Not-so-English Muffin
I’m not English. I’ve never been to England. But I do love a good English muffin and unfortunately the store-bought brands don’t exactly constitute as good.
Please, Oroweat, tell me what diglycerides and dough conditioner are and I’ll be more apt to buy your products.
Solution: Make your own!
Easy English Muffins:
Original recipe from Cooking Bread.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cup lukewarm water
- 3 1/4 cups bread flour
- 1 packet instant yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 small egg whites
- fine cornmeal (if you want to get fancy)
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, add water, yeast, baking soda and 2 cups of flour. Mix.
2. Let mixture sit 5 minutes and in the meantime, whisk egg whites with a handmixer (or your fancy immersion blender that comes with a whisk attachment) until soft peaks form.
3. Use a spatula to fold the eggs into the flour mixture.
4. Add in the rest of the flour 1/4 cup at a time. Add salt after the first 1/4 cup.
5. When you can no longer mix the dough, pour onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes or until smooth.
6. Spray a bowl with cooking spray the add the dough, flipping to fully coat the dough in the cooking spray. Cover and let sit one hour.
7. Pour dough onto a floured surface, roll out to 1/2″ thick and let rest 3 minutes then cut out muffins with a 3″ cookie cutter or a 3″ glass.
Looking pretty thin…
8. Sprinkle both sides with cornmeal, cover and let rise 45 minutes.
Getting better…
9. Heat a griddle or pan over medium heat. Spray with cooking spray once griddle/pan is hot.
10. Fry muffins on one side for 4 minutes, then flip and fry on the other side for 4 minutes then repeat the process. Grilling will take a total of 16 minutes.
Then you’re done and you have perfectly golden English muffins.
Oh yes, these smelled delicious.
Time to enjoy!
Lauren Loves Good Food 
Those look awesome! It was super easy, wasn’t it?
I’ve seen a few bloggers making homemade english muffins and it makes me want to give it a try. Yours look fantastic!
Wow, I absolutely love english muffins but would have never thought of making them from scratch. Although I’m thinking that should definitely change asap, as yours look wonderful.
Hola! I just got caught up on your posts and daaaamn you eat so much good food! Those pancakes, that hummus, the oat loove and now these?! I am bookmarking them *now* and can’t wait to try them!
Have you named the puppy yet???
It’s name is Huni because my mom was “going to call her that no matter what her name really was.” I think that’s stupid so I’ll be calling her whatever I want ha ha.
Those look delicious!
holy moly, these are adorable. and perfect. and i must make them asap.
I loved them!