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Legendary English Muffin Recipe

Jun 05, 2025andris lagsdin0 comments

Watch our English Muffin Class: Learn how to make classic, homemade English muffins on the Baking Steel from start to finish.

How to Make Legendary English Muffins at Home


Let’s make legendary English muffins  the kind with crispy edges, an airy open crumb, and a golden griddled crust. These aren’t the ones from the supermarket. They’re the real deal. Not your average muffins, these are built for serious breakfast people: think runny egg sandwiches, toasted butter bombs, or stacked sky-high with bacon and jam.

This is the exact recipe I’ve obsessed over for years now dialed in on a Baking Steel Griddle to get that signature bottom crust. If you’ve never made English muffins at home, this is the one that changes your game. You’ll never toast a store-bought muffin again after this.

Pro Tip for English Muffins at Home: Here’s something we figured out after tons of experimenting fry, don’t dry. Instead of just baking these in the oven, we “fry” the English muffins right on the Baking Steel Griddle in clarified butter or avocado oil. The result? Insane golden crust, rich flavor, and those epic, craggy interiors. Frying on the griddle is the move and once you try it, you’ll never go back.

“There’s really nothing that the Baking Steel Griddle can’t do.”
— Bon Appétit

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Clarified Butter Matters:
This recipe calls for clarified butter—not just to sound fancy, but because it’s the real deal for high-heat cooking. When you remove the milk solids, you’re left with pure butterfat. That gives clarified butter a much higher smoke point, so you get that perfect, crispy crust without burning your English muffins. If you don’t have clarified butter on hand, just use avocado oil. It’s vegan-friendly and stands up to the heat just as well.

 

 

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