English muffins are a type of bun but cooked in a pan instead of an oven. English muffins are used as the base in Eggs Benedict, but it can certainly be used for a lot of other things. Try it for breakfast with some butter, jam, or clotted cream. As a burger bun, a sandwich bun or use it as a dinner roll. The possibilities are endless. This recipe also utilizes the Ztove pan to proof the dough in. This way we can set the temperature, so the yeast has optimal conditions, reducing the leavening time. When making this recipe, on a traditional stove, the hard part is knowing how long the buns need to cook before they are done. But with Ztove, you can set a precise temperature and therefore we know exactly how long they need - just like when you bake regular buns in the oven.
English Muffins
Ingredients
The Dough
Instructions
Mix the wet ingredients
Place the milk, butter and yeast in a pan. Set the pan to 39°C. Let it stand for 5 minutes until the butter starts to soften. Stir until the yeast is dissolved.
Knead the dough
Add sugar and salt to a large bowl. Mix in the warm milk mixture. Add half of the flour and stir well. Then add the remaining flour and stir the dough together. Pour the dough onto the counter and knead it briefly. Just until the dough is combined and fairly smooth. Don't knead it too much or the buns will be too bread-like.
Let the dough raise
Set the pan to 39°C again, the program will do this automatically. Press the dough into a large flat circle. Place the dough in the pan and let it rise under a lid for 30 minutes. After the first 15 minutes, gently turn the dough over so that it rises for 15 minutes on each side.
Shape your muffins
Roll the dough into a sausage about 5 cm thick. Cut the dough into 8 equal pieces. The easiest way to do this is to cut the dough in half, then cut the new piece in half, and so on until you have 8 pieces. You can roll them into buns, or you can keep the slices you cut from the "sausage". If you keep the slices you cut, the buns will be softer. If you're going to use them for sandwiches, burger buns or similar, roll them into buns and then flatten them with a rolling pin.
Second rise for the muffins
Place your muffins on a cutting board or baking sheet lined with baking paper and let them rise for 15-30 minutes.
Bake the muffins
Start the program, the pan heats up to 160 °C. Place your muffins in the pan and bake for 7 minutes on each side under a lid. In the 28 cm pan you can bake 4 at a time, in the 24 cm pan you can bake 3.
Let the buns cool
Let the buns cool for about 20 minutes before serving.
Tips for this recipe
English muffins are great to freeze or you can put them in the fridge. Reheat them in a pan or in the oven. Of course, they can also be split and then toasted.
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