Never thought about making homemade English Muffins

[boston bean]

But it seems pretty easy, and they looked delicious.

[Denninmi]

1. We used to make them years ago.

They were a little more complicated than basic yeast bread, but certainly not as hard as some pastries or other complicated baked goods.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. I make them all the time - really easy....I use a recipe in an older Joy of Cooking version

once you have home made English Muffins, you can't go back to the commercial nooks and crannies!

[boston bean]

3. That's one of the reasons I am hesitant in trying to make them! LOL

I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy the store bought ones. I love english muffins with Biscoff.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. One recipe makes 18 - they freeze wonderfully. I will post the recipe later on.

[bicentennial_baby]

5. Mmmm, please do!

[EFerrari]

7. My sister in law used to make them

I think in rinsed out catfood cans.

But she also knit her own mascara and sprouted cornfields in ice cube trays so I figured it was out of my league.

[Whisp]

6. I think eggs benedict

when english muffins are mentioned.

yum

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. So here is the recipe. Fun...and easy!

ingredients:

1 cup water
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt

1 package dry yeast dissolved in 2 tbsp warm water

4 cups flour
3 tbsp butter, softened

Combine in a large bowl the water, milk, sugar and salt - stir until dissolved. Add the yeast/water mixture - stir well.

Mix 2 cups of flour into the liquid - it will be very wet and sticky. Cover with a towel or plastic and let this rise in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours.

Beat the softened butter into the wet dough, then add the rest of the flour - it will form a nice easily managed dough.

Roll out in a circle on a floured surface to 1/2 inch thickness - using a 3 inch diameter glass, cut the dough into circles and carefully place them on a cookie sheet that has been lightly oiled and coated with cornmeal. Loosely cover and let them rise for an hour or so.

Heat a large frying pan or flat electric griddle over medium heat - lightly spray oiled. Cook them on each side for 5 minutes or so - they will nicely brown...and look just like English Muffins!

They freeze very well - we put them in freezer bags.

[blaze]

12. Would this rise ok in a 69 degree kitchen?

Would increasing the rise time work?

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. I think it would be fine - the other thing - run the oven just for a few minutes to warm it up a bit

and proof the dough and muffins in there. But 69 is about what we keep our house at and it works fine.

[blaze]

14. Thanks!

I've got the fixin's for brownies, lasagna, english muffins and granola bars!

I think brownies and lasagna today and, if I don't run out of steam, the other two tomorrow.

Thanks again!

[blaze]

15. Wow! These *were* easy!!

Who knew?

Wish they were a tad more "nookier".... but they're very tasty!!

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. yes on that - I suspect playing with the recipe a bit would tweak them...

but then again, maybe these are what they are supposed to be like...and it is the store bought ones that are not quite right!

glad you liked them and thanks for noting you tried them!

[TreasonousBastard]

9. 'Twas many years ago that Julia Child made them, and...

added some potato flakes. When asked "why?" she simply replied "Why not?"

I made them with her recipe and they were pretty good.

[HopeHoops]

10. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKEDY FUCK! I'm going to have to show that to my daughter.

My middle one is a baking nut. She'll be baking those ENDLESSLY! Wait. Never mind. That's a good thing. Okay. Perhaps I over-reacted. Hmmm. English muffins with eggs. Okay. I'm cool with that.