{"id":1151,"slug":"english-muffins","title":"English Muffins","description":"These are a favourite for breakfast, with butter or jelly on top.","ingredients_raw":["1 cup (250 g) Warm milk (105–115 °F / 41–46 °C)","2 tablespoons (26 g) Sugar","1 teaspoon (6 g) Salt","3 tablespoons (45 g) margarine","1 cup (250 g) Warm water (105–115 °F / 41–46 °C)","14 g Active dry yeast","c. 6 cups (800 g) Flour","2 tablespoons (20 g) cornmeal"],"ingredients_norm":["warm milk","sugar","salt","margarine","warm water","active dry yeast","c. cups flour","cornmeal"],"steps":["Combine milk, sugar, salt and margarine.","Measure water into large warm bowl, sprinkle in yeast, and stir until dissolved.","Stir in milk mixture and 3 cups flour; beat until smooth.","Add enough additional four to make a stiff dough.","Turn out onto floured board and knead about 2 minutes, or until dough is manageable and can be formed into a ball. The dough may be slightly sticky.","Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top.","Cover dough; let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, until doubled in bulk, about an hour.","Punch dough down; divide in half.","On a board heavily sprinkled with cornmeal, pat each half into a ½-inch thickness.","Cut dough into circles with a floured 3-inch cookie cutter.","Place on ungreased baking sheets about 2 inches apart.","Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, until doubled in size, about ½ hour.","Place on lightly greased medium hot griddle or skillet, cornmeal side down.","Cook until well browned, about 10 minutes on each side.","Cool on wire racks.","To serve, split in half and toast."],"categories":["Bread recipes","Inexpensive recipes","Breakfast recipes","Camping recipes","Recipes for bread","Vegetarian recipes","Baking recipes","Recipes using cornmeal","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using margarine","Recipes using milk","Recipes using granulated sugar"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":120,"servings":null,"yield_text":"~18 muffins","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:English_Muffins","source_ref":"4541050","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:English_Muffins&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"9210cc9503ed7418796b3d5639a05f07d1edf272f9fc5c149e377673e68e3882","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/english-muffins"}