Claire Saffitz Makes Classic English Muffins | Dessert Person

Claire Saffitz Makes Classic English Muffins | Dessert Person
Claire fact: English muffins made at home are fun to make, easy, and look just as good as store-bought but taste way better. Also true: it’s the only recipe in Dessert Person that doesn’t make a trip to the oven! Follow Claire as she walks you through the steps to getting those telltale nooks and crannies in your English muffins and how to make sure they cook all the way through in a skillet or griddle. Whether you like it sweet with jam or savory as the base of a breakfast sandwich, you’ll love the versatility of a freshly cooked English muffin.

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Special Equipment:
Instant-read thermometer, stand mixer, 3 1/2-inch round cutter (optional),
Griddle or large skillet (Preferably cast-iron)

Ingredients:

Classic English Muffins
1 1/2 cups whole milk (12.7 oz / 360g)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 oz / 28g)
2 tablespoons honey (1.5 oz / 43 g)
1 teaspoon active dry yeast (0.11 oz / 3g)
2 3/4 cups bread flour (12.7 oz / 360g)
1/4 cup whole wheat flour (1.2 oz / 35g)
2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt (0.21 oz / 6g)
Neautral oil, for the bowl and baking sheet
Cornmeal, for dusting

Video Breakdown:
0:00​​ Start
0:14 Intro to Classic English Muffins
0:28 Dessert Person Intro Animation
0:46 About English Muffins
1:47 Ingredients & Special Equipment
2:26 Scalding The Milk
5:53 Felix & Co. Updates
6:24 Mix The Dough
8:15 Dough's 1st Rise
10:30 Dough's 2nd Rise
12:15 Form & Griddle The Muffins
15:26 Flip The Muffins
17:18 A Maya Sighting
18:00 Top Your English Muffin & Taste
19:05 :)

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Photographer: Alex Lau
Food Stylist: Sue Li
Prop Stylist: Astrid Chastka

Video Series:
Producer/Director: @VincentCross
Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson
Sound Engineer/Music: Michael Guggino
Editor: Hal McFall

Animation Credits:
Character Designer/Animator: Jack Sherry
Character Rigger: Johara Dutton
Background/Prop Designer: M. Cody Wiley
Background Illustrator: Jagriti Khirwar

[CSaffitz]

What'd you have for Breakfast today? Give these a try this weekend! Whether you like it sweet with jam or savory as the base of a breakfast sandwich, you’ll love the versatility of a freshly cooked English muffin.

[musicismylove]

Third positive thing: It's Thursday and we have a new video from Claire!

[sierranevadavideos]

Claire’s makeup is popping off almost as much as her baking skills this week! Great video!

[elaine-gcuv]

omg our oven is broken so i watch these videos purely for entertainment (and of course because i love claire), but here's something i can finally follow!!

[helenross]

can we talk about claire's eyeliner in this video?? she always looks gorgeous but wow!!

[tati.l.]

*adds winged eyeliner tutorial to list of video requests along with skincare routine*

Hey, you guys said you want to mix things up, right?

[AllegraVivace]

Watching this with a purring cat in my lap is the absolute height of ✨serotonin✨. Thanks for always uploading so consistently each week.

[carmenprestemon]

Very appreciative of Claire’s efforts to reduce single use plastic ❤️❤️❤️ and I love how she mentions it in almost every video

[chesterstefan]

Glad to hear Felix is alright, extremely here for Cabin Claire. Great video!

[smileyface]

One positive thing about posting at 09:00 central, is that I have something awesome to listen to on my way to school. It certainly make my last semester of college nice when I have something to look forward while I have to drive to a class I usually dread. So, thanks Claire and everyone involved in the show! 😁💙

[elfinshell]

I just love the term ‘proving the yeast’.

It’s like saying to the yeast ‘okay son, now you must prove your valour before we continue on with this quest.’

[robynmacdonald]

A note for anyone without a stand mixer: I made the Soft & Crispy Focaccia from Episode 1 with just a bowl + wooden spoon + arm muscle and it turned out perfectly! Will definitely use the same method to make these!

[cisumnote]

Thank you so much for the feline friends update! So glad that Felix is okay and Maya and Archie are living their best lives.

[chesterstefan]

Also love the philosophical turn the video almost took with what constitutes a nook and a cranny.

[flutechannel]

I love Nooks and Crannies! These are my favorite muffins ever! Happy you did it Claire!

[strangulator]

My favorite YouTuber showing me how to make my favorite kind of muffins? That's a positive!

[Kevin-qlwv]

A positive thing today: Claire's entire youtube channel!

[tati.l.]

"Don't touch the muffins, they do not want to be touched at this point." Claire Saffitz 2k21, consent queen

[shadodragonette]

I am not a person who bakes. I don't actually even like most baked goods, but I love Claire! I watch her because I like her, I am never going to cook like her. If she ever opens a shop that ships orders to Missouri, I would order bread and English muffins and if she had it on the menu, strawberry cheesecake. Not often, I have a tight budget, but it would be worth every penny!

[genner-vincenthodgson]

Finished these on the griddle this morning. I made a double batch and lined the parchment paper with two types of 'cornmeal', grits and masa harina. I definitely like the masa harina better, but the English muffins came out amazing even with a couple mistakes on my end. The honey gives purely flavor, not sweetness, which astounds me in a good way and they are fluffy and moist. I've honestly never had an English muffin that wasn't dry, so that was a great experience.
Can't wait to freeze these and have them for breakfast regularly! The book Dessert Person was the best Christmas gift! 😁