English muffins

In the middle of the nineteenth century, English muffins were always made at home. English muffins are flat, circular breads about on inch high, usually made from flour, milk butter and yeast and they are often dusted with cornmeal.

The muffins are cooked on a griddle, sometimes with special English muffin rings. English muffins are toasted and can be served with butter, jams, and jellies or used as a sandwich.

English muffins arrived in the United States via Samuel Bath Thomas, and Englishman who brought over his mother’s recipe in 1880. He opened a bakery called the Muffin House in New York and began manufacturing English muffins.

Fast food restaurants popularized English muffins for breakfast with McDonald’s Egg Muffin (1972) and Burger King’s Breakfast Muffin (2010).

English muffins are six times lower in fat than croissants and half as a fatty as biscuits.
English muffins