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Crumpets, anyone?

Feb 11, 2011 Uncategorized

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    They won’t know what you’re talking about if you order an “English Muffin” in the UK

    • While the rest of my family prefers toasted white or wheat bread or bagels for breakfast bread, I prefer an English Muffin.
    • Well, they’re apparently only called English Muffins in the United States. The rest of the English-speaking world just calls them Muffins, from the French “Moufflet” which means soft bread.
    • Interestingly, they are also known as crumpets. So when you are invited to high tea with the queen (as I am sure you will be one day) and you’re offered tea and crumpets…it’s nothing too exotic…an English Muffin and a cup of Earl Grey.
    • I like the fact that these can go from a pile of ingredients to a finished bread in just over an hour. Fairly fast in bread terms. These little treats can be ready for buttering in the time it takes you to shower, read the paper and check your email.
    • In addition to being the perfect breakfast food, they also make a great base for personal pizzas, garlic toast and panini on the grill.
    • English Muffins
    • 4 1/2 teaspoons (2 packages) of active dry yeast
    • 6 cups of flour
    • 1 tablespoon of sugar
    • 2 cups of milk
    • 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
    • 1/2 cup of water
    • 1 teaspoon of salt
    • 2 tablespoons or a bit more of cornmeal

• • In a small saucepan, heat the milk and the water until very warm.
  • Combine 3 cups of the flour, plus the yeast,the  sugar, the salt, and the soda in a large bowl. 
  • Add the warm milk and water, and beat well. 
  • Stir in enough of the rest of the flour to make a stiff batter. 
  • Spoon this batter into two 9 by 5 inch loaf pans that have been greased and dusted with the cornmeal. Cover, and let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes.
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. 
  • Take the loaves out of the pans immediately or they will not come out easily.
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  • Vegetarian.

Tags: Dry Yeast, English Muffin, English Muffins, Garlic Toast, Inch Loaf Pans, Saucepan Heat

Mini Pizzas Recipe

Sep 8, 2010 General

Ingredients:
English muffins, halved
Pizza sauce
Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Pepperoni, sliced

Directions:
On half an English muffin, spread some pizza sauce, cheese, and pepperoni. Place in a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for a few minutes (until cheese melts).

Tags: Bakery Recipes, Cheese, Cookie Sheet, english bakery recipes, English Muffin, English Muffins, Few Minutes, Mini Muffins, Pepperoni, Pizza Sauce, Recipe Ingredients

It’s like a pizza…with one tiny difference

Jul 1, 2010 Uncategorized

I was craving a pizza the other day, but I didn’t want a whole pie. When I was a kid, we rarely had pizza at home. It was one of things that I ate at friends’ houses or at a pizza parlor when we went to one with our church youth group. Other members of my extended family made a super-thick crusted Sicilian pizza-like dish.
At home, when I begged my grandmother to make a pizza, she’d make me my own personal pizza using an English Muffin for the crust.
That would be just what I’d have. Even if I went off my diet, I could minimize the calories by doing a bit of portion control.
English Muffins are really originally from England. There, they are known as Breakfast Muffins. They are most often eaten smeared with butter and jam.
Americans are most fond of the muffins with eggs and meat in a paper bag from the drive through.
So, conscious of my vow to eat more reasonably-sized portions, I set off to make my pizza.

1 English Muffin
2 tablespoons of prepared spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup of thinly sliced onion
1/2 cup of green pepper, cut into tiny chunks
1/2 of a tomato, seeded and diced small
1/4 cup of shredded Mozzarella cheese
• Slice the English Mufin open. Toast it.
• Spread the sauce over the whole surface of the muffins.
• Pile the rest of the ingredients on the pies and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 7 to 10 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly.

Vegetarian.

Tags: Breakfast Muffins, Cheese Slice, Church Youth Group, Degree Oven, English Muffin, English Muffins, Extended Family, Friends Houses, Green Pepper, Mufin, Personal Pizza, Pies, Pizza Parlor, Portion Control, Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, Sicilian Pizza, Sized Portions, Spaghetti Sauce, Tiny Chunks, Vow