Whats the coarse stuff on the outside of muffins?

Question

not cake muffins, or the big smooth ones, but the round flat ones - are they breakfast muffins? the stuff is like a coarse flour - look and texture like parmasan but not as smelly. Thanks!

Answer 1

coconut?

Answer 2

sometimes rice flour is used to make the bread really crunchy. Otherwise it's usually just plain white bread flour

Answer 3

It is semolina flour.

Answer 4

They either use polenta flour

or semolina flour.

Answer 5

Is it pin oats?

I found something else out, that it sometimes is dusted with breadcrumbs and sometimes cornmeal.  You learn something every day!

Answer 6

I think you're talking about what we in the USA call English Muffins so it's our cornmeal on the bottoms.  Thomas' is the best known brand, so I've given you a link to them below.