Sourdough English Muffins

Bread, Sourdough, BreakfastCuisine: AmericanMethod: FryingIntermediate
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Classic English muffins with sourdough. Full of nooks and crannies.

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Prep Time

5 hours

Cook Time

40 minutes

Total Time

5 hours 40 minutes

Servings

24

Ingredients

7 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
½ cup dry powdered milk
1 tbsp active dry yeast
1 tbsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
1 cup sourdough starter (100% hydration) at room temperature
5½ tbsp butter
2 cups warm water (approximately 100°F)
¼ cup cornmeal

Instructions

1

Add all Dry Ingredients to a very large bowl and whisk together 1. Flour 2. Dry powder milk 3. Salt 4. Sugar 5. Yeast

2

Add Wet Ingredients and mix by hand. Once all of the dry ingredients and wet ingredients have been combined, knead the dough in the bowl for 4-5 minutes. This dough is designed to be a tacky/sticky dough after you have completed kneading it but it should knead into a solid dough ball. 1. Sourdough Starter 2. Water 3. Butter

3

Lightly grease another large bowl with oil and turn the dough into the greased bowl and let rest covered at room temp for 2-3 hours. The dough will double to triple in size depending on your room temperature.

4

Sprinkle three (3) foil-lined baking sheets with cornmeal

5

Flour a large surface

6

Turn the dough out onto the floured surface

7

Cut the dough in half. Return one half to the bowl

8

Shape the dough on your floured surface into a rough rectangle and pull the dough out with a rolling pin until it is 1/4 inch thick

9

Using a 2 inch round cookie cutter cut as many English muffins as possible. Transfer each muffin to the baking sheet leaving an inch between each muffin

10

After all the muffins are removed take remaining dough and gently knead it back into a ball and roll it out to 1/2 inch thick and cut more muffins.

11

Repeat this process until you have cut muffins out of all of the dough

12

Sprinkle cornmeal on top of the muffins

13

Cover all your baking sheets with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 hour

14

Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a medium low heat

15

Place each muffin in the frying pan and cook on each side for 6 minutes

16

Remove from the heat and let cool completely

17

ENJOY!!!