Recently, the phrase: “if you can buy it, you can make it” has been milling around in my head. Along with that makes me think of a quote by Michael Pollan, “Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.” Not that English Muffins are junk food, it’s just these are thoughts that sometimes occupy my mind.

It had never occurred to me to make my own English Muffins, but I had a hankering & my FYP on TikTok has provided plenty of videos so this morning I turned my hankering into breakfast.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup warm milk

2 tbsp honey

2 tbsp melted butter

1 tsp fast-rising yeast

1 egg

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp salt

Corn meal, for dusting

Preparation:

In a large bowl, whisk together milk, honey, & melted butter. Sprinkle yeast over top of mixture & let sit for 5 minutes. Whisk mixture, add egg, & whisk again.

Add the flour & salt & stir until dough forms. It will be sticky. Cover with a towel & put in a warm place for an hour to rise & double in size. (For a warm place, you can turn the oven on to 200° F & then turn off & place in oven with door cracked.)

Once risen, transfer dough to a lightly floured surface & spread to a 1/2 – 1” thickness. Using a cutter, or glass jar, cut out circles (without twisting) of dough. This recipe should yield 4 – 5 muffins.

In a large cast iron skillet, heat to medium low. Dust tops & bottoms of muffins with cornmeal. Transfer to heated skillet, cover, & cook for 4-6 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.

Enjoy!

*I doubled the recipe & it made 9.

Source: TikTok – Skylar