English muffins

 Muffins

What you need

1 teaspoon salt
450g strong bread flour
1 teaspoon sugar
7g satchel of dried yeast
300ml tepid water
(Note:  can add fruit and spice to make fruit muffins)

What you need to do

Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl, add the liquid and mix together (even use mix master) until combined and smooth. 

Cover bowl and rest in a warm place until doubled in size.

Knock dough back gently in bowl and rest 5 minutes.

Place on lightly floured surface, roll out until about 1cm thick.  Cover with cloth and rest 5 minutes.

Using a 9cm round cutter and cut your muffins and place on baking sheet, cover and rest 30 minutes.

Pre-heat oven 200 degrees.  Bake muffins for 5 minutes, then turn and bake a further 5 minutes.

Cool on rake.