July 28, 2023 - 7:49am
Sourdough English muffins, revisited
It’s been a long, long time since I’ve been active on TFL, but I recently got a new starter and had to come look up my old English muffin recipe. I didn’t want to fool with starting my own starter this time, so I bought the one that King Arthur sells. It arrived Wednesday and I got to work feeding it. Yesterday it doubled in eight hours, so I decided to use the discard for these, since the recipe also uses baking soda and I figured there would be enough lift even from that. Not disappointed…they’re as fluffy and big and beautiful as they ever were! I’m excited to make bread with this new starter over the weekend. It should be fully ready by Sunday, I expect.
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I searched and found your original post. These look just as delicious as those from 16 yrs ago! I read all the comments and copied the other formula within the comments. Looking forward to trying them!
Beautiful baking. Glad you are back. c
Thanks, I hope you enjoy them!! They were gone in a minute. 😂 I’m a trail runner too, btw. Happy baking, and running!
Where are you located ? I did Ultra Marathons for years . Traveled all over from Canada to Florida. I'm in the Shenandoah Valley now with great trails available . I do more long distance cycling /touring the past 10 years. Will let you know when I get the muffins made !! c
I live in upstate South Carolina. We have some great trails with some elevation here, which also got me started backpacking over the past couple of years. Love being on the trail in any capacity. I’ve done a few 50K races, but that’s the extent of my desire for ultra, lol! My husband has done 50 miles and now wants to run 100. I think he’s nuts. 😂 I’m still running on the road and about to start training for my fifth (and probably final) marathon.
I’ve driven up highway 81 through/near the Shenandoah Valley, and it’s so beautiful up there!
Even better, get off of I-81 and take Rt US-11.
81 is a very dangerous road. Terrible truck traffic and major stoppages and accidents every single day!
My parents used to live in MD, and 81 was the fastest way to get there from here…I don’t have any occasion to be on it anymore, though. They moved to DE.
Right on 81! I did 2 100 milers. Haliburton Nature
Reserve north of Toronto and Kettle Moraine in Wisconsin. At Haliburton there’s a wolf preserve so we heard wolves howling all night! Kettle Moraine was a double out and back for 100 miles. Really tough to turn around and head back! I did the Superior 50 along the cliff walls of Lake Superior and my running buddy forgot the flashlight batteries! We scooted on our butts down one long rock slide since we could see… 300 ft drop if we miscalculated. Those were the days.
Hope your husband has a great time and you have a successful race! I hated roads after I discovered trails. Never looked back. Now I’m in my 70’s and we load up our Surly Trolls with our camping stuff and head out. It’s so amazing like turtles with everything you need on your bike. If you want to try it look at CrazyGuyonaBike blogs and check out Adventure Cycling. My first trip I used Companions Wanted at Adventure Cycling website. Still friends with several folks after 13 years! Have fun be safe.
Wow, so many cool memories you have! Love that. And the adventures never need to stop, if we adapt along the way.
Adapt and adopt new ways. I like being able to go such long distances and we always stay on back roads and stop often. So nice to chat with you !! c
Welcome back KJ, these English muffins look wonderful.
Benny
Thanks so much! Maybe I can get myself back to posting somewhat regularly. I’ve baked two different bread recipes and made waffles and dinner rolls with this starter so far. It’s a keeper!
Nice looking! By pure coincidence last night I too made a batch of English Muffins using sourdough discard, and they came out nicely too. No recipe, no baking soda, 75% hydration (including the starter's water and flour), a bit of whole wheat in with the bread flour.
Excellent! Glad you had good English muffins too! I love adding a bit of freshly ground ww or spelt to my sourdough recipes. I think it really adds to the flavor. (Our normal everyday sandwich bread is 100% ww but I haven’t ventured into that territory with sourdough. Yet.)