A simple, quick and delicious breakfast! It takes just 90 seconds to make this easy Keto English muffin recipe in your microwave. They are gluten free and grain free.
There is absolutely no reason to miss bread when you're on a low carb diet. Thanks to the double miracle that is almond flour and coconut flour, you can make amazingly delicious grain free breads. Soft white rolls? Tick! Rustic, seeded buns? Tick!
I've been doing a fair amount of bread baking recently - rolls, loaves, buns, you name it. One of my all time favourites has got to be my Rustic Paleo Bread - but now I've got a new bread love:
Keto English muffins!
The most awesome thing about these muffins (apart from the taste, naturally) is that you make them in the microwave. I think the microwave is a God-sent for busy people who like to sleep as long as possible in the mornings!
Keto English muffins require the same basic ingredients as my easy low carb rolls. I experimented a bit with quantities and ingredients - not a hardship when you have a finished product in front of you in a couple of minutes.
In the end, I came back to my original measurements, with the addition of some almond milk to produce a delightfully soft, pillowy and light texture.
Baker's Top Tips for PERFECT microwave muffins:
The one thing that's absolutely essential is to grease your ramekins/mug you bake your muffin in REALLY REALLY well. You don't want half of your muffin stubbornly cling to the ramekin, even though it would still taste great. This is not supposed to be a mug cake experience!
Keto English muffins should be sliced in half, toasted and eaten, in the most civilised British way, from a plate.
How to serve your low carb English muffins:
- lashings of butter (the purist version)
- nut butter, sugar free Nutella or homemade jams
- fried egg and bacon
- with poached egg, sauteed spinach and sauce Hollandaise.
Writing this has made me positively hungry again. How fortunate these muffins are ready in no time at all! 🙂
Here are some of my other muffin recipes:Â
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Keto English Muffins (Microwave Recipe)
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- 1 tablespoon almond flour (extra fine)
- 1 tablespoon butter unsalted
- 1 egg
- ½ tablespoon almond milk or other nut milk
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Melt the butter in the microwave - this takes ca 30 seconds.
- In a bowl, whisk your egg.
- Add your melted butter and nut milk, then the almond flour, coconut flour and baking powder. Mix until smooth. If you wish, add a pinch of salt.
- Fill into a WELL-BUTTERED ramekin or mug (equally well-buttered)
- Microwave on high for 90 seconds.
- If necessary, run a knife around the edges of your dish and turn muffins over onto a plate.
- Cut in half and toast.
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Nutrition
This recipe was first published in February 2018. It was updated in December 2019.
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Toni
These are great, but be sure to take the time to toast them in butter. That really makes a big difference!
Claire McDonnell
So easy to make and delicious
Stacy
Mine were a bit moist so after flipping them on to the plate and cutting in half I microwaved a bit longer until the right texture for the toaster. I can’t thank you enough for these wonderful, practical, recipes. They’ve made my life so much more full of hope ( and deliciousness!)
Pamela Giroux
This was very good..I added a touch each of Orange Juice, Zest & orange extract along with chopped cranberries for Orange Cranberry English Muffin..then fried..it was so good..Thanks!
Katrin Nürnberger
That sounds delicious!
Kelly
WOW! Just what I needed, a little piece of quick bread. I don't have coconut flour, used 4tbsp of almond flour. Turned out great. Tasted so good. Thank you!!
Sheila D VanCampen
Hello! This was my first time trying to make a keto bread. Your directions were spot on! It came out looking exactly like the pictures in your recipe. It's possible that I have unrealistic expectations, but I found the texture to be like cornbread or a biscuit. It was soft and moist but I was hoping for the crispy/chewy texture of an EM. That being said - my only experience with EM are the Thomas's or Wolferman's that we get here in the US - not sure if they are the real deal. Anyway, do you have any suggestions for getting that crispy/chewy texture?
Katrin Nürnberger
Almond flour does not have exactly the same taste as wheat flour - it will always be a little different as it's simply a different product! The chewiest I've ever managed to get almond flour is with yeast recipes such as my Give it a go - I'm sure you'll love it 🙂
Kelly
Maybe if you toast it, it would get a little crunch to it.
Susan Rossi
Can you do these in a muffin tin and make 12?
Katrin Nürnberger
Yes, you can definitely make these in the oven.
Susan Rossi
Wait......are these only like 2 carbs each????Thought it was 6....but I forgot to minus the fiber. Am I right?
Katrin Nürnberger
Yes, you have to deduct the fibre to get the net carbs
Amy
I miss my English muffins!!! I had to abandon almond flour and all nuts due to the high oxalates and Hashimoto's. Do you think I could try a flax seed meal in place of the almond flour? Or perhaps ground pumpkin seeds (flour)?
Katrin Nürnberger
Hi Amy, I would use a mix of sunflower seed flour and sesame seed flour. I grind it myself in a food processor. It's a roundabout 1:1 substitution (maybe you'll need to add a little more if your grind ends up coarser).
Lynn
Thank you for bread type recipes that don't use cheese or dairy as main ingredient. I can sub ghee in this recipe and enjoy English muffins!
Addie
Hi, Katrin - would you please remind me of what wattage your microwave is?
Thank you!
Katrin Nürnberger
It's 900 Watts.
Kathy
Could you make these with 2tbsp of almond flour and no coconut flour
Katrin Nürnberger
Hi Kathy, I think you would need between 3 and 4 tbsp of almond flour, depending on how fine your is. Almond flour absorbs less liquid than coconut flour, that's why you cannot replace it 1:1
Zoe Vaughan-France.
Could you use cocoa powder instead of coconut flour or as well as?
Katrin Nürnberger
I would just add a little additional cocoa powder to the recipe if you wanted to make a chocolatey muffin.
Mia
OMG! This was so easy and came out great! I somehow forgot to put the baking powder in (This is why I don't bake 🙂 ) and it was still good and came out great on my first try! Thank you! Will be making more of your wonderful and easy recipes!
Katrin Nürnberger
It's sometimes a pleasant surprise when you mess up and realise the recipe works without an ingredient! I did that with my keto carrot cake - I forgot adding the egg once and found out it still tastes really good!
Lynn Smith
Hi.
Looking for diabetic friendly make-ahead breakfasts for my dad. The oven version is perfect for my needs. But wondering if these freeze well?
Thanks!
Katrin Nürnberger
Hi Lynn, I have not frozen this particular recipe because I only make it in small quantities. But generally, both almond flour and coconut flour baked goods freeze well.
Christy
These were great! Very easy to make and great flavor. It did come out more like a cornbread texture but we lighted toasted it and smothered with fresh blueberry coulis sauce. I also made these to go with homemade chili. Perfect! Thank you for great recipes... we are off gluten, sugar and yeast so these alternatives make a huge difference!
Katrin Nürnberger
So glad you are enjoying the recipe!