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Forgot to buy English muffins at the store so I decided to make some. Pulled the sourdough starter out of the fridge, let it come up to room temp then gave it a feeding. The next day it was time to start the process.
Sourdough starter was very active.
Got everyone into the pool and mixed by hand and formed into a ball. I probably should have used the Kitchen aid for this but hind sight is 20 20.
After about 5 hours, the dough was expanding.
Set it aside, along with my remaining starter to sit over night.
This morning, the dough had more then tripled in size.
Since I don't have a round cutter, I decided to make them square and not have any of the cutoffs to deal with.
Split apart and covered for another hour for additional rise.
Into a non-stick frying pan for the cook.
4 minutes later, flip and cook for another 4 minutes.
The finished product.
The first round of frying didn't puff up much, so those will be the scrubs that get eaten today at lunch. The sample I tried was every bit as good as any sourdough muffin I've had. Certainly the most sour of all the bread I've made from this starter, so I think I've got it into a good place!
This weekend will be breakfast over the fire and these English muffins will make their debut!
Sourdough starter was very active.
![Sourdough-starter.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FX7hN2JKJ%2FSourdough-starter.jpg&hash=01b57b75331e9d95ac6d8036070193a2)
Got everyone into the pool and mixed by hand and formed into a ball. I probably should have used the Kitchen aid for this but hind sight is 20 20.
![Sourdough-English-Muffin-dough.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FQdT8v3Sq%2FSourdough-English-Muffin-dough.jpg&hash=91606344d5616678308f1d16fcedfe20)
After about 5 hours, the dough was expanding.
![Sourdough.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FKvWfZRgB%2FSourdough.jpg&hash=99ab0e62e6bc925c41811347572d0aed)
Set it aside, along with my remaining starter to sit over night.
![Sourdough-starter-and-dough.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FTPvd644v%2FSourdough-starter-and-dough.jpg&hash=70af493713f6c207f825945ecc7960ef)
This morning, the dough had more then tripled in size.
![Sourdough.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F4dj1Z3dB%2FSourdough.jpg&hash=99ae7a7b07073e61f69854d2fabbbeb1)
Since I don't have a round cutter, I decided to make them square and not have any of the cutoffs to deal with.
![Sourdough-English-muffins.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F1RLW1vVs%2FSourdough-English-muffins.jpg&hash=4326a4b0499ba8bbbca25c535145825b)
Split apart and covered for another hour for additional rise.
![Sourdough-English-muffins-1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F6pKYyThP%2FSourdough-English-muffins-1.jpg&hash=702465a0d9f3608c64a7ec08048940d7)
![Sourdough-English-muffins-2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F13KM6PC3%2FSourdough-English-muffins-2.jpg&hash=76fada70f9c350c55767297466bba2ed)
Into a non-stick frying pan for the cook.
![Sourdough-English-muffins-3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F7LsVs9yv%2FSourdough-English-muffins-3.jpg&hash=fa64e16d1128d90c2fd84c0bc6a709c8)
4 minutes later, flip and cook for another 4 minutes.
![IMG-5164-Large.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FTwKcZbRK%2FIMG-5164-Large.jpg&hash=edf821c212dd1152e29f2fa9d68d98b4)
The finished product.
![IMG-5165-Large.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FxTM6fLLH%2FIMG-5165-Large.jpg&hash=79c1b5f3d6e791988640a23bb3c62314)
The first round of frying didn't puff up much, so those will be the scrubs that get eaten today at lunch. The sample I tried was every bit as good as any sourdough muffin I've had. Certainly the most sour of all the bread I've made from this starter, so I think I've got it into a good place!
This weekend will be breakfast over the fire and these English muffins will make their debut!