English Muffins (Bread Machine)

Original recipe found here: http://dineanddish.net/2012/09/a-breakfast-solution-recipe-sausage-and-cheese-on-homemade-english-muffins/

Courtesy of: Dine & Dish

Made on: 08/09/2014

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk (I used closer to ½ cup because I didn’t like how sticky they were, and I used almond milk.)
• 3 tablespoons butter (I replaced this with 3T applesauce.)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar (I replaced this with 2 teaspoons of honey.)
• 3 cups all-purpose flour (I used 3 cups of whole wheat flour.)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
• cornmeal

Directions

1. Place ingredients except the cornmeal in your bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
2. Choose the dough cycle setting and start.
3. Once dough cycle is complete, dump out the dough onto a surface with a light coating of cornmeal. (Dough will be somewhat wet...that's good!)
4. Sprinkle a small amount of cornmeal onto each side of the dough.
5. Using your hands, flatten out the dough into a 1 inch thick rectangle.
6. Cut into 8 to 10 rounds.
7. Place rounds onto a cookie sheet, cover and let rise for 20 minutes.
8. Heat a griddle to 350°F. Place dough rounds onto hot griddle and cook for 7 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
9. Note: Once flipped you'll notice they've puffed up some… use a spatula and slightly flattened them.

Adjustments I made: I adjusted the ingredients as noted above for healthier options. As for making them, I ended up just breaking the dough up into ten balls, flattening them with my hands, adding cornmeal on each side, and cooking them on the griddle that way. It’s a trial and error kind of thing. Flatten them a bit when they puff up, but if you do that too much, they will get really flat and dense. If you don’t flatten them, they will end up not being as wide as you want.

Adjustments I would like to make: I have this one pretty much down. Each batch is a little bit different, but they are all good!

Overall Satisfaction: I have these for breakfast almost every morning. They are filling enough so that I’m not starving all morning, but I have made them healthy enough that I don’t feel too bad about it. Put whatever you want on them for a little variety – I enjoy peanut butter, Nutella, or any kind of jam.

Would I Make it Again? Constantly, it seems!

Pictured: Some of my finished products. I like to slice them and throw them in the freezer for later use.