Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: English Muffins
November 24, 2021 at 8:53 pm | Posted in breakfast things, BWD, groups, savory things, tuesdays with dorie, yeast breads | 7 CommentsTags: baking, bread
It’s Thanksgiving week and I can’t get enough carbs..homemade English Muffins will do quite nicely for breakfast. This is actually the second batch of English muffins I’ve made in the past week. The first was a different recipe (and slightly different technique) that I had to make for work. This recipe of Dorie’s is pretty straight forward. A quick-to-make, sticky dough gets a long chill (I went overnight) and is then shaped into rounds and griddled up free-form. After chilling, the dough wasn’t hard to work with and I think my muffins retained a fairly nice shape without using rings. Dorie stops short of cooking the muffins all the way through on the stovetop (the other recipe I made finished them off in the oven for about 10 minutes after griddling them to the desired color). She reasons that toasting the muffins becomes the final step in their cooking process. While this is true, my muffins were still a bit doughy inside when I forked them in half to toast them, and I do think a little dense as a result. Still delicious, though, and I will enjoy every last one, but next time I may think about cooking them a little longer, either in the oven at the end, or keeping them on the griddle a few minutes more if they aren’t getting too browned.
With two English muffin successes under my belt this week, I’m feeling pretty good about applying for that management position at Thomas’. If you don’t have the book Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple by Dorie Greenspan yet, you can test drive this English Muffin recipe here. But get the book and join us as we bake through it every second and fourth Tuesdays! Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll and all the other participation deets over on Tuesdays with Dorie!
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I own rings, but I thought they are only for crumpets. I like your free shaped muffins, the overnight proof allows to make them fresh in the morning
Comment by Ulrike— November 25, 2021 #
Yep, mine were too dense in the middle too – I’ll use your tips if I ever make them again! Yours are beautiful!
Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— November 25, 2021 #
Funny you mentioned “Thomas”…so did my husband hahaha. We enjoyed these but can see your point about them being a little dense. Didn’t seem to occur to anyone eating mine haha. Happy Thanksgiving!
Comment by isthisakeeper— November 25, 2021 #
happy thanksgiving!!
Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— November 25, 2021 #
What are the odds 2 English Muffin recipe assignments in one week. Yours look golden delicious.
Comment by Diane Zwang— November 30, 2021 #
Those look just right!
Comment by teaandscones— December 1, 2021 #
Your english muffins look delicious! Perfect golden color.
Comment by Amy— December 5, 2021 #