English Muffins

[MacKenzie]

http://bakingsteel.com/baking-steel-homemade-english-muffins/

 

Normally I only make half the recipe and instead of using 85 g to make a muffin I use only 80g. I also had to add a touch more flour, 15 g.

 

 

I changed it to grams for my use:

 

460 Grams Bread Flour or 3 1/2 cups

236 Grams water or 1 cup

15 grams sugar or 1 tablespoon

57 grams milk or 1/4 cup

 3.75 grams dry yeast

27.5 grams butter or 2 tablespoons

15 grams salt or 1 tablespoon

a bunch of semolina flour for coating

Procedure

1.  Combine all ingredients in your mixing bowl, except the semolina

2.  Mix on low speed until a smooth ball of dough is formed, about 5 minutes or mix by hand

3. Place dough mixture into a new bowl that has been lightly oiled, cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 2-3 days. If you can’t wait, allow to sit in fridge for 2-3 hours.

4. Remove from fridge and let sit at room temperature for about an hour.  Place your Baking Steel on top of your burners, heat on medium or about 325 F.  It helps to have one of these (IR thermometer) spray or lightly oil the steel with canola oil.  Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 350 F.

5. Remove dough and divide into 80 gram dough balls.

6. Grab a sheet tray and dust with semolina flour, place dough balls on sheet tray and cover both sides with semolina

7. Carefully cover with plastic wrap, make sure semolina flour is evident on both sides to prevent plastic wrap from sticking. Allow to rise or rest at room temp for an hour.

8. Place the rounds on your hot Baking Steel and cook 5 minutes

9. Turn over and press using the back of a spatula to flatten, very lightly.

10. Cook alternate side for 5 minutes, remove and place on a sheet tray and place in the oven.  Bake for an additional 7 minutes.  Grab your thermometer and place in the center. You want to the thermometer to register about 200 F.

11. Remove and place on cooling rack until they reach room temp.

12. To split English muffins, jab with a fork along the center.  Go all the way around.

[bryan]

Copied this to cookbook. Will try soon.

[CeramicChef]

Looks very interesting, MacKenzie! Thanks!

[ckreef]

I love English muffins but never made homemade.

I especially like English muffins peanut butter and jelly sandwich where the peanut butter gets all melty and gooey in the English muffin.

Dang it making myself hungry.

[tinyfish]

Time to add english muffins to my list of must do's. If I keep up trying all these delicious recipes I'm going to have to add exercise to my list of things to do.