Ingredients
- 1/2 cup non-fat powdered milk
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon shortening
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 envelope dry yeast
- 1/8 teaspoon sugar
- 1/3 cup warm water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- Non-stick vegetable spray
- Special equipment: electric griddle, 3-inch metal rings, see Cook's Note*
Directions
In a bowl combine the powdered milk, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, shortening, and hot water, stir until the sugar and salt are dissolved. Let cool. In a separate bowl combine the yeast and 1/8 teaspoon of sugar in 1/3 cup of warm water and rest until yeast has dissolved. Add this to the dry milk mixture. Add the sifted flour and beat thoroughly with wooden spoon. Cover the bowl and let it rest in a warm spot for 30 minutes.
Preheat the griddle to 300 degrees F.
Add the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt to mixture and beat thoroughly. Place metal rings onto the griddle and coat lightly with vegetable spray. Using #20 ice cream scoop, place 2 scoops into each ring and cover with a pot lid or cookie sheet and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. Remove the lid and flip rings using tongs. Cover with the lid and cook for another 5 to 6 minutes or until golden brown. Place on a cooling rack, remove rings and cool. Split with fork and serve.
*Cook's Note: Small tuna cans with tops and bottoms removed work well for metal rings.
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By jen290_3828338
Herndon, VA
on April 19, 2013
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WOW! These were amazing. I asked my housekeeper to make this recipe because I was craving English muffins and they aren't available locally. These were better than the ones I have bought in the grocery stores before. They are so fresh and tasty I have a hard time not eating them all at once. The timing of the recipe is off, as the noted 5-6 minutes on each side is not sufficient. But otherwise, the recipe worked beautifully.
By tobarto
London
on April 07, 2013
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I don't know why this is defined as 'batter' as it has the consistency of pizza dough and didn't yield to any scooping or anything else. Tried the recipe three separate times with no luck.
By ohneclue
on February 24, 2013
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.rebound: Actually it is a little closer than that.
The milk cost in this recipe at ALDI is 0.11 cents for 4 oz (I shop there as well and know the price is $6.99 for 726 grams weight and 23 grams makes 8 ounces of milk. The cost of a gallon is $3.55 and 4 ounces is 0.11 cents or .013 cents per muffin for 8. The whole box makes 1.97 gallons of milk.
The cost of whole fresh milk @ $3.90 per gallon so 4 ounces of fresh milk is 0.12 cents and the cost per muffin is 0.015 for 8. Pretty close for government work.
As the price for fresh milk continues to rise, the pricing will become more disparate in favor of the dry milk at ALDI's.
The results were great.
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