Whole Wheat Dinner Muffins Recipes

TENDER WHOLE WHEAT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk flours, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk egg, milk and melted butter until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened., Fill greased muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake 15-17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

WHOLE WHEAT DINNER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Spray 10 muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, mix the flour, bran, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• Make a well in the middle of flour mixture and pour in the buttermilk and oil.
• Mix quickly with a rubber scraper until flour disappears, folding dough with a kneading motion.
• Shape the dough into a round ball.
• Using 2 tablespoons of dough for each muffin, shape into a ball and place in prepared tin.
• Repeat until all dough is used.
• Bake for 18 minutes.

WHOLE WHEAT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease bottoms only of 12 muffin cups or line with baking cups.
• In a medium bowl, combine flours, sugar, baking powder and salt; mix well. In a small bowl, combine milk, oil and egg; blend well. Add dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be lumpy.)
• Fill cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 1 minute before removing from pan. Serve warm.

WHOLE WHEAT ENGLISH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Sprinkle yeast over warm (about 105°F is ideal) water and let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix flour(s) and salt.
• In a separate bowl, mix milk, oil and honey. Add egg and stir until well blended. Stir in the yeast mixture.
• Add liquid to about half of the dry ingredients and mix well, with a stand mixer or by hand. Mix in remaining dry ingredients. Dough will be soft and somewhat sticky.
• Turn dough out onto floured work surface and knead for several minutes. If too sticky to knead, add flour, a tablespoon at a time.
• Put dough in an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel, and let rise in a warm place (see TIP) until doubled in size. Rising time will depend on temperature; allow about 1 hour.
• Turn risen dough out onto a work surface that has been liberally dusted with cornmeal and pat or roll to about 1/2" thick. Cut into approximately 3 inch rounds with a cookie cutter, tin can, or jar lid. If you wish, combine the scraps of dough into more muffins, handling as little as possible. Cover the muffins with a towel and let rise for 20-30 minutes.
• Heat a griddle or large skillet over medium-low heat. Sprinkle with corn meal. Using a spatula, carefully transfer muffins to hot griddle. Cook about 5 minutes on each side, turn and cook for 2-3 minutes per side. Outsides should be golden brown and crusty, insides should be soft, but not gooey. You might need to sacrifice a muffin or two as doneness tests.
• Remove to cooling rack as they finish cooking. Cook the rest in batches.
• English muffins are traditionally split open with a fork, rather than cut, and then toasted, but they will be good however you do it.
• TIP: To create a warm place for rising dough, microwave a glass of water for 2 minutes then put the bowl of dough into the microwave with the hot water. Heat from the water will provide an appropriate temperature--and the dough does not need to be covered, since it will not dry on the surface in this humid environment.