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Homemade Sourdough English Muffins

Alexandra Stafford · alexandracooks.com · 2023 · 12

Against 76 English muffin recipes

No yeast, unlike 82% of recipes and less sugar than 80%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 76 English muffin recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • No yeast at all, where 82% of recipes use some (most of those 1.1 to 1.9% of the flour weight).
  • Less sugar than 80% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%, about half as much.
Liquid: 72%, 41st percentileFat: 6%, 47th percentileSugar: 1.6%, 18th percentileSalt: 1.8%, 60th percentileYeast: 0%, 9th percentileLiquidFatSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 56 grams high-protein white flour (12.7 to 14% protein)56 g
  • 56 grams water, roughly 78ºF, see notes above56 g
  • 6 grams ripe sourdough starter6 g
  • 33 grams unsalted butter33 g
  • 437 grams high-protein white flour (12.7 to 14% protein), such as bread flour437 g
  • 55 grams whole spelt flour55 g
  • 55 grams whole or 2% milk55 g
  • 9 grams sugar9 g
  • 283 grams water, roughly 98ºF, see notes above283 g
  • 10 grams fine sea salt or kosher salt10 g
  • 118 grams levain118 g

flour 548 gbatter 1118 g

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 76 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Liquid72% · 41st percentile
  • Fat6% · 47th percentile
  • Sugar1.6% · 18th percentile
  • Salt1.8% · 60th percentile
  • Yeast0% · 9th percentile

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