Homemade McMuffin Sandwich From Scratch!
Introduction: Homemade McMuffin Sandwich From Scratch!
McMuffin is one of McDonald's signature item, and my favourite was always the sausage & egg McMuffin sandwich. It never came to my mind to make this at home, but when I finally did it, I realize to recreate this signature sandwich at home is actually very easy!
Plus, the English Muffin is so much softer and tastier than the fast food version, and I can also season my sausage patties with good quality meat and seasoning. Also you can make variations - ham and egg McMuffin, Bacon and egg McMuffin, or just egg and cheese McMuffin. This sandwich also freeze really well, so it's perfect for MEAL PREP as well! Sometimes I'll make a big batch and then I can have quick and tasty breakfast whenever I want for a whole month.
This recipe does not require oven! You only need a pot and some mixing bowls to make it. So simple but so tasty. Cannot wait to get started? Now let's get our hands dirty!
Supplies
Flat pan (prefer non stick or cast iron), mixing bowl
Step 1: English Muffin 1: Mix the Dough
Ingredients:
Plain Flour 335g
Salt 1/4 tsp
Yeast 1/4 tsp
Water 115ml
Milk 142ml
Butter (melted) 15g
Steps:
1. Mix all the dry ingredients together -- flour, yeast and salt. Please be careful when you put the salt into the flour, it cannot touch the yeast directly otherwise it will kill it. Put salt on another side and then mix everything together.
2. Mix the wet ingredients together -- milk, water and melted butter. Mix all liquids together in a bowl.
3. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients slowly, and stir to a rough dough.
Step 2: English Muffin 2: 1st Fermentation & Shaping
You don't have to knead the dough too much -- English Muffin does not need a "bread like" chewy texture, so you don't over knead your muffin dough. 887
Only knead till the ingredients are combined, and leave it covered with a cling wrap to ferment.
It will rise to almost double the size. A good way to check it is that when you punch a whole in the dough, it will not bounce back straight away. Instead it will rise slowly back a little bit. That's when you know your dough is ready.
Take out your dough and dust a bit flour on your bench, punch out the big air bubbles, and use a rolling pin (or even a bottle) to roll it into a 2cm thick flatbread.
Step 3: English Muffin 3: 2nd Fermentation
Now use a cutter and cut the "flatbread" into round doughs. If you don't have a cutter, simply use a glass cup, or even a bowl -- Be creative!
Leftover dough can be kneaded again and repeat the process to cut out. However you should give it 15min resting time before rolling out after you knead it back.
Put your round muffin doughs on a tray or a plate, and cover it and let it ferment again.
Normally it will take about 1-2 hours to ferment, depending on your room temperature. But English Muffins are really forgiving doughs, you don't need to let it double the size for your second fermentation, slightly rising is enough for this dough.
Step 4: English Muffin 4: Cook Your Muffin!
Preheat your pan on medium heat. I prefer using a nonstick pan, but also had great result with cast iron pan. However I don't suggest using stainless steel pan as it might stick and the crust is not as nice.
When your pan is hot, put your muffin dough into the pan, and then cover with a lid (or you can use foil if you don't have a lid). Cover and let it cook for 5 min. You can see there're some steam generated on the lid, and your muffin is rising again and becoming puffy.
Now remove the lid, and flip the muffin over. You should see a nice crusty color on the muffin!
After flipping all the muffin, cover again with a lid and cook for another 3-4 min.
Now your muffins are ready! Put it aside and let it cool down a bit.
Step 5: McMuffin Sausage 1: Season Your Patty
Of course, if you don't want to make your own patty, you can buy the pre-made ones, or buy raw sausages and take out the skin to cook as a patty. 195