingredients
Butter – I like unsalted grass-fed butter for it’s rich flavor. Any kind of butter will work. Grease the pan enough so nothing sticks.
Cheese – I’m using mozzarella, but you can also use cheddar or Monterey Jack. Choose something that melts well.
Eggs – Just two. The eggs are useful for creating rise and giving body to this “bread”. (1)
Step-By-Step Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°). Grease a 6-cup muffin pan. You can also use a 12-cup pan if that’s what you have. In this case, only fill six of the wells instead of all of them.
- Combine cheese and eggs together in a large mixing bowl.
- Divide the batter and fill each muffin space evenly.
- Bake for 20 minutes, until tops are golden brown.
- Run a knife around the edges to loosen each muffin. Remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
- Serve immediately or store as part of your carnivore meal prep.
How to Serve
Think of anything you already like to do with an English muffin and I bet you can make the same recipe with this low-carb bread option.
Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Toast in a toaster, toaster oven, or broiler before serving with butter or cream cheese.
- Sandwich a sausage patty between two muffins grilled in a panini maker.
- Create a carnivore breakfast sandwich with 1 slice of cheese, 2 slices of fried bacon, scrambled egg (plus hot sauce, if you’re into that), and two pieces of carnivore breakfast bread.
- Serve open-faced with lox and cream cheese sauce.
- Top with Canadian bacon, a poached egg, and hollandaise sauce like Eggs Benedict.
I think you can also make carnivore breakfast pizza by baking all the dough in a greased 8×8-inch baking dish. Once the “crust” finishes baking, add your favorite toppings and arrange under the broiler for a few minutes until the cheese melts on top and things look toasty.
If you have a bagel pan, bake in it instead of a muffin pan and enjoy the perfect bagel shape with a recognizable center hole. The only difference is visual. Otherwise, the taste will be the same.
Are you getting a flood of ideas now that I said the word BAGEL? Feel free to be creative and adapt this recipe to meet your bread and bagel cravings.
How to Store
I’ve kept these in the fridge for up to 5 days without any issue.
They freeze well for at least a few weeks, but I haven’t tested longer. Leave them to thaw in the fridge overnight or out on the counter from the afternoon until evening dinner time. They thaw pretty quickly since each piece is relatively small.
MEAL PREP TIP: Freeze with layers of parchment paper in between, so you can easily remove one or two pieces at a time. This also helps prevent them from all freezing together in a big messy lump.
Nutritional Info for Carnivore Muffins
This recipe yields six total muffin pieces.
Each piece has the following nutrient profile:
- 108 calories
- 8 g protein
- 8 g fat
- 1 g total carbs
- 0 g fiber
- 1 g net carbs
Please note that the nutritional value will change if you substitute ingredients. Use a nutrition app to recalculate and reflect your changes.
More Carnivore Breakfast Ideas
- Egg Smoothie (Carnivore Smoothie)
- Carnivore Egg-in-a-hole
- Three Cheese Keto Omelette
- Carnivore Casserole with Ground Beef
- Carnivore Breakfast Muffins
If you make this recipe, please leave a review. I appreciate each 5-star rating and review comment!
2 Ingredient English Muffin Recipe
Equipment
- 1 6-cup muffin pan
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoon butter
- 1½ cups mozzarella cheese shredded
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F (175°C). Grease a 6-cup muffin pan with butter.2 teaspoon butter
- Combine cheese and eggs together in a large mixing bowl.1½ cups mozzarella cheese, 2 large eggs
- Divide the batter and fill each muffin space evenly.
- Bake for 20 minutes, until tops are golden brown.
- Run a knife around the edges to loosen each muffin. Remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
Notes
Nutrition & Macros
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Can you make this using an Egg Beaters instead of whole eggs, and reduced fat cheese just to lighten it up a bit?
Hi Robert – thanks for the comment. I would certainly say give it a try, though I don’t have any experience with these specific subsitutions.
Could I use a “muffin top” pan to cook them on?
Hi Wendy, I haven’t tried it myself, but I think it’s worth an attempt. The texture will be slight different, due to the nature of the muffin top pan. It tends to produce a crustier finish. Let me know how they come out!
I’ve made these now a couple of times using a jmbo 6 muffin tin and the 12 cup tin filling only 6. My muffins still do not come out looking as large as the one in the cover photo? What’s the story?
Hi Lisa, I’m sorry you don’t think the recipe is working correctly. My jumbo tin measures 3 inches in diameter. What is yours? I hope this is a helpful reference so you have realistic expectations of what to expect as a final result.
The recipe looks very easy. I am going to try this and come back to give another review. Thanks for giving us this easy recipe.
The details in this recipe were super useful. I followed the steps to the t and the muffins turned out sooooo good. Such a great substitute for wheat!
Thanks for the great review, Sharon.
These English muffins were so great, it’s just what I needed as I’m trying out a Low Oxalate way of eating…I made them with some smoked salmon and they turned out nice and fluffy, I’m going to test the batter out in a mini waffle maker next!
I have to say that these are the best English muffins I’ve ever had! They were so easy to make, and they tasted great. I can’t wait to make them again.
yum! these are the perfect breakfast addition for.my new keto diet. i love adding spinach and a breakfast sausage to these.
I made these English muffins for breakfast this morning and loved how they turned out! They also kept me full all morning. Very happy to put this on the regular breakfast rotation!
That is great to hear they stayed with you. Thanks for the comments, Amanda.
Thank you for sharing! Love them.
Thank you for making them, Roni! Come back and visit again soon for more delicious recipes.
I made these in mini muffin pans, doubled the recipe. They taste great at room temp, I was out all day & knew I wouldn’t have time to eat so packed a bunch to go.
Thanks for the review, Linda! I’m go glad these were a success for you!
Do you think you could freeze them in a food saver bag and the would fluff back up when thawed? Also, making the whole sandwich then sealing with the food saver? My husband is a truck driver and I’m trying to make stuff so he doesn’t eat so much processed stuff.
Hi April, I don’t have personal experience with a food saver but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work with this recipe. I think it’s worth a try! As far as freezing goes, the shape didn’t change one way or another for me. I hope this helps! Let me know if they are a great success with your husband 🙂
I have a food saver and I think I would freeze them without putting them in the food saver. Once they are frozen, then I would seal them in the food saver.
Thanks for chiming in here, Rita! I appreciate you sharing your experience and am sure it will help others.
I was wondering if this would work in the microwave ? I don’t have an oven. Thank you for your time Deb.
I think these will work in the microwave just fine, but I don’t have one and can’t test it for you. I suggest starting with half a recipe as a sample batch 🙂
Swiss melts real well too.
Great point, thanks for sharing that tip!
I almost never have English muffins in the house, and this is the perfect thing for those moments when the recipe calls for them! Egg sandwiches tomorrow for sure!
Meal prep is so much easier with quick recipes like this one. Enjoy!
Made these for eggs benedict. So easy, unlike traditional English muffins. Will definitely make again!
I’m thrilled to hear this was a success! Sounds like you have a new Sunday morning breakfast recipe 🙂