English Muffins

Add the egg, milk, sugar and yeast to a jug, and thoroughly mix, set it aside for 10 minutes, until it activates and foams up.
Add the flour and salt to a large bowl, and mix together, then form a well in the middle.
Add the activated yeast mixture to the well, followed by the soft butter, mix it together until you have a sticky dough, cover the bowl with a tea towel and put it in a warm spot for 45 minutes.

When the time's up, turn out the dough onto a floured surface, spread a tsp of vegetable oil around the now empty bowl, knock the dough down and form it into a ball and place it back into the oiled bowl, coat the dough in the oil, cover the bowl and let it rise again for another 45 minutes.

Prepare a baking tray, by sprinkling some course semolina flour on it (traditional), or ordinary flour.
Turn out the dough onto a floured surface, this time carefully flatten it by hand, and using a rolling pin, roll it to approx ½ inch thick (13mm).
Using a 3 inch cookie/buscuit/scone cutter and cut out 6 circles, place them on the prepared baking tray, roll up the scraps of the dough into a ball and then roll it back out to ½ inch and cut a further 2 circles, you should now have 8 muffins.

Cover the muffins with a dry tea towel and let the muffins rise in a warm spot for 30 minutes.

Take a large frying pan or griddle, no oil, heat it up to about 390°F (200°C), and place 3 or 4 muffins at a time and cook them for 4 - 5 minutes on both sides, once they are golden brown and firm to the touch, remove from the pan and repeat with the rest.

These can be frozen, just defrost in the microwave and cut in half, or being very careful use a serrated knife to split the frozen muffin, then in either case, toast that muffin for 4-7 minutes, depending on your preference of crispiness. Enjoy!