well for once I am a bit early. I was rebuilding my starter yesterday and thouhgt "there is enough to build a levain for Pal's challenge" so I did.
Spiced English Muffins.
never made these but loved the ones I bought a few years ago. So I used Wild Yeast's recipe and added cinamon and raisins.
Sponge
110 g 100% hydration starter (made at 2 pm)
160 g flour
100 g whole wheat flour
276 g low fat milk
mixed at 8 pm and left on bench overnight.
this morning at 8 am added
75 g flour
3/4 tspn salt
1 tspn baking soda
1 1/2 tspn cinamon
2 tspn honey.
mixed then turned out on bench. added in 1/3 cup raisins then did stretch and fold / gentle slap and fold until dough was smooth.
pressed out into rectangle, about 1/2 inch thick and cut circles with cookie cutter (about 2 3/4 inch diameter). placed on semolina dusted parchment, proofed for 45 minutes and baked in my skillet on medium setting, 7 minutes each side (actually had 2 skillets going :) - such fun, and anticipation!
Definitely something I will make again, don't know why I haven't tried before given how often it is mentioned here. Taste is great, maybe next time perhaps a little more honey and a few more raisins, but yum.... tomorrow morning will be toasting some for sure.
Thanks Pal for the push to try something new. It is a very simple bake, but look forward to seeing what others bring to the challenge.
Leslie
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Actually, I've never had my English muffins sweet (never paired them with jam) so I would have never thought of a variation. I love the special texture of EM's and the flavors of raisin bread so this one is a winner for me!
Thank you for participating and even posting this early! I am so happy! I hope you had fun too!
Happy baking!
learnt a bit too! and the 2 tspn honey doesn't give much sweetness, just a hint. Will never buy again when so easy to make. next time will do some plain ones too.
happy baking Pal
Leslie
with an electric skillet. What do these look like on the inside? Well done and happy baking
split EM before toasting! gone in a flash! not overly sweet either, just a hint of sweetness and so yummy with butter...
Leslie
edit: added photo
exactly how they are supposed to look:-)
good to know I got it right. :)
Leslie
The crumb is perfect for an EM and better because this one is SD!
Those look wonderful. I'm still scratching my head over this challenge, but your bake has definitely encouraged me.
Well done Leslie, I'm sure they tasted great! Especially with the addition of cinnamon.
Happy baking :)
I am sure you will come up with something yummy!
happy no oven baking Ru!
Leslie
and your post remembered me at this challenge. Unfortunately no baking until the end of this week when I will be home again. Then I'll bake with full speed - Christmas is coming. Until then I hope I will have time to write a post or two about what I had done in past but was not enough time to write about it.
Well done Leslie and happy baking!
Joze
Your grandies will be surely waiting for the bread you bake when you get home!
Safe travels and happy bakinh Joze
Leslie
Those look perfect!
Nice Bake!
Ian
it was nice to do something quick for a change. An enjoyable challenge.
Leslie