Sandy'S English Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. butter
1 1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 c. scalded milk
1 pkg. yeast
1/4 c. warm water
1 beaten egg
4 c. flour

Preparation

Add butter, salt and sugar to milk; cool to lukewarm.
Soften yeast in water; stir to blend well.
Add yeast, egg and 2 cups flour to cooled milk; blend well.
Knead in rest of flour until firm and elastic.
Let rise until double.
Pat out on floured board 1/4-inch thick.
Cut into 4-inch circles (I use a wide-mouth ring for my cutter.)
Put on a board sprinkled with cornmeal.
Let rise until double.
Fry in an electric frying pan sprinkled with cornmeal.
Fry slowly at 325\u00b0 to 350\u00b0 for 5 minutes on each side.