English Muffins

I had the great idea on Sunday afternoon that I could make muffins for tea. I can't remember whether this was before or after the disastrous swiss apricot cakes. Anyway, I set to work, and the first part of this did not take long. I made the dough in my mixer, although I think it struggled a bit. It's making a slightly different sound when it mixes now!
The dough was then rolled out, and the circles cut out and put on floured baking trays. I then left them to rise. Apparently they are supposed to double in size. Mine didn't, even after half an hour in the airing cupboard. It didn't seem to matter though.
Now, one of the things that I have learned is read the recipe right the way through before you start. This avoids any great surprises. Did I do this - no! As a result, I was left cooking muffins on the hob for about half an hour before tea, while the kids got hungry. They took 7 mins per side, and needed to be cooked in two batches. I used two frying pans, and still had to do two batches.
We gave them 7.5, which was not bad. As you can see, they looked quite authentic, but they were slightly denser than bought muffins. Unfortunately, given the time that they took, I would probably not make them again.
It wasn't the best of baking weekends, but I have to say that that has not been my usual experience, thanks to Mary.
I am hoping to make Florentines for my Dad for Father's day. Keep watching this space, and the blog might eventually appear!