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Homemade English Muffins

Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2025 · 14 to 16 muffins

Against 76 English muffin recipes

More liquid than 89% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • More liquid than 89% of recipes: 96% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 74%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 4.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%.
Liquid: 96%, 90th percentileFat: 5.6%, 40th percentileSugar: 4.9%, 63rd percentileSalt: 1.6%, 48th percentileYeast: 1.2%, 53rd percentileLiquidFatSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 2 cups whole milk≈ 488 g
  • 4 cups bread flour, plus more for dusting and shaping (see Cook’s Note)≈ 508 g
  • 2 teaspoons instant yeast≈ 6 g
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 28 g
  • 2 tablespoons sugar≈ 25 g
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt≈ 8 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • Salted butter, jam, jelly and any other of your favorite spreads, for servingn/a

flour 508 gbatter 1064 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

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

  • Liquid96% · 90th percentile
  • Fat5.6% · 40th percentile
  • Sugar4.9% · 63rd percentile
  • Salt1.6% · 48th percentile
  • Yeast1.2% · 53rd percentile

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