Grammy's Kitchen · English Muffins · Homemade Sourdough English Muffins
One of 26 english muffins recipes we measured
from alexandracooks.com
It ranks #5 of 26 for crust crispness among the english muffins recipes we compared. 24 cooks on alexandracooks.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 26.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 72% | 81% |
| fat | 6% | 7% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| yeast | 0% | 1% |
| total sugar | 2% | 4% |
| flour strength | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 56 g | 56 grams high-protein white flour (12.7 to 14% protein) |
| 56 g | 56 grams water, roughly 78oF, see notes above |
| 6 g | 6 grams ripe sourdough starter |
| 33 g | 33 grams unsalted butter |
| 437 g | 437 grams high-protein white flour (12.7 to 14% protein), such as bread flour |
| 55 g | 55 grams whole spelt flour |
| 55 g | 55 grams whole or 2% milk |
| 9 g | 9 grams sugar |
| 283 g | 283 grams water, roughly 98oF, see notes above |
| 10 g | 10 grams fine sea salt or kosher salt |
| 118 g | 118 grams levain |
Method: 16 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Hi, Ali. I enjoy making many of your sourdough recipes repeatedly and just tackled this one for the first time yesterday. Getting just a little carried away with my experimentation these days, I substituted white whole wheat flour for the spelt (by request,)” — a cook, 5.0★
“Woah. Fantastic recipe and pretty forgiving I’ve found. didn’t have spelt first batch, mismeasured ingredients and had to eyeball it for second batch. Both batches better than others I’ve tried and waaaay above anything store bought. Had to stop myself from ea” — a cook, 5.0★