What can I use in place of english muffin molds?

**alarosalpn** · 02-04-2009, 08:49 PM

Ok frugal family... I need your brains

I have found a recipe to make homemade english muffins. I have the griddle (just bought at Walmart) but no english muffin molds. They sell them on Amazon.com for $3.99 for 4 but I really don't want to buy them online. If I can recycle something or repurpose something first I'd rather.. If there is no substitution for the molds, well then, I will have to go buy them.
Any suggestions?

**TigerGirl1226** · 02-04-2009, 09:17 PM

Could you make them out of heavy duty foil? I assumed you make these on an open griddle top, right?

**Buc-O-Mama** · 02-04-2009, 09:31 PM

There's a really easy recipe that you can roll out, cut, then put on the griddle. No molds needed.

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
¼ Tbsp. baking soda
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2/3 cup buttermilk
1 Tbsp. butter, melted
Cornmeal, if desired

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine egg, buttermilk, and butter; add to dry ingredients. Stir with a wooden spoon 3 minutes or until dough is no longer sticky.

Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface; roll out to ¼-3/8-inch thickness. Cut out dough using a floured 3-inch biscuit cutter. Gather the scraps, roll again, and cut until all dough is used. Dust muffins with cornmeal for crunchy texture, if desired

Heat griddle to medium (350 degrees). Place muffins onto ungreased griddle, and bake until muffins are puffed and crusts are light golden (about 4 to 5 minutes on each side). Remove from griddle, and let cool on wire racks.

**pbobber** · 02-04-2009, 09:40 PM

If you can find flat bottom ones, tuna fish cans might work

**Grainlady** · 02-05-2009, 08:46 AM

I cut homemade English Muffins and have never cooked them in the rings. In fact, I cut them into squares with a pizza cutter to avoid second cuts. Second cuts are when you have the leftover dough that you re-work and cut - second cuts tend to be tough.

The rings are unnecessary for the recipes of English Muffins I normally use, unless I were to use them for cutting rounds.

I DO use the rings when I make Crumpets, which is a batter I pour (1/4-inch) into the rings. Crumpets are a cross between English Muffins and Pancakes. Cooked like pancakes, but you toast them for eating.

As pbobber mentioned, I've also cut both ends out of a tuna can to use as Crumpet Rings, but you can only cut one end of many brands these days. I have short cans of Kroger crushed pineapple that could be used. They ARE smaller than Crumpet Rings.