English muffins for a delicious doll breakfast or brunch

        An English muffin is a small, round and flat yeast-leavened sourdough bread which is commonly sliced horizontally, toasted, and buttered. It is often part of breakfast in North America, Australia and New Zealand, frequently eaten with sweet or savory toppings such as fruit jam or honey, or eggs, sausage, bacon, or cheese. English muffins are an essential ingredient in Eggs Benedict and a variety of breakfast sandwiches derived from it, such as the McMuffin.

Left, a split English muffin with salmon served on top of avocado + a sunny-side-up egg tops the
 salmon. This breakfast plate shows how the Sculpey clay looks before painting. Right, the
salmon breakfast is painted and accompanied with a bowl of cereal with bananas slicked
on top. The thimble shows size comparison. This breakfast is one of many I have
crafted for American girl dolls.

Left, shows recycled paper pulp egg carton. Center, a thimble shows size comparison.
Right, here you can see that I've used the cup of a pulp egg carton to make my breakfast
cereal bowl. It was covered with layers of glue and white typing paper to craft.

       Samuel Bath Thomas introduced his version of the English muffin to Americans after he emigrated from Plymouth, England, to New York City in 1875. By 1880, he had opened his own bakery at 163 Ninth Avenue. Using his mother's recipe, he began making 'English' muffins in 1880, selling them to hotels and grocery stores. They were soft and spongy before baking, like traditional muffins, pierced to be "fork-split" prior to toasting, giving a rougher surface than would be obtained by slicing. They became popular as an alternative to toast; Thomas opened a second bakery around the corner from the first at 337 West 20th Street in a building that remains known as "The Muffin House". The Merriam-Webster dictionary dates the origin of the term English Muffin to 1902. In a 1926 trademark filing for a bakery brand by Thomas', it was claimed the term was first used in 1894.

• The Chelsea 'Muffin House' where a beloved brand was baked
• Thomas muffin recipes
• The high-tech machines that produce English muffins today
• The Model Bakery's World-Famous English Muffins