Jul 19, 20232 min read

Easy English Muffins

Updated: Jul 31, 2023

Easy English Muffins: You'll love this simple recipe that makes delicious fluffy english muffins right in your home with ingredients you probably already have!

Does your family eat English muffins as fast as mine do ? We can barely keep a batch around for 2 days!

Nothing is better then slicing in half a fresh fluffy English muffin and adding some peanut butter, a fried egg, or a slice of sausage! They make the perfect little tray for your favorite topping.

English Muffins cooking on the Griddle — Fresh English Muffins

This Recipe will make 8 English muffins

You're going to love how simple and easy this recipe is. You'll never want to go back to store bought English muffins again! You can also double this recipe if you want to make a batch of 16 muffins!

Ingredients

3 cups of all purpose flour
2 tsp of white sugar
2 tsp of instant yeast
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp of salt
2 TBSP of oil
3/4 cup of warm water

Step 1: Let’s Get Started

First we are going to mix all of our dry ingredients together, flour, sugar, yeast, baking powder, and salt. Slightly mix the dry ingredients together with your hand.

Dry ingredients for making bread — Dry ingredients

Step 2:

Then, pour in your oil and warm water ( around 105*) and begin to mix with your hand or a wooden spoon.

kneading dough to make bread — Kneading the dough

Step 3

Knead for about 5 minutes. It will be sticky to start with and then finish out into a firm ball of dough. Take and roll your dough around to form a nice ball to let it rest.

Kneading bread dough to make bread — Kneading the dough

Step 4:

Let the dough rest for 1 hour. Set your bowl on a drying rack will help it to rise more as it lets air all the way around your bowl.

bread dough set to rise — Ball of dough set to rise

Step 5:

After it has finished resting we are going to roll the dough into a long line and cut it into 8 pieces

rolling out bread dough to make muffins — Rolling out bread dough

cutting dough into pieces — Cutting into 8 pieces

Step 6:

Roll them into 8 balls of dough and place them on a towel, or Saran Wrap to rest for another 40 minutes.

bread dough rising yeast — 2nd rise for 40 minutes

Step 7:

After the second rest get each ball of dough out and flatten them. Pinch together any pieces that may have started to separate.

Flattening out bread dough — Flattening out the dough to make that English Muffin shape

pinching together bread dough — Pinching together any sides that may have separated

Step 8:

Fry on medium heat till they are golden brown on both sides. And your done!

frying bread dough on a griddle — Frying the dough on a griddle

Enjoy!

Once your English muffins are done, store them in an air tight container or ziplock bag. If you have a very humid kitchen place a paper towel in the bag/container to absorb any extra moisture.

You can also store your extras in the freezer in a freezer safe container. When your ready to eat, get them out and let them thaw at room temperature!

I hope you enjoy these as much as we do!

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