☀️ Good morning, bakers. It’s bake day.
🥖🔥 English muffins today. Griddle-cooked, fork-split, full of nooks and crannies. The kind of thing that makes a Saturday morning worth getting up for.
Drop in here all day. This is the working thread.
📸 Post your photos. Sponge, dough, raw rounds on the griddle, the finished plate. Show us where you are.
❓ Ask your questions. Stuck on hydration, proof, griddle heat, shaping without rings? This is the place. Somebody here has hit the same wall and figured it out.
A few things worth saying up front:
Keep the griddle medium-low. These are thick, and high heat scorches the faces while the center stays raw. About 6 to 8 minutes a side.
Pull them at 205 to 210°F in the center. If they’re browned but not at temp, finish in a 350°F oven.
Fork-split, never knife-cut. A knife crushes the crumb. A fork pries the nooks open. That’s the whole point.
No rings? No problem. A clean tuna can with both ends opened works just fine. Improvise.
I’m in Kansas this weekend for my son’s competition, so I’m cheering you on from the road. But I’ll be checking in. Show me what you’ve got.
Pull up a chair. Let’s bake.
Perfection is not required. Progress is.
Henry ⭐🔥