Grandma's Craft Day - Making English Muffins

English Muffins

1 cup warm water

2 Tbs. sugar

1 Tbs. yeast

1 cup scalded milk

¼ cup butter

1 tsp. salt

4 to 5 cups flour

Cornmeal

Mix water, sugar & yeast and let sit for 5 minutes while yeast grows. Add butter to scalded milk and melt. Add salt to dough with milk and butter. Put half the flour in and mix with a spoon. Gradually add more flour and mix. When the dough is too hard to stir knead by hand as you sprinkle more flour in. Knead until dough is soft but not sticky. Cover with a soft cloth and let rise until double in bulk. Roll half the dough onto cornmeal to ½ inch thickness and cut with a large cookie cutter or can. Set them on a tray to raise. Put a little olive oil on a griddle or electric frying pan and heat to about 250*. Cook muffins on top and turn once. Total cooking time about 15 minutes. Do not bake.