Rather than venturing into sourdough, I've been spending a portion of the pandemic exploring baking English muffins. I had never attempted an English muffin before. And as I pulled down various cookbooks, I soon realized the many variations in ingredients and technique from multiple qualify sources, each purporting to offer the best English muffins. It seemed like the only way to resolve the situation was to try as many of them as possible. I had originally set out to try 11 separate recipes. I wound up trying only 7, with 2 clear top contenders and the rest falling to the wayside. The most common errors were in yielding bland muffins with an ok texture, or, recipes that produced adequate flavor but consisted of a roll-like texture. The entire testing process was extremely informative on best tips in making muffins overall, and my final recommendation (below) is actually a modified version of the original online source. The modified version incorporates several "best ti...
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