For several months now I have seen recipes on the internet for making English Muffins. In fact, my friend Carrie had a post about making English Muffins recently. I think her recipe is the same as mine. (I'm not the Mrs. L she mentions though.:) I remember making these many years ago using tuna cans for shaping the muffins. I found recipes on Pinterest using canning rings for shaping the muffins and also read about just cutting them out and not using any rings. I decided to go for the simpler route and try not using the rings. The muffins turned out surprisingly well and I was pleased that I didn't have to purchase or come up with some kind of rings! I actually combined several recipes that I have found. Here is what I used:
English Muffins
1 cup warm water (110-115 degrees)
1/2 cup milk
1 Tbsp. honey
2 tsps. salt
3 1/2-4 cups flour (I used half bread flour and half white whole wheat)
2 tsps. yeast
3 Tbsps. soft butter
cornmeal
Mix together the water, milk, honey, and salt. Add 2 cups of flour and yeast. Stir together. Cover and let rise for an hour. Add the butter and enough of the remaining flour to make a soft dough. Roll or pat out dough about 1/2 inch thick onto a surface coated with cornmeal. Cut into circles with biscuit cutter or tin can. Let rise until doubled--about 20-30 mins. Cook on a hot (350 degrees) skillet or griddle until they are light brown. Turn just once. These freeze well. Cut or pry open with a fork before freezing for ease of use. These are delicious hot of the griddle or skillet!
Here is a picture of the risen muffins ready to go in the skillet:
Here is a picture of the finished muffins:
They turned out quite tasty. I have made them a couple of times now and we have really enjoyed eating them. They are a bit more tender than the store bought version. The only tricky part is getting the temp of the skillet correct--it's sort of like making pancakes. You have to fiddle with the heat to get the temperature of your skillet just right. The ones pictured above were a little dark, but still pretty tasty. If you have an electric skillet or griddle that might be a good solution.
Becka
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on Jan 12th, 2012 at 8:38 am
These look delicious! I would love to have the time to do this sort of thing. Maybe when I retire to take care of my grandchildren, I will!
on Jan 12th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Rhonda, I highly recommend this job–you will love it!
on Jan 18th, 2012 at 7:37 am
I used to make English muffins regularly–when all the kids were still living at home, and I didn’t end up eating all of them! We loved to make them square; the shape was unexpected and was just plain fun.