Classic english muffins

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pack Active Dry Yeast or 1 cake Fresh Compressed Yeast
1 teaspoon Sugar
1½ cup Warm Water
4 cups Flour
2 tablespoons Sugar
4 tablespoons Maragarine; room temperature
1 each Egg; beaten
1½ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Cornmeal; for sprinkling

Directions

CLASSIC ENGLISH MUFFINS

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Make your own English Muffins, sprinkled with cornmeal to enhance their flavor. Spread muffins with maragarine, chopped dill, and a dash of garlic, or use the Pizza Sauce listed here to create a mock pizza.

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Dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon of sugar in ½ cup of the water. Let stand 5 minutes until foamy. In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 cups of flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar, remaining water, yeast mixture, maragarine, egg and salt. Beat at medium speed until the dough leaves the side of the bowl. Beat in remaining flour until smooth. Knead by hand or with a dough hook for 10 minutes. Dough should be soft, but not sticky. Place in a greased bowl, turning to grease all over.

Cover witha clean damp towel and let rise until double in bulk -- 1½ hours. Punch down. Pat or press carefully on a lightly floured surface. With a cookie cutter, cut into 3-inch rounds and place on a greased baking sheet sprinkled with cornmeal. Cover and let rise until double in bulk -- about 1 ½ hours. Cook on ahot greased griddle pan over medium heat for 7 minutes per side. When ready to eat, place in a preheated 300 F oven to warm for 5 minutes.

Yields 15 muffins.

VARIATION: ~~~~~~~~~ For a quick minature mock pizza, split the muffins in half and spread with Pizza Sauce and grated Parmesan cheese.

PIZZA SAUCE:

1 cn Tomato Paste (8oz) ⅛ c Water ¼ c Vegetable Oil 1 c Chopped Olives 1 lg Onion; grated ½ ea Green Pepper; diced ½ ts Oregano ¼ ts Salt 2 ea Garlic Cloves or ½ ts Garlic Powder ¾ lb Parmesan Cheese; grated

Mix all ingredients together, except cheese. Spread on muffins. Top with cheese. Heat in a preheated 400 F oven until cheese bubbles -- about 5-7 minutes.

From: Classic Kosher Cooking by Sara Finkel Transcribed By: S.

Lefkowitz

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