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. I have a “Texas” size with a 3.5 inch diameter at the top. You can use a jumbo or a 12-cup pan if that’s what you have.
- 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.
- 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.
Notes
Nutrition & Macros
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Idk if you need better nutrition but last I knew; butter, eggs, & cheese equated to 3. Also these are not “English” muffins. If you are creating something new give it a new name! BTW, organic doesn’t necessarily mean healthier. There are several “organic” pesticides that are dangerous.
Hi Kary, thanks for your comment! The “2 ingredient” title refers to the cheese and eggs used in the batter. Butter is only for greasing the pan. The term “English muffin” is just a fun way to describe the shape and use, not a claim of traditional ingredients. This version is designed for carnivore and keto diets, using only animal-based, low-carb ingredients. And you’re right, organic doesn’t always mean healthier, always do your best with what you have!
I came here to find out what the filling is/was 😀 im trying these fir sure.
Hi Melina! 😊 So glad you’re excited to try these! The images show two “English muffins” stuffed with cream cheese. It’s delicious! You can enjoy them toasted, as a sandwich, or even like a breakfast pizza. Let us know how yours turn out!
Hi, these look yummy. I’m curious, though…..the shape of the “muffins” as pictured look more pancake shaped. I’m trying to pictured the muffins shaped like that when baking in a muffin pan.
Hi Melanie! Great observation! The “muffins” are baked in a muffin pan, but since there’s no flour or rising agent, they don’t puff up like traditional muffins. They come out flatter, more like thick, round discs, which can resemble pancakes in shape. Totally normal for this recipe, and they still work great for toasting or sandwich-style meals!
Are they served on English Muffins? Doesn’t say.
Hi Tammy! Great question. These are the “English muffins”. They’re not served on traditional bread, instead, the muffins themselves are made from just eggs and cheese, then baked in a muffin pan. The texture and shape make them a fun, low-carb alternative to regular English muffins, perfect for carnivore and keto diets. Let us know if you give them a try.
Is your 6 well muffin tin the jumbo or ‘Texas’ muffin tin? That’s the only one I have that does 6 muffins. TIA
Hi DevonRose! Great question, thanks for asking! The recipe uses a “Texas” size. I’ll add this note in the post so it is more clear. Hope that helps! 😊
The receipe just referred to “the batter” but there was no recipe for the homemade low keto batter.
Hi Katherine! 😊 Thanks for your question! The “batter” in this recipe is simply the combination of cheese and eggs, those are the two ingredients that form the base. Just mix them together in a bowl, divide the mixture into a greased muffin pan, and bake! No extra flour or special keto batter is needed. Hope that helps! Let us know if you give it a try.
So we are just renaming dishes for the sake of keto? A cheese omelette is now a keto muffin.
Would ghee work instead of butter?
Yes! Ghee should work just fine as a substitute for butter. It will add a slightly nuttier flavor, but the texture should remain the same. Let me know how it turns out.
Can I use a vita blender to blend the eggs and cheese . Or do you need the cheese to stay grated form?
Hey Karen! Yes, you can use a blender. Blending the eggs and cheese together should work fine since the recipe calls for mixing them in a bowl anyway. Let me know how it turns out!
can you use a different type of cheese instead of mozzarella?
Hello, Gail. You can use cheddar, Monterey jack, or pepper jack as a substitute for Mozzarella cheese.
Aren’t the muffins the eggs & cheese?
Hello, Barbara. Yes, muffins are made from just two ingredients: eggs and cheese.
Looking forward to trying!
Can’t wait to hear how it goes, Loretta. Enjoy!
is this spreadable cream cheese in the center of photographed recipe?
Hello Andrea, Yes, this is cream cheese in the middle! You can you any flavor. They are all delicious.
Quick Question… What is the cream in the middle. Looks delicious.
Hi Melissa, It’s cream cheese! You can use any flavor you like.
It’s NOT cream cheese in the middle. Read the recipe!! It’s grated Mozzarella Cheese + eggs. All are baked before putting it in the muffin. Also, the Nutrition Breakdown doesn’t include the muffin, only the cheese/egg baked mixture. Still, it’s a good breakfast.
Hi, Sandy. I’m glad you’re enjoying the breakfast, but your comment doesn’t make sense. This recipe was photographed with two English muffin buns stuffed with cream cheese in the middle. It is, in fact, cream cheese in the middle. The nutrition facts include 1 muffin bun. If you make a cream cheese sandwich as shown, simple x2 the nutrition and add the macros for the amount of cream cheese you use. Voila!