I find it works best with pineapple cans or Mighty Dog Food cans....or just shop for the right kind of cans....won't work with those cans with the pull tab and the rounded bottom.
Linda C

Where is dcarch when we need him?

Jim

You used to be able to use tuna cans, but not any more. I bought a set at a restaurant supply store, but then I discovered that I did not like crumpets.

Lars

I think most water chestnuts & bamboo shoots are still pkg'd. in the type of cans that you can cut the bottom out of.

Crumpet/English Muffin rings are $10.95 at King Arthur and some are less than $5 per set on Amazon.com. You can also purchase round cookie cutters or egg rings to use.

I have 12.5 oz. cans of chicken breast meat you can open both ends that are the same size as my crumpet rings (3-5/8").

I don't use mine for English Muffins, only crumpets. I cut English Muffins with a pizza cutter into squares. This eliminates second cuts which tend to get tough from all the additional manipulation. I do the same thing with biscuits.

Helpful hint when making crumpets. Be sure to spray the inside of the rings with cooking spray. After you've made the first group of crumpets, turn the rings over to make the second group. Since you only put about 1/4-inch of batter in the rings, which rises about half-way up the ring, the upper portion of the rings will still be clean.

-Grainlady

ci_lantro - Thanks for the tip. I guess I will have to develope a taste for chestnuts & bamboo shoots . LOL

Grainlady - I will check out the chicken breast cans. At least that is something I will use. Good idea about the square cuts. I never thought of that when making biscuts. The last one is always the toughest because you have squish all the dough again a second time. Also good tip about a flipping the crumpet rings. Thanks.

Clare

My husband said check cat food cans if you have a cat. or look for Sour crout cans. the juice from crout makes an excellant fermented Salsa,beet borcht or khvass. lol

I just read that the wide-mouth rings for canning jars can also be used. I've got lots of those, so I'm going to try using them before looking for cans that'll work or buying english muffin rings. I might see if my DH can remove the lip that goes over the top of the jar, but I doubt that lip will be a problem even if I leave it.

Catherine, I don't think a canning jar lid would be deep enough. Used to use tuna cans but a few years back I bought some from King Arthur's. Truth be told though I find store bought, which are readily available here to be just as good

I made gluten-free hamburger rolls today, and, since my bun pan only makes 6 rolls, I used wide mouth canning jar lids (well oiled, and laid upside down on oiled parchment paper) for the rest to see how they'd work. They turned out just fine, and those rolls rose as well as the ones in the bun pan. And I'm not going to do anything about the lip on the lids -- with it on the bottom, it wasn't any problem.

Forms for hamburger buns? I just shape my dough into a flat round? Are you using a batter?

Yes, all the gluten-free dough I've used for buns, rolls, and bread is like a thick batter, and it would be next to impossible to form the buns by hand.