The Best Buttermilk English Muffins Recipe
Forget the grocery store; these homemade buttermilk English muffins are incredibly soft, tangy, and boast those iconic nooks and crannies perfect for catching pools of melted butter. They are the ultimate base for a toasted breakfast sandwich or a simple morning treat!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Rising Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 6 English Muffins
- Category: Bread
- Method: stove top
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup bread flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoon instant yeast
- 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
- 1 cup Buttermilk – Just make your own!
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed and at room temperature
- Cornmeal for dusting
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. Add shortening and 3/4 cup buttermilk. Mix in your stand mixer. fitted with a dough hook. Add the remaining 1/4 cup of buttermilk, a little at a time, until the dough comes together. Knead dough in the stand mixer for 7 minutes.
- Add in the butter and mix for 1 minute until it passes the window pane test. The dough should be tacky, but not sticky.
- Lightly coat with vegetable oil in a large bowl and add the dough. Turn dough into the bowl to coat in oil. Cover with plastic wrap, lid, or clean linen. Let dough sit until doubled in size, it should take about 60 to 90 minutes.
- Prepare a sheet pan with parchment paper and sprinkle with cornmeal. Divide dough into 6 equal pieces. Shape pieces into balls and place them on the prepared baking sheet. *Now if you want them uniform in shape, spray muffin rings with cooking spray and place the dough in them.
- Spray with cooking spray and sprinkle with cornmeal. Cover with plastic wrap and let the muffins rise for about an hour. Heat a griddle to medium heat and preheat the oven to 350F. Add 4 muffins to the griddle and cook for 5 minutes on each side. ~10 minutes total.
- When those 4 are done, place them on the sheet pan and bake for 6 minutes. When you remove them from the oven, allow to cool for a minute then gently remove the muffin ring (if you use one).
- While those are baking, place the remaining muffins on the griddle and cook for 5 minutes on each side. ~10 minutes. When the remaining ones are done on the griddle, place them on the baking sheet and bake for 6 minutes. When you remove them from the oven, allow to cool for a minute then gently remove the muffin ring (if you use one).