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- Buckwheat English Muffins
- 3½ cups bread flour, sifted
- 1 cup buckwheat flour, sifted
- 1¾ cups lukewarm whole milk (about 110
- degrees)
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour,
- yeast, butter, salt, and sugar and begin to mix on low speed with a paddle
- Flatten each ball into a 3½ inch diameter round; dust the tops and
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